| 1939 – 1944 |
Stunt double for Mickey Rooney, Roddy McDowall, Charleton Heston, Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet and others |
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| 1948 |
Tracked wild mustangs and learned “the silent language of Equus” |
| 1950 |
World Championship in Equitation |
| 1950 |
Supreme Champion Horsemastership Championship |
| 1953 |
National Championship in Western Equitation |
| 1954 |
National Championship in Western Equitation |
| 1954 |
Worked with James Dean on East of Eden |
| 1955 |
Graduated Hartnell College first in class |
| 1955 – 1959 |
Attended California State Polytechnic University earning honors in three majors: Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Agri-Economics |
| 1956 |
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Champion Team Roper |
| 1956 |
Three-time National Intercollegiate Rodeo West Coast All-around Champion |
| 1957 |
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Champion bulldogger |
| 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 |
World Championships in Reined Cow-Horse Events |
| 1964, 1965 |
World Championship Stallion Competition, cutting and roping |
| 1966 |
Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Championship |
| 1966 |
Founded Flag Is Up Farms |
| 1966 – 2004 |
Started and trained hundreds of Thoroughbred race horses, producing champions, including:
• Cathy Honey, An Act, Aladancer, Walk in the Sun, Tobin Bronze (USA)
• Alleged, winner of the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe (1977 and 1978)
• Lomitas and Dajur, European Champions
• Quebrada, Risen Raven, Macanal, Lavirco, Silvano, and Sabiango (German Champions)
• Sharivari and Bahroona (New Zealand) |
| 1973 – 1986 |
Leading consignor to Hollywood Park Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds In Training sale |
| 1984 – 1998 |
Director of California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (CTBA) and founder of the California Thoroughbred Sales, an arm of CTBA |
| 1985 |
Gold Card Lifetime Member, PRCA, Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association |
| 1986 |
First public demonstration of Join-Up® in Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| 1988 |
National Reined Cow-Horse Association “Stock Horseman of the Year” |
| 1989 |
Queen Elizabeth II invites Monty to Windsor Castle to demonstrate Join-Up® and train her staff. |
| 1996 |
The Man Who Listens to Horses is published. |
| 1997 |
Book remains on New York Times best-seller list for 58 weeks |
| 1997 |
Named “Man of the Year” by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) |
| 1997 |
National Horseshow Association (NHSA) Award of Merit |
| 1997 |
Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) Equitarian Award, at the Washington D.C. International Horseshow |
| 1998 |
ASPCA “Founders Award” |
| 1998 |
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care award for “Lifetime of Dedication” |
| 1998 |
British Horse Society Appreciation Award |
| 1998 |
BBC/PBS documentary Monty Roberts: The Real Horse Whisperer airs |
| 1998 |
First Join-Up® demonstration tour visits more than 40 states in the United States |
| 1998 |
Roberts creates the Western Equitarian Awards Banquet held annually at Flag Is Up Farms for trainers in the Western riding disciplines who choose to train horses in the absence of violence or pain |
| 1999 |
Monty’s second book, Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild hits the best-seller lists |
| 1999 |
Documentary Shy Boy: The Horse That Came in from the Wild airs |
| 1999 |
First issue of Monty Roberts Join-Up Journal, a quarterly, full color subscription magazine is published |
| 2000 |
MSPCA bestows the George T. Angell Humanitarian Award |
| 2001 |
Monty’s third book, Horse Sense for People, is published |
| 2001 |
A special named award “Gentleness is the True Strength” from Kingshurst Junior School Birmingham, U.K. |
| 2002 |
The University of Zurich bestowed upon Monty an honorary doctorate degree for his work |
| 2002 |
Monty’s fourth book, From My Hands to Yours, is published |
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Monty demonstrates Join-Up® as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee at Windsor Castle |
| 2002 – 2003 |
Monty, Pat, and Shy Boy ride in Tournament of Roses Parade |
| 2004 |
The Girls Scouts commission a special Join-Up® badge and training program in honor of Monty’s pioneering work |
| 2004 |
Monty’s German bred Sabiango wins the Grade 1 $350,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap at the Hollywood Park Racetrack in California, followed shortly thereafter by the $200,000 Kentucky Cup Turf |
| 2004 |
Monty’s fifth book, The Horses in My Life, is published in Great Britain, Germany, and Australia. |
| 2005 |
Honorary Ph.D. University of Parma, Italy, for work in behavioral sciences |
| 2005 |
Silbernes Pferd (Silver Horse) Award, Germany, for lifetime achievement. First American to receive this award. |
| 2006 |
Monty’s The Horses in My Life is additionally published in the United States and in many other languages. |
| 2006 |
Documentary completed about Monty’s work with the wild horses and the aboriginal youth of Palm Island, Australia |
| 2006 |
Monty’s TV Series, A Backstage Pass!, is completed with 17 episodes filmed in ten countries |
| 2006 |
Global Dressage Forum: Monty Roberts joins top international dressage riders and trainers and performs some of the most elaborate demonstrations of the event |
| 2007 |
Monty tours England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Australia and for the first time Finland and France |
| 2007 |
Monty hosts his first ever Corporate Training Course to license facilitators as well as his Certified Instructors in order to add the Join-Up Corporate Course to their list of courses offered. Fourteen countries are represented. |
| 2007 |
Monty re-releases The Man Who Listens to Horses with updated photos and a new chapter 10 years after the initial UK launch |
| 2007 |
Monty releases his second edition From My Hands to Yours with updated chapters and new photos |
| 2007 |
Monty publishes his sixth book, Ask Monty: The 150 Most Common Horse Problems Solved (Headline Publishing Group) |
| 2007 |
Monty joins Olympic dressage rider Imke Schellekens-Bartels, Olympic silver medal winner Albert Voorn and two-time, Olympic gold medal winner Anky van Grunsven, at the International Horse Event, all demonstrating excellence in the saddle |
| 2007 |
Monty stages an ambitious Monty Rides Again Tour in the UK riding BH IS DUN, a champion reined horse, to demonstrate his Join-Up principles from the saddle |
| 2007 |
Participated in the American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention in Orlando, Florida |
| 2008 |
Headline clinician at February Equine Affaire Pomona |
| 2008 |
March demonstration tours in Finland and Dubai |
| 2008 |
April demonstration tour in Germany |
| 2008 |
May/June demonstration tours in Sweden and France |
| 2008 |
Presenter at the American Association of Equine Practitioners in Texas |
| 2008 |
Monty and Nice Chrome competed in Santa Barbara Fiesta Reined Cow Horse competition |
| 2008 |
Monty and Shy Boy appearance and lecture at the Gene Autry Museum |
| 2008 |
Join-Up In The Saddle joint Australian clinic with Monty and Charlotte Bredahl |
| 2008 |
Monty demonstrates riding techniques at the Holland Horse Event |
| 2008 |
Monty attends the Switzerland Vet Presentations |
| 2008 |
Monty demonstration tours in Norway and England |
| 2008 |
Frankfurt Book Fair appearance by Monty |
| 2008 |
Demonstration tour in England |
| 2008 |
First Monty Roberts demonstration in South America; Monty gives a demonstration in Guatemala |
| 2009 |
Monty incorporates his Join-Up concepts into Youths At Risk prison visits, Adults At Risk UK drug related issues, and Make A Wish communications with children |
| 2009 |
Monty’s Thoroughbred race mare Merrily was 2nd on Breeder’s Cup Day at Santa Anita Race Track |
| 2009 |
Monty initiates first unofficial Equine Science Trial study in England |
| 2009 |
Monty demonstration tours in England |
| 2009 |
Intensive filming completed for the launch of Equus Online University at Flag Is Up Farms |
| 2009 |
Headline clinician at the Equine Affair Ohio |
| 2009 |
Monty demonstration tour in Germany |
| 2009 |
Monty demonstration tour in Holland |
| 2009 |
June/July Equine Science Trial study completed in England |
| 2009 |
Monty Special Training Clinic, Flag Is Up Farms, CA |
| 2009 |
Monty launches his Equus Online University |
| 2009 |
Monty demonstration tour in Denmark |
| 2009 |
Monty demonstration tours in Finland, Germany and England |
| 2009 |
Speaker at Your Horse Live event in England |
| 2009 |
Headline presenter at Wellington Classic Dressage in Florida |
| 2009 |
Monty gives a special clinic at Shea Therapeutic Riding, San Diego, CA |
| 2010 |
February 15 HRTV launches Monty Roberts’ “Backstage Pass” as part of their Equestrian Weekly Programming Series |
| 2010 |
Demonstration tours in England, Switzerland, Germany and Brazil |
| 2010 |
I’m Shy Boy, Monty’s seventh book, is released. A children’s book written through the eyes of Shy Boy and interpreted by Monty. |
