Monty Roberts

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Image:Monty Roberts.jpg Monty Roberts is a horse trainer who became world famous when his autobiography, The Man Who Listens to Horses, became a best-seller.

Roberts reacted against what he describes as the abusive rearing he received as a child and rebelled against the allegedly harsh horse training methods used by his father. He wrote in his autobiography that by personally observing horses in the wild, he learned to "listen" to their non-verbal language. Based on these observations or realizations, he learned that when horses understood that they can trust you, they will decide to be with you. Roberts called this moment "Join-Up®" in which a trainer negotiates with an untamed horse to form a voluntary relationship with him.

Roberts bases his methods purely on horse behaviour and he has promoted the idea of "starting horses" as opposed to "breaking" them (see horse breaking).

The father of Monty Roberts was Marvin Roberts [1] who demonstrates his methods of submission in his book written in 1957 (see link to photos) and according to Monty:

...trained horses to carry riders in the traditional way -- "breaking" horses by breaking their will, almost torturing the animals into submission.

According to other sources, such as Roberts' aunt, Joyce Renebome, and cousin, Debra Ristau, in their book, 'Horse Whispers & Lies', Marvin Roberts was a kind and compassionate man.

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List of accomplishments

Template:Cleanup-remainder Template:Wikify-date 1939-1944 Stunt double for Mickey Rooney, Roddy McDowall, Charleton Heston, Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet and others

1948 Tracked wild mustangs and learned “the silent language of Equus”

1950–1969 Regional NIRA All Around Championships 11 National Championships in Show Ring National NIRA Champion Bulldogger NIRA National Team Roping Championship NIRA National All Around Championship

1954 Worked with James Dean on East of Eden

1966 Founded Flag Is Up Farms

1966–2004 Started and trained hundreds of race horses; produced champions including:

Cathy Honey, An Act, Aladancer, Walk in the Sun, Tobin Bronze (United States) Alleged, Dajur (Europe) Lomitas, Quebrada, Risen Raven, Macanal, Lavirco, Silvano, and Sabiango (Germany) Sharivari and Bahroona (New Zealand)

1973–1986 Leading consignor to Hollywood Park/Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds In Training sale

1985 Gold Card Lifetime Member, PRCA, Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association

1986 First public demonstration of Join~Up® in Vancouver, BC, Canada

1988 Named “Stock Horseman of the Year” by National Reined Cow Horse Association

1989 Queen Elizabeth II invites Monty to Windsor Castle to demonstrate Join~Up® and train her staff.

1996 The Man Who Listens to Horses is published.

1997 Book remains on New York Times best-seller list for 58 weeks

1998 BBC/PBS documentary Monty Roberts: The Real Horse Whisperer airs.

1998 First Join~Up® demonstration tour visits more than 40 states in the United States.

1999 Monty’s book, Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild is released and hits the best-seller lists

1999 Documentary Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild airs.

2000 ASPCA awards Roberts their “Man of the Year” award.

2001 Monty’s book, Horse Sense for People is published.

2002 Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in animal psychology

2002 Monty’s fourth book, From My Hands to Yours, is published

2002 Monty demonstrates Join~Up® as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee at Windsor Castle.

2002–2003 Monty, Pat, and Shy Boy ride in Tournament of Roses parade.

2004 The Girls Scouts commission a special Join~Up® badge and training program in honor of Monty’s pioneering work.

2004 Monty’s German bred Sabiango wins the Grade 1 $350,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap at the Hollywood Park Racetrack in California, followed shortly thereafter by the $200,000 Kentucky Cup Turf

2004 Monty’s fifth book, Horses in My Life is published in Great Britain, Germany, and Australia.

2005 Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Parma for his work in animal psychology

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