CopRice Australian Brumby Challenge 2024 - Rachel Nash and BBPG Banjo

CopRice Australian Brumby Challenge 2024 - Rachel Nash and BBPG Banjo Follow our 150 day “Wild to Wonderful” training journey and showcase of unhandled wild Brumby, Banjo.

Banjo, you’ve made me laugh and you’ve made me cry, you have tested me and you have certainly humbled me in the last 153...
17/11/2024

Banjo, you’ve made me laugh and you’ve made me cry, you have tested me and you have certainly humbled me in the last 153 days.

Some days it just doesn’t work, and day 3 just wasn’t our day, but that’s just life in the big city.

As I lay on the ground in front of hundreds of people, I opened my eyes and saw that you hadn’t fled, you’d stood perfectly still waited for me to get up and then you let me get back on you.

“If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those 2 imposters both the same”
Kipling was definitely talking about days 2 and 3.

If it’s results you’re reading for, we came 2nd in the ridden class, and even with all those eyes watching us, Banjo rode like it was just us at at home smooth and soft. We placed 5th overall with a short margin separating us from 3rd and 4th even with our “unplanned dismount”. What some might consider a walk of shame, we treated as a victory lap waving at the crowd and showing them just a glimpse of how wonderful you are. I so deeply respect you Banjo, you showed up every day, and I could not be more proud of you.

You are a great champion, the last thing you taught me was to duck, I just wish it was a bit sooner. Well done my boy 🩵🩵

🌓🌓 Banjo day 1 at home and Banjo last weekend day 140 at home 🌓🌓 I thought you were beautiful on that very first day, an...
07/11/2024

🌓🌓 Banjo day 1 at home and Banjo last weekend day 140 at home 🌓🌓

I thought you were beautiful on that very first day, and now you’re eclipsing Banjo boy.

Thank you so very much to for sponsoring us and supplying us feed for the 150 days. Banjo has also been having some amazing supplements from and so very generously donated us some EPIITALIS® Forte Gel to maintain his joint health.

We are less than a week out from the final of the and Banjo has had the week off, resting and relaxing in the big paddock with lots of spring grass.

Thank you to our sponsors for every bit of help so far!!





🚛💨 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚛💨 I could not be more delighted to announce that Imperial Floats Head Office NSW has generousl...
21/10/2024

🚛💨 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚛💨

I could not be more delighted to announce that Imperial Floats Head Office NSW has generously given us sponsorship to help transport Banjo safely to Melbourne for !!!

Knowing that he will be safe, but also comfortable travelling in one of the Imperial Floats takes a lot of the stress away for both of us and means he will be more than ready to go after the long journey down there.

Thank you again Imperial Floats!! Come and say hi to Banjo at our stable in Melbourne and grab some more information on their floats 😊

Australian Brumby Challenge

Thank you for making Banjo looking so good leading into the final weeks of the Thank you for keeping me warm and fed ...
15/10/2024

Thank you for making Banjo looking so good leading into the final weeks of the

Thank you for keeping me warm and fed in this rain!

A relaxing morning today for Banjo with Hartley Animal Wellness. Massive thank you to Eddy for another fantastic session...
07/09/2024

A relaxing morning today for Banjo with Hartley Animal Wellness. Massive thank you to Eddy for another fantastic session with Banjo! It's so nice to have you local in the Hartley area taking care of Banjos bodywork. He trusts Eddy so much already, at times he might have forgotten who owns him!

CopRice Equine
Australian Brumby Challenge
EQUITANA Australia

Big thank you for keeping Banjos feet beautiful and balanced. This is the first time someone other than myself has pick...
06/09/2024

Big thank you for keeping Banjos feet beautiful and balanced. This is the first time someone other than myself has picked up Banjos feet too. Joel was so patient and gentle with the wild boy for this first trim, making the experience so much better for Banjo and setting him up to be a safe willing horse for future pedicures 🩵


Thank you so much Edwina from Hartley Animal Wellness for coming to meet our boy Banjo this morning. I was so impressed ...
29/08/2024

Thank you so much Edwina from Hartley Animal Wellness for coming to meet our boy Banjo this morning. I was so impressed with how he handled everything and someone completely new getting up close and personal!! So happy to have experienced and knowledgeable hands looking over Banjo for the Australian Brumby Challenge. Thanks again Edwina!

Thank you CopRice for this delivery of feed for this delivery of feed for the Australian Brumby Challenge!! Banjo is sti...
12/07/2024

Thank you CopRice for this delivery of feed for this delivery of feed for the Australian Brumby Challenge!! Banjo is still figuring out how to eat it but loving it!

Victorian Brumby Association
Australian Brumby Challenge
CopRice Equine

Introducing BBPG Banjo!! Banjo was caught from Barmah NP in 2023 as a 4 year old, where he was gelded shortly after capt...
03/07/2024

Introducing BBPG Banjo!!

Banjo was caught from Barmah NP in 2023 as a 4 year old, where he was gelded shortly after capture. Sadly, the Barmah Brumbies are now all but nearly gone. Banjo was brought down to the VBA by the Barmah Brumby Preservation Group with 3 other boys who are also in the challenge this year.

Without knowing he was already mine, the first Brumby I photographed at the VBA was Banjo (first photo). Safe to say I was thrilled with my match ☺️

As another Banjo once said..
“He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die -
There was courage in his quick impatient tread; And he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye,
And the proud and lofty carriage of his head.”

It was a wild trip home.. and surreal to say the least. Beyond excited to welcome the glorious BBPG Banjo to the fold 🩵

On the 22nd June we made the long trip down to the Victorian Brumby Association for this years induction and commencemen...
03/07/2024

On the 22nd June we made the long trip down to the Victorian Brumby Association for this years induction and commencement of the Australian Brumby Challenge. We met with the other 13 trainers from across QLD, NSW and VIC and each of us were matched with our Brumby's for the challenge. It was a freezing cold weekend spent in beautiful country where were also lucky enough to spend some time seeing some of the amazing work the team at the VBA do there.
Here are some pictures of the weekend!

03/07/2024

Welcome to my page! I am so humbled and excited to have been selected as a trainer in this years Australian Brumby Challenge partnered and sponsored by CopRice.

Each trainer takes home a wild and completely unhandled Brumby, passively trapped from the Kosciuszko and Bago National Parks in NSW and the Alpine and Barmah National Parks in Victoria for 150 days. Finals will be held in Melbourne at Equitana in November to showcase the transformation and diversity of these Australian Brumbies. So excited to share what the next 150 days will bring us in our transformation from “Wild to Wonderful”.

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