About Our Host



 Horse Talk TV Australia’s ONLY show on free-to-air TV dedicated to horses, and is now an AWARD WINNING Series having taken out the prestigious 2010 Antenna Award for “OUTSTANDING INFORMATION & LIFE STYLE PROGRAMME”. The Series is hosted by Katie Hickson who has over 18 years of experience in the horse industry as a professional horse trainer. She is passionate about horses and training and is the driving force behind the creation of the show.  Horse Talk TV is entertaining, educational and offers the most up to date information on the horse industry.

Katie Hickson - Producer / Director/ Host

Courage is being “rooly rooly” scared ……but jumping in anyway

My Favourite Quote:  "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body ….but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand – strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO – What a Ride!”

What a heck of ride the creation of Horse Talk TV has turned out to be! 

I’m originally a city born kid who had no rural or horsey or background who got the horse bug at 13, and never got over it. My first horse was an ancient broken down old riding school nag that my mum scraped a few hundred dollars together to buy me, that I thought was the most beautiful and gallant steed in the entire world.

I went on in my adult years to become a professional horse breaker, re-habilitating abused and problem horses and starting young horses, working in the Hawkesbury district near Sydney.

Like a lot of people working with horses I found it hard at times to make a living out of my passion and I notched up a few impressive injuries alongKatie breaking in Kali the way so I left horse training behind in 2004 to go and  ‘finally make a decent living’ in the world of corporate sales.

The idea of Horse Talk TV was born out of the burning desire to get back into the industry I loved. I really missed working with horses and knew I just HAD to get back to working with them somehow. This time however I wanted to create something that combined my artistic side with my love of horse training, which would also reach out to the wider horse community. Walla! … Suddenly the idea of Horse Talk TV was born.katie at Richmond ode

So here I am in the very new world of TV production and loving every minute of it! 

Horse Talk TV aims to bring you a really professional horse TV show that educates and entertains and even opens up a bit of controversy now and then.

See you on a TV station in your area!