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Chapter 1 - 30th & 31st July 2022
Borambil Park was the setting for the first in a series of mastery events designed to challenge riders, trainers and showmen and women alike in the Art of Mastering Cutting, led by the extraordinary Roger Wagner. The weather was picture perfect, a gorgeous winter weekend with lots of new learnings, insights and perspectives received as well as great people creating meaningful connections.
The intensive 1½ day clinic provided the opportunity for 8 accomplished horsemen and women to work extensively on the fundamental principles of working cattle, developing and expanding the skills necessary to train soft, balanced, willing and responsive horses with the safety and welfare of both horse and rider in mind, and provided a great opportunity to develop and refine riders cutting skills working out of the herd in a show like situation.
Each rider was hand selected to form part of this formidable group taking the opportunity to come together and learn not only from each other but of course from Roger. Being a part of their own training cohort, allowed them to establish a new foundation to leverage their achievements and help them move towards achieving their most burning ambitions. Each rider benefited from the broad perspective, experience and insights that this unique cohort delivered. Roger led and facilitated the experienced based learning model with his unrivalled professionalism, intensity, rigor and rhythm which ensured the success of the event.
We look forward to the group coming together again on 1st & 2nd October 2022 to take things up a notch.
About Roger Wagner
Hall of Fame – NCHA Australia
Hall of Fame – NCHA USA
“The Teacher’s Teacher”
Roger is by far one of the most talented, humble, authentic, playful and generous people you will ever meet.
At the same time he is one of the most highly acclaimed western riders in the world. Taking the USA Cutting Industry by storm Roger crafted a place in history as one of the highest prize money earners in the USA. With over 3 decades of cutting experience and the most impressive competition record with numerous horses, far too many to list, Roger is now seen as the ‘go to man' for all things cutting.
Legends in the cutting pen don’t come much bigger than this cowboy.
Roger started riding and showing Cutting horses at 11 years of age. At 16yo he left school and went to work with fellow legend Graham Amos to concentrate solely on training cutting horses and to learn from the best. Local success followed and Roger turned Pro at the age of 21. In 2001 he left Australia for the big pens in the USA and his career really took off!
The lifetime statistics of this cowboy are incredible.
He has won in excess of $4,100,000 in Cutting Horse competitions and in 2004 he was the world-wide top money earning trainer! His LTE in Australia are $707,569.60
The resume of titles and achievements this cowboy has realised in his career is extensive. Here’s the headlines:
3 times NCHA Australia Futurity Champion
- 1994 on board Debbie Khan’s ‘Docs Chisolm’
- 2000 on board ‘Ian and Billie Buckeridge’s ‘She’s A Dream’
- 2001 on board Yulgilbar Quarter Horse Stud’s ‘Yulgilbar Lots Of Play’
5 times NCHA Australia Debry Champion
- 1992 on board his own ‘Yulgilbar Brandy Snap’
- 1994 on board John Hall’s ‘Docs She Oak’
- 1995 on board Bill Molinaro’s ‘Miss Freckles Oak
- 1997 on board Bill Molinaro’s’ ‘Miss Spin N Freck Bill’
- 2001 on board ‘Ian and Billie Buckeridge’s ‘She’s A Dream’
In the USA, major success followed:
- 2004 NCHA Futurity Reserve Champion
- 2007 and 2013 NCHA Summer Spectacular Classic Champion
- 2011 NCHA Summer Derby Champion
- 2013 NCHA Super Stakes Classic Champion
Roger joined the NCHA in Australia in 1979
- He was inducted into the Australian Riders Hall Of Fame in 1997
- He was inducted into the USA Riders Hall of Fame in 2005.
He has won an unprecedented back-to-back Open Gold Cup as well as back-to-back Non Pro Gold Cup.
Roger returned to Australia with his wife Carolyn and their three sons, Clay, Jake and Lane in 2013. He hasn’t shown a horse since his return instead using his time to mentor and assist both Non-Pros and Professional Cutting Horse Trainers around the country to be better.
Needless to say this makes Roger the perfect facilitator and instructor for “The Art of Mastering Cutting” series.
Other References:
It was hot time in Cowtown on July 30th, when Stylish Martini, won the 2011 NCHA Derby with 224.5 points under Roger Wagner for Marvine Ranch
Rogers DVD. The trainer’s trainer. He’s the man who got everyone in cutting thinking about perfecting their technique and making it look pretty!