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Horse Trax Oz Welcome to Blackbutt Queensland and Horse Trax Oz. Located in Blackbutt QUEENSLAND, Horse Trax Oz specializes in all things recreational horse riding.

From trail mapping, project management to horse health workshops and confidence sessions. Trail ride groups also catered for with guided rides and camping with an obstacle course and arena for use by visitors. Horse Trax Oz adheres to the Horse Safety Standards Australia Code of Conduct. Horse Safety Australia Inc Code of Conduct for Horse Activities
Responsibility to individuals
Horse Safety Aust

ralia Instructors/Guides should:
 Provide their services conscientiously and competently.
 Not breach public trust, or the specific trust of their participants, clients, staff or competitors.
 Ensure that advice and directions provided give full and proper cognisance to personal safety. Technical skills
Horse Safety Australia Instructors/Guides should:
 Continue to develop their professional knowledge and technical skills.
 Not undertake activities they are not competent to perform and, when in doubt, obtain appropriate advice and assistance that will allow these activities to be competently carried out.
 State qualifications, experience and prior responsibilities accurately. Behaviour
Horse Safety Australia Instructors/Guides should:
 Maintain a high standard of integrity, and apply honesty and fair dealing in all aspects of their operations.
 Carry out their professional duties with due care and diligence.
 Act and communicate in a professional manner towards both their colleagues and their clients
 Act in ways which engender confidence regarding horse related activities and clearly support the Standards set out in the Horse Safety Australia documentation
In practice, this means that Horse Safety Australia instructors/guides should:
1. Place the safety and welfare of the participants above all else
2. Ensure that equipment and facilities meet safety standards and horses are appropriate to the age and ability of their riders.
3. Ensure that the time riders spend with them is a positive experience. All clients deserve equal attention and opportunities. SMOKING
Due to the dangers of passive smoking, non-smokers should be protected from tobacco smoke. For this reason Horse Safety Australia recommends that smoking not be permitted in any building where clients congregate, nor in eating or office areas of the organisation. Instructors should refrain from smoking while they are acting in an official capacity. HARRASSMENT
Horse Safety Australia is committed to encouraging horse related environments which are free from harassment and discrimination. All clients, instructors, administrators, volunteers and staff members have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Sexual harassment and various other forms of harassment are unlawful under federal and state/territory antidiscrimination laws. People engaging in harassment can have legal action taken against them under these laws. In some cases, legal action can also be taken against the organisation for which they work or which they represent.
4. Display control, respect and professionalism to all involved in their activities
5. Encourage all participants.
6. Be consistent, objective and courteous when making decisions.
7. Promote respect for all participants
8. Remember that they set the example. Their behaviour and comments should be positive and supportive.
9. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural backgrounds or religion
Ensure that any physical contact with a rider is appropriate to the situation and only undertaken when necessary for their skill development.
11. Show concern and caution towards sick and injured riders. Ensure that a rider/handler who has been involved in an incident/accident involving a horse, is not be permitted to recommence that activity until they have been assessed for possible injuries by a competent first aider. If any injuries are evident or suspected, these should be treated by a medical professional before continuing with the activities



With hands one trail riding experience coupled with marketing and project management expertise, we have a core team of people to help with anything horsey. Name: HORSETRAXOZ
Registration Number: BN22390558
Registered State: Queensland
Registration Date: 28/03/2012
Status: Registered
Type: Business Names
Regulator: Australian Securities & Investments Commission

☹️🤷‍♀️🐴The amount of times I have had to re do fencing its BS. Mainly because Monty is a turd... and now taught the Ginj...
11/11/2025

☹️🤷‍♀️🐴The amount of times I have had to re do fencing its BS. Mainly because Monty is a turd... and now taught the Ginja Ninja a thing or two about opening gates.

Warning swear words.. but hey - you are horse people - you swear... It is a given.😎

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A9apVcgYr/

But dressage......But reining....But polo..........Link from PATH Equestrian that if you are a BUT, head over to read th...
08/11/2025

But dressage......
But reining....
But polo..........

Link from PATH Equestrian that if you are a BUT, head over to read this post ....

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16yr8uCqmH/

Bringing up one form of harm does not cancel out another.

When someone raises a welfare concern, it’s common to hear:

“But what about this other bad thing?”

That response might sound reasonable, but it’s a form of deflection called whataboutism, a rhetorical tactic that shifts focus away from the issue at hand instead of addressing it.

Whataboutism doesn’t ADD perspective, it dilutes accountability. It implies that if something worse exists, the current problem doesn’t matter.

But caring about welfare isn’t a competition.

We can, and must, care about more than one issue at a time.

A lot of discussion about welfare overlaps.
Stress, pain, fear, and management issues often exist together, progress in one area can (and should) inform another.

I originally struggled with how to handle this.
Of course I care about those other things, my whole life revolves around equine welfare. I cover a wide variety of educational topics across all areas of welfare, and I’ve likely already spoken about most of the “what about” topics. And if I haven’t, it’s probably because I don’t have enough education in that area to speak on it responsibly.

Now when I see it now, I often say something like:

“Bringing up one form of harm doesn’t cancel out another. The conversation about equine welfare is still deeply important, and addressing it doesn’t require ignoring other injustices.”

Deflection is often a sign of discomfort, not malice. But if we care about welfare, we have to let that discomfort move us, not silence us.

If this advocacy makes you uncomfortable, GOOD!

Discomfort means you’re feeling something, and feeling is where awareness begins. Indifference is far more dangerous than discomfort.

The reality is that addressing one form of harm does not mean we are ignoring others. Progress happens issue by issue, conversation by conversation.

For those intetested in "blood rules" in horse sports....https://www.facebook.com/share/17fNUzEoF8/
07/11/2025

For those intetested in "blood rules" in horse sports....

https://www.facebook.com/share/17fNUzEoF8/

The UK is NOT following the FEI's lead! 🚫
KEEPING THE BAR AT HIGHER WELFARE

British Showjumping (BS) confirmed they will NOT be changing their national rules. This means at British national shows, the presence of blood will still lead to automatic elimination.

This is a brave, clear commitment to putting horse welfare first and protecting the sport’s Social License to Operate (SLO).

If the UK can stand firm, other nations that voted 'No' (like Germany) can and should do the same.

We stand with the British Equestrian CEO, who said: "removing automatic elimination for visible blood is a step backwards."

The fight is now at the national level. We will continue to demand transparency from the FEI and push all our National Federations to follow the UK's ethical lead!

Fédération Equestre Internationale

06/11/2025

MONTY HERE WITH NEWS!

I have closed bookings for November via Hipcamp as its a bit of a mess here after the storms.

If you are happy for unmowed campsite please message me as bookings are only via here until 1st December.

Interesting point of view about horse racing from PATH Equestrian. For those who got angry at my (very rare negative) po...
05/11/2025

Interesting point of view about horse racing from PATH Equestrian.

For those who got angry at my (very rare negative) post that showed blood!!! and at Melbourne Cup no less...please feel free to read another perspective.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BcCbBiMo2/

I was recently invited to the racetrack and offered a tour. I went because I didn’t want to just be angry from a distance. I wanted to understand. I didn’t want to dismiss something without seeing it for myself.

What I saw was complicated.

Many of the people there truly believe they’re doing what’s best for their horses. But good intentions don’t erase harm. You can love a horse and still be part of something that hurts them. That’s what makes this so difficult to confront, and so important to name.

I also saw stress, fatigue, fear and behaviours that told a very different story from the one people handling them believed.

Many genuinely saw tension or restlessness as excitement.

They didn’t recognize the signs of discomfort, not because they didn’t care, but because no one ever taught them to see it differently.

You walk through the racing spaces and see walls covered in photos, horses mid-stride, nostrils flared, eyes wide. And once you know what to look for, you can’t unsee it. You can match almost every image to a pain ethogram, and they would score.

When pain expressions are framed and celebrated as proof of achievement, it shows how deeply this culture has learned to see discomfort as success.

A system that hangs discomfort on the wall as a trophy is a system that cannot recognize harm even when it’s right in front of it. And we’re asking the people inside that system to open their eyes to something they’ve been taught to look away from for generations.

That’s why asking for change feels almost impossible.

There’s nothing ethical about breeding thousands of horses each year when so many already stand in kill pens and auction lines. There’s nothing ethical about glamorizing an industry where catastrophic injuries are treated as inevitable.

Because this isn’t just about the horses. It’s about people, people who have built their lives, livelihood, their identities, their sense of worth around this world. Admitting harm means questioning everything they’ve ever known.

The sport itself, the way it exists today, is built on the suffering of horses.

And it cannot be saved when the people inside it can’t see the damage being done. When suggestions for change are dismissed as outsider opinions, nothing moves forward. It’s impossible to heal a system when everyone within it believes it’s fine.

Cognitive dissonance keeps it alive.

It’s easier to defend cruelty than to admit you’ve been complicit in it.

And that’s why change is so hard. Because it asks people to unlearn everything they’ve been rewarded for believing. But this is exactly why naming harm matters and why recognizing stress behaviours and pain expressions matters.

Why we have to keep showing and discussig what others refuse to see.

Because every time someone learns to spot a pain face, or notices tension for what it really is,
a crack forms in the wall of denial that keeps this system standing. And cracks spread.

SO WE KEEP NAMING IT.

We keep pointing to it, even when it seems to fall on deaf ears, because it only takes one person willing to look in the mirror to start change from within.

We keep having these conversations with hope that people begin to see what we see. Because once you do, you can’t unsee it.

Arrived today.....
05/11/2025

Arrived today.....

I was going to refrain...but I will just share these.Any other horse sport and there would be uproar... but here we have...
04/11/2025

I was going to refrain...but I will just share these.

Any other horse sport and there would be uproar... but here we have people here on a page that encourages kindness and empathy defending it...making excuses.. that blood rules should not apply to the Melbourne Cup...or racing.....

I am so disspointed that there are people who accept this as "normal"...."happens in the paddock"..."get over it"....

Really?

One rule all horse sports.... please...

If you think this is totally fine....please buy a dirt bike....

Here is more about this subject...https://www.facebook.com/share/17f8VEpNTB/

Happy GOTCHA DAY Monty!11 years...
02/11/2025

Happy GOTCHA DAY Monty!

11 years...

MONTY....Anyone have one of these?
31/10/2025

MONTY....

Anyone have one of these?

💥UPDATE on Ranchy Obstacles Morning that was planned for Sunday is postponed.Due to the weather forecast of storms tomor...
30/10/2025

💥UPDATE on Ranchy Obstacles Morning that was planned for Sunday is postponed.

Due to the weather forecast of storms tomorrow I think it is best to add another date to the list in December.

Bookings are via TRYBOOKING here for Sundays as per the session times.

Next one is 30th November and another one for 7th December. Groups of 2 or more can book privately if you want to come along with you and a friend.

Come and have a go at some ranch trail obstacles and challenges. The course has the mandatory obstacles required for a AQHA Ranch Trail Course...

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Horse Trax Oz is your one stop shop for anything to do with horse trail riding. From mapping, planning, project management to even guided trails, we can help you out. Horse Trax Oz adheres to the Horse Safety Standards Australia Code of Conduct. Horse Safety Australia Inc Code of Conduct for Horse Activities Responsibility to individuals Horse Safety Australia Instructors/Guides should:  Provide their services conscientiously and competently.  Not breach public trust, or the specific trust of their participants, clients, staff or competitors.  Ensure that advice and directions provided give full and proper cognisance to personal safety. Technical skills Horse Safety Australia Instructors/Guides should:  Continue to develop their professional knowledge and technical skills.  Not undertake activities they are not competent to perform and, when in doubt, obtain appropriate advice and assistance that will allow these activities to be competently carried out.  State qualifications, experience and prior responsibilities accurately. Behaviour Horse Safety Australia Instructors/Guides should:  Maintain a high standard of integrity, and apply honesty and fair dealing in all aspects of their operations.  Carry out their professional duties with due care and diligence.  Act and communicate in a professional manner towards both their colleagues and their clients  Act in ways which engender confidence regarding horse related activities and clearly support the Standards set out in the Horse Safety Australia documentation In practice, this means that Horse Safety Australia instructors/guides should: 1. Place the safety and welfare of the participants above all else 2. Ensure that equipment and facilities meet safety standards and horses are appropriate to the age and ability of their riders. 3. Ensure that the time riders spend with them is a positive experience. All clients deserve equal attention and opportunities. SMOKING Due to the dangers of passive smoking, non-smokers should be protected from to***co smoke. For this reason Horse Safety Australia recommends that smoking not be permitted in any building where clients congregate, nor in eating or office areas of the organisation. Instructors should refrain from smoking while they are acting in an official capacity. HARASSMENT Horse Safety Australia is committed to encouraging horse related environments which are free from harassment and discrimination. All clients, instructors, administrators, volunteers and staff members have the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Sexual harassment and various other forms of harassment are unlawful under federal and state/territory antidiscrimination laws. People engaging in harassment can have legal action taken against them under these laws. In some cases, legal action can also be taken against the organisation for which they work or which they represent. 4. Display control, respect and professionalism to all involved in their activities 5. Encourage all participants. 6. Be consistent, objective and courteous when making decisions. 7. Promote respect for all participants 8. Remember that they set the example. Their behaviour and comments should be positive and supportive. 9. Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural backgrounds or religion Ensure that any physical contact with a rider is appropriate to the situation and only undertaken when necessary for their skill development. 11. Show concern and caution towards sick and injured riders. Ensure that a rider/handler who has been involved in an incident/accident involving a horse, is not be permitted to recommence that activity until they have been assessed for possible injuries by a competent first aider. If any injuries are evident or suspected, these should be treated by a medical professional before continuing with the activities With hands one trail riding experience coupled with marketing and project management expertise, we have a core team of people to help with anything horsey. Name: HORSE TRAX OZ Registration Number: BN22390558 Registered State: Queensland Registration Date: 28/03/2012 Status: Registered Type: Business Names Regulator: Australian Securities & Investments Commission