Daniel-Tessari Horse Reflections

Pauly’s connection and affinity with horses is life-long. Born and raised on a family cattle station in the Flinders Ranges, he started his journey with horses as a child, inheriting his father’s love and respect for the animals.

He has spent the last ten years working as a ringer, drover and horse breaker. He’s done it all – from bronc and bull riding, catching wild cattle to starting wild brumbies through to working as part of the cattle crew in the movie ‘Australia’.

Pauly has combined his foundation knowledge with his own experiences, and those of the accomplished horse trainers he has met on his travels. His dedication to self-improvement through learning is proof of his unwavering commitment to true horsemanship.

Pauly believes that a good trainer produces a good horse, and therefore the education of the handler or rider is paramount. He handles horses with patience, compassion, empathy and intuition and imparts these skills on his clients as well as their equine partners.

Combined with his knowledge and experience, he has a highly tuned sense of ‘feel’. It is this intuition that enables Pauly to produce calm and balanced horses, without the use of force or presence of fear.

Pauly is now based in the beautiful Adelaide Hills region with his fiancé Lauren and their large canine and equine family.

Together they have established Daniel-Tessari Horse Reflections enabling Pauly to pursue his dream of training soft and responsive horses that are always in a good state of mind, and sharing his knowledge to help owners have the best relationship they can with their horse.