Portland Jones

Author

  • Portland Jones

    Portland Jones is a writer, horse trainer and lecturer who lives and works in Western Australia’s Swan Valley. She has a PhD in Literature and her first novel was short-listed for the TAG Hungerford Award. Her second novel was short-listed for the richest genre-based literary award in Australasia, the ARA Historical Novel Prize. She also writes articles for the equestrian press.

    Portland has over 30 years’ experience as a horse trainer. She has a strong focus on welfare and teaches an evidence-based training strategy. She also teaches equine behaviour at Murdoch University.

    Portland is also a trainer for The Help Foundation, a charity working with captive populations of endangered Asian elephants to ensure their ongoing welfare.

Equine

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Portland Jones