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Tim originally from Australia grew up with
horses. His father an accomplished horseman in his own
right owned a 2,500 acre cattle sheep operation and horses
were a necessity to run the operation. Tim started
breaking horses for the local ranchers and soon acquired a
name for turning out good solid work horses (they had to
be able to carry a sheep, open a gate from atop there
back, and you had to be able to crack a whip on them and
oh yeah not get bucked off in the mean time).
After finishing school where he graduated with a ranch
management degree, Tim embarked on one of the last major
cattle drives to happen in Australia bringing 1,200 steers
from northern Queensland to the southern state of
Victoria, taking 11 months. He says with pride "I had
enough money at the end of that trip to buy my first brand
spanking new motor car for $4,300 cash".
Tim came to the United States in 1982 and after attending
a cutting clinic near his home in Australia, went to work
for Tom Lyons making the super stakes finals in
1984. After four years with Tom, to whom he credits for
instilling in him "Basics, Basics, Basics", Tim
went out on his own to train in Louisiana making the
finals of the Southern Futurity in his first attempt at a
big one. Tim then made the semi finals the next year at
The NCHA Futurity.
Deciding to start a family, it was deemed that he get a
real job and so leaving the horse industry he settled back
in Phoenix with his real job. After 10 years of not riding
and missing the horses and people associated with them, he
decided to buy his current operation in Queen Creek
AZ. While still working full time, Tim accepted a few
outside horses to supplement the financial expenses of
owning and training his own horses and began training on a
limited basis. After a banner year in 2008 both for his
clients and himself, Tim has decided with their help and
encouragement to train full time again. 2009 has started
off with a bang and he is looking forward to training for
the public again. Tim stands at his ranch a son of Smart
Little Lena out of the great mare Millie Montana. Smart
Millennium Esquire's first foal crop is now in training
and are proving to be as good as Tim had hoped.
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