Dallas Orchard may still be a few days short of his third birthday, but the pint-sized cowboy is ready to carry on the family tradition of brumby runners.

Dallas’ family has opened a brumby sanctuary in Benambra, 250km northeast of Melbourne, and the tiny toddler “just wants to ride everything”, according to his mum, Tahnee.

“He just wants to copy his Dad and his Pop. He calls himself a hard-working man,” she said.

When Dallas takes over at the park he will become the sixth generation of brumby runners in his family.

Doesn´t look like that ended well!

The family-run Australian Alpine Brumby Park, which is home to more than 45 brumbies, keeps the wild horses safe from the threat of poachers and dingoes, but also provides tourists the opportunity to see brumbies run free.

The alpine park was planned to be up and running in 2003, but fires across the region wiped out much of the estate.

With more funding, the family hopes to build huts for tourists to base themselves in while enjoying the peaceful surrounds.

“We’re just living our dream. This is what makes us happy,” Mrs Orchard said.

For more information on the park, including the possibility of adopting a brumby, visit www.alpinebrumbypark.com.au

Source: HeraldSun

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