“I want to produce a good product and I want people to know that I give 110% all the time!”
About
Mat Oakley has always had a very clear vision of who he wants to be as a horse trainer. Early on, he formed a unique understanding of what would best serve both his horses and clients. He has never wavered from his ultimate goal to give each and every horse what it, as an individual, needs to be the best it can be.
In his early career, Mat focused on breaking in; as well as training and competing campdraft and challenge horses and preparing sale horses. At the time he couldn’t have imagined he would go on to work with and be mentored by some of Australia’s, and indeed the world’s leading trainers. He also had no plan or concept that he would go on to be a cutting horse trainer. After spending time in the USA in 2008, where Mat’s aim was to learn as much about the horse training business as he could; he returned to Australia, where over the next few years a series of fortunate opportunities led him to spend invaluable time with Mark Buttsworth, Roger Wagner and Graham Amos.
Mat was 22 years old when he went to work with Mark Buttsworth and feels fortunate that ‘Buttsy’ offered him a great opportunity to learn. Buttsy gave Mat equal opportunity to ride his horses – both campdraft and cutters. When a bad accident sidelined Buttsy, Mat was there to take over riding all the horses, while still under Buttsy’s guidance. There were 7 Futurity horses and working with them daily started to change Mat’s focus on what his future would be and put the seed in his mind that he might go on to focus on cutting horses.
In 2014, Mat had another great opportunity, this time to work with another legendary Australian Horseman – Graham ‘Mouse’ Amos, who was based at Killarney. At this stage, Mat still had not shown a cutting horse, although he was training his own mare, Hard Hat Hilda, and she was close to being finished. While at Mouse’s, Mat was able to show Spins Miss Kitty and Stylish In Time at two shows, this was just before the NCHA Futurity.
BR Red Roo Cat- Proudly owned by Tony Harrison & Chrissy Watson
➷ 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩:
BR Red Roo Cat
➷ 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙮 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨:
RESERVE CHAMPION: Outta The Blue- Proudly owned by Greg & Tracey Claverino
4th Metallic Blues- Proudly owned by Kim and Carole Lansdowne in partnership with Greg & Tracey Claverino
➷ 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨:
3rd place: Stevies Choice- Proudly owned by Tom & Primrose Cavanagh
Metallic To The Max- Proudly owned by Ryan Jeffree
One Time Blues- Proudly owned by Greg & Tracey Claverino
➷ 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁:
Hashtag Finale- Proudly owned by Moonebah Quarter Horses
➷ 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙊𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜- What an honour it was to have Graham Amos show one of our horses for the second year- in 2022 he showed ‘Hell Blazer’ in the legends & this year he showed ‘Metallic To The Max’ to mark a 220.
BR Red Roo Cat equal first in the 2nd go round of the Open Futurity, Metallic Blues winner of the 1st go round in the Open Derby
Yavan Annie Hotter 2nd highest aggregate in the Open Futurity.
𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀
$𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲:
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲, owned by Clearview Quarter Horses- 73pts
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by the K & C Lansdowne and Clearview Quarter Horse Partnership- 72.5pts
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, owned by T & P Cavanagh- 72pts
𝗥𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲 𝗛𝘆, owned by the Delta Quarter Horse Stud- 70pts.
$𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲:
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, owned by T & P Cavanagh- 74pts
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲, owned by Clearview QH- 73pts
𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by the K & C Lansdowne and Clearview QH Partnership- 72
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻:
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘅, owned by R Jeffree- 74pts
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘂𝘀, owned by J Taylor- 73pts
𝗥𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘁:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by G & T Claverino- 73.5pts
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘂𝘀, owned by J Taylor- 73pts
𝗔𝗤𝗛𝗔 𝗤𝟮𝟰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀
$𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲:
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by G & T Claverino- 77pts
𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲, owned by Clearview Quarter Horses- 73.5pts
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by K & C Lansdowne in partnership with Clearview Quarter Horses
$𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲:
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, owned by T & P Cavanagh- 75.5 pts
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘅, owned by R Jeffree- 74pts.
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by the K & C Lansdowne and Clearview QH Partnership- 73pts
𝗥𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗲 𝗛𝘆, owned by the Delta QH Stud- 73pts
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘅, owned by R Jeffree- 74pts
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to Blair Keyte and Primrose Cavanagh on their placings in their events.
Q24 Rookies- Primrose & Marys Stylish Oak- 71
Novice Non Pro- Blair & Currell Styles Up- 71
HVCHC $7500- Blair & Currell Styles Up- 72
Primrose & Marys Stylish Oak- 71
Rookies- Blair & Currell Styles Up- 71
Primrose & Marys Stylish Oak- 70
$15000 NP- Primrose & Marys Stylish Oak- 71
PEEL VALLEY CUTTING CLUB – CUTTING FOR CASH AT ARMIDALE
$𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 Champion: Stevies Choice owned by T & P Cavanagh- 74 pts.
$𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 Champion: Stevies Choice owned by T & P Cavanagh- 75 pts.
Sannandreyus owned by J Taylor & Metallic Blues owned by K & C Lansdowne and Clearview Quarter Horses also both scored 73 pts.
𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗬 Reserve Champion: Outta The Blue owned by Clearview Quarter Horses- 75 pts.
𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 3rd place: One Time Blues owned by the Nunya Investments- 74 pts.
Congratulations also to Blair Keyte & Tom and Prim Cavanagh on successful showings.
PEEL VALLEY CUTTING CLUB – WALCHA
Open Champion – “SANNANDREYUS” scoring a 74. Proudly owned by J Taylor
$5000 Novice Champion – ” ONE TIME BLUES” scoring a 76. Proudly owned by Nunya Investments
$15,000 Novice Champion ” METALLIC BLUES” scoring a 74. Proudly owned in partnership with K & C Lansdown and G & T Claverino.
2023
BALONNE RIVER CUTTERS FUTURITY
Open Derby Finalist – One Time Blues. Owned by Nunya Investments
Image by Rein & Shine
NSW CUTTING CLUB AGED SHOW
Open Futurity Finalist – Outta The Blue. Owned by Greg & Tracey Claverino
Open Futurity Finalist –Metallic Badger – Owned By Mat & Casey Oakley
Open Derby Finalist – One Time Blues Owned by Nunya Investments
Open Classic Challenge Finalist – Metallic To The Max – Owned by Ryan Jeffree
Non Pro Futurity Finalist –SDP Sanguine & Paul Arnall. Owned by the Arnall Family
Mat and Casey enjoy operating their business from their property in Walcha as a team. They have dedicated experienced staff that assist with daily care and lopping of the horses in training.
Work opportunities are available for the right candidates. Get in contact with us if you would like to join our team.
𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲, owned by Clearview Quarter Horses- 73pts
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, owned by the K & C Lansdowne and Clearview Quarter Horse Partnership- 72.5pts
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