Media Release: Ken Faulkner on board with Horse & Country TV Australia!
Legendary Aussie horseman and international clinician, Ken Faulkner, has joined H&C TV and will be the first horse trainer to present a series via the Australian channel.
Ken is renowned for his skill working with horses of all levels and disciplines and is a much-loved favourite among the equine community. Apart from his skill in turning out lovely riding horses and problem solving difficult cases, Ken was also the winning trainer of Equitana’s “Way of the Horse” contest in 2013, showing an amazing depth of understanding and patience with his young, unhandled horse.
The series, titled “The Horseman of Oz”, is not all centred on horse training however, but will also cover other aspects of horse care. Ken delivers sessions on foal handling, weaning and halter starting, liberty training, starting young horses under saddle, float loading and lots of other useful riding and handling advice. He will be joined by saddler, Peter Brophy, in the saddle fit segment and in several sessions by Veterinarian Specialist, Dr Bill Roughan – who has even performed a gelding and hernia operation live on the show!
Ken says he feels honoured to be on the Horseman of Oz show. “We all had a wonderful time filming and I hope everyone enjoys watching the series as much as we enjoyed making it”.
Dr Bill (also one of our expert Blogging Panel) had a great time helping with the series too and reported that “Animals had all read their lines beforehand and handled the pressure well – even Ken! – and I am looking forward to a few more laughs in future filming”.
It won’t be long now before Horse & Country TV Australia will be available through Optus and iinet, as well as Dodo and SlimTel, but in the meantime, we hope you are enjoying our online footage and advice from our expert “Bloggers”. Manolo Mendez, Steve Halfpenny, Dani Simmonds and Bec Stoneman are already up and there will be more to come each week.
The Way of the Horse 2014 is also still available for viewing on our website, along with the full monthly program of H&C entertainment, and we will soon have some footage from Ken’s series up for your enjoyment, so keep your eye on www.horseandcountrytv.com.au.
How to get Horse & Country TV in your home:
Through DODO
Telephone – Contact Dodo via Jamil on 13 36 36 Extension 8149
Online – Sign up to a deal with DODO www.dodo.com – see their website for FETCH TV packages
Through SlimTel
Visit SlimTel at www.slimtel.com.au and click into SlimTel TV on the menu bar. Packages are clearly marked there
Using either method, don’t forget to ask for or nominate the Horse & Country TV channel.
The Australian Website www.horseandcountrytv.com.au
The Australian Facebook page www.facebook.com/HandCTVAus
The Australian email into@handctv.com.au
Australian Media Enquiries:
Colleen Lethbridge – col.lethbridge@gmail.com
