Save the Brumbies Inc. is pleased to announce, we have two more beautiful Brumbies available for adoption.

Meet STB Cannelle, and STB Inca.

Click here to view our adoption page to see the full list of Brumbies looking for their forever homes.

STB Cannelle
Canelle was named by one of our French volunteers, which means ‘cinnamon’. She has done most of the work with this mare.
Approx 10yo 13.2hh chestnut mare from the Grafton area. Super brave and independent type so needs a special person who is experienced and understands how to navigate and show this mare the right way. If you play your cards right, she is your best friend and is willing to try anything.
Comes registered with the ABHR.

STB Inca
Approx 7-8yo, 14hh corindi beach chestnut mare. A super sweet girl who has been progressing well, all basic handling established. Would make a great riding horse, as she has some substance about her. Registered with the ABHR.

Dorrigo show in November 2024 was a resounding success. Save the Brumbies Inc. had the largest number of horses competing from any other breed class.

Our Brumbies presented beautifully and certainly showed the horse loving public the quality and trainability of the breed all thanks to the hard work of head horse trainer Lucy Hicks and her dedicated volunteers.

Several of the horses competing are now available for Adoption to approved people. All the horses are well trained, lead, float, registered with the Australian Brumby Horse Register and have now been exposed to the hype and excitement of a large agricultural show.

We are very proud of our Heritage Australian Brumbies.

An update of what’s been going on the last little while 🥰
We’ve been working very hard behind the scenes recently, with all of our volunteers prepping 7 horses for Dorrigo show. All horses had to learn how to wear a rug, be washed, lead from the shoulder in walk and trot, and be truck and float trained. STB Hero was also lucky enough to have a hernia surgery thrown into the mix 🥲

We set out one morning with 5 horses on the truck for a trip into town pre show for some experience, only to have the truck overheat 5km down the road. We then had to abandon ship and walk them all home. While it was an outing, it certainly wasn’t the one I had planned 😂 all horses behaved perfectly.

I then had to scramble to sort out alternative transport, meaning horses had to be float trained as well now.
Show day came and everyone loaded, travelled and settled in amazing. Even with load speakers, gazebos set up right outside their yards, traffic, cattle etc, no one batted an eyelid. I’m so proud of our little bush ponies and all they can do and they certainly made an impression. We had 8 horses competing, with a friend and her little STB Tommy taking out the champion, who originally came from the sanctuary.
STB Theo and Neo also made their riding and show debut under saddle with Theo only being formally broken in and ridden independently twice a week before the show. At only 4.5 years old he is already so solid and caring for my little boy. Bring on next year’s pony club season!
A massive thanks to all involved by making all these things possible. Without the help and support there’s no way we would get to showcase these incredible little souls.
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Aerial Slaughter continues unabated in KNP, horrific photos of dead and dying horses, foals left to die beside their dams. Barrington Tops N.P. in NSW is also being targeted with bullets, to date some 340 horses left dead on the ground, rotting carcasses attracting wild dogs, pigs etc. etc. for a feeding ground.

Despite our recommendations regarding humane management at the Senate enquiry in 2023 including fertility control etc. as practiced in other, more enlightened nations, bullets are still the answer here in Australia. Our Nation’s disgrace.

The Australian Brumby Alliance (ABA) is appalled at the decision by Minister Sharpe to amend the Wild Horse Management Plan and overturn the NSW ban on aerial shooting of wild horses. In the wake of this decision, the ABA calls on Minister Sharpe to commit to a balanced approach to management, including a strengthened commitment to passive trapping and rehoming as the most humane management method.

“Aerial culling was banned because evidence from Guy Fawkes National Park massacre and other locations showed it was a cruel and imprecise way to manage Brumby numbers” said Jill Pickering, President of the ABA. “As an animal loving nation, it’s a very dark day when we lower standards on animal cruelty issues.”

The ABA supports a targeted approaches to management of Brumby numbers are needed particularly in fragile areas, and notes that the population has always been managed in some way. However the ABA believes that fertility control, passive trapping and rehoming are/is the most humane method of management. If implemented consistently, modelling shows this is sufficient to effectively manage numbers to safe levels over the long term in Retention zones, consistent with the NSW Wild Horse Act.

“We implore Minister Sharpe to strengthen commitment to and resourcing of passive trapping and rehoming as the preferred method of population management, reserving lethal methods to high density areas and designated fragile zones identified in the NSW Wild Horse Act. Working closely with experienced horse communities will reduce conflict and facilitate rehoming.” Thousands of fabulous, rehomed Brumbies across the country are testimony to the trainability and viability of Brumby rehoming as a positive outcome. “These horses are unique, highly trainable and sentient creatures who can have wonderful futures. They deserve better than being left to die an agonising death peppered full of bullets.” Ms Pickering said. The ABA also highlights the mental health impact of lethal heritage Brumby management on rural communities. “High country people who love and value these iconic horses are already facing the horror and grief of wild horses being shot and left to rot beside waterways and walking tracks in Victorian and NSW National Parks” she said. “The emotional toll on many Australians of this is enormous”.

Especially now that we find decades of ACT zero horse tolerance has not helped the Corroboree frogs. We urge the minister to consider ALL threats to native species, commence on-ground counts/data trends to see whether, or not, killing horses actually help native species as frequently claimed.

The ABA also notes many of horse shootings have been in Retention zones that the current Plan states can tolerate safe Brumby numbers. We urge the Minister to ensure horse retention areas are not disturbed.

“The Brumbies have been co-existing with native species for nearly 200 years” Ms Pickering said. “We owe it to them and to those who value their social heritage to horses humanely”.