Clinton Anderson was born and raised in Australia, where at the age of six his family recognized his natural ability with horses and cultivated his interest buying him his first horse at age nine. Clinton began attending horsemanship clinics at age 12.
At age 13 he began playing Polo-Cross and was chosen for a national team representing his state. Clinton started his training apprenticeship full time at age 15 with nationally acclaimed clinician and horse trainer, Gordon McKinlay of Rockhampton, Queensland. During the next two years, he started and trained over 600 horses under McKinlay's expert apprenticeship.
At the age of 17, Clinton left McKinlay and began working for Ian Francis, nationally acclaimed Australian horse trainer in Gympie, Queensland. Clinton worked steadily with Francis Ian for one year, then used his knowledge and expertise to begin his own training facility.
Clinton continued his own training and clinics until coming to the United States in 1996, for a brief apprenticeship with Al Dunning, winner of multiple AQHA World Championships. Clinton then returned to Australia where he continued with his training business. At this time, Clinton began reining competition and placed third at the Australian National Reining Futurity in 1997. Clinton won the first go-around, and placed third in the finals - with only one point separating the top three horses. In October of 1997, Clinton returned permanently to the United States where he began training, touring, and conducting clinics.
In April 2001, Clinton became the first horse trainer to launch a "made-for-TV" weekly training program broadcast on satellite television. The use of untrained horses and a variety of topics covering common problems faced by horse owners has made his show the network's most popular equine program. Clinton works with a clinic participant at the Wahl Equestrian Center.
In September 2001, Clinton made the Wahl Equestrian Center in Sterling, Illinois his new home. Clinics were conducted at the center and Clinton's videos and television shows were also shot at this location, until December of 2004 when Clinton relocated to his new Downunder Horsemanship training facility in Belle Center, Ohio.
In 2003 and again in 2005, Anderson faced the country's best horse trainers and clinicians in the prestigious Road To The Horse Competition, becoming the first person to win the event twice in a row.
Clinton works hard to educate horse owners on how to be safe and effective while enjoying their horses. His training methods are easy to understand and designed to help horse owners get the results they desire.
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