Coming CLINICS
TWO Cattle Working Clinics
Moving cattle on horseback is a great way to develop your horse. It gives you and him a purpose and really smartens up your yields as well as being a lot of fun.​ We have a weekend clinic 14th to 15th February and a Cattle Working Experience Week 16th to the 20th February 2026.​​
Versatile Horse Week
​New for 2026 the Versatile Horse week 4th - 8th March 2026 will give you a taster of lots of different purposes for your horsemanship. The mornings will be spent on general horsemanship preparing you for the afternoon specialism which could be Working Equitation, La Garrocha, Cattle Working or obstacles. ​Unlike the Experience Weeks this camp will be full days with your horse.
Working Equitation Naturally
​Each year we hold a special camp where students can immerse themselves in five full days of horsemanship here at Brumby Farm. After its success in 2025 we are repeating our "Working Equitation, Naturally" camp, where we bring our natural horsemanship expertise to the growing sport of Working Equitation. We have both studied in Portugal with Pedro Neves and Russell has competed with his Lusitano, Cassidy, here in New Zealand. We love how our approach to building confident and willing horses blends so well with the discipline of this sport.
The RH Coaching Club
Try it for free now
Whatever your experience of natural horsemanship our aim through our on-line coaching club is to educate, challenge and support you to help your horse become a fun and functional partner. With virtual member lessons, online training videos, live Q&As and fun challenges you can access a wealth of guidance to keep you progressing whatever your horsemanship goals. Whether you are interested in just keeping safe on the ground and in the saddle, or want to learn how to play at liberty, or start lateral moves with precision there is something for you in the RH Coaching Club.
Russell Higgins and Ruth Carlyle own and run Brumby Farm Horsemanship Centre in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
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They have over 30 years of horsemanship teaching experience between them and continue to educate themselves by riding with and learning from great horse people all over the world.
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They teach clinics in New Zealand and internationally specialising in giving people a solid foundation upon which they can build to any specialisation within the equestrian world.
They also offer on-line training courses to help as many people and horses as they can. Read more...
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Featured on Country Calender
Contributor to New Zealand Horse and Pony Magazine
Regular clinician at Equifest
Tranzliquid Logistics Limited is a Kiwi family business owned by Greg, Gareth and Jackie. Greg and Jackie have been regulars at our liberty clinics with their horses, Stella and A'Pachee and have very generously sponsored us a Waitomo fuel card. Anyone who works with and transports horses knows how the fuel bills can quickly add up.
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Keeping and training horses in the "dairy belt" of New Zealand is a challenge. The soil has been over fertilized for years and all the wrong types of grasses and clover love it. Without the mineral products from Calm, Healthy Horses we would struggle to have horses that were mentally and physically balanced. Not only are the products great quality, Jenny Paterson's website is a great source of advice.
