MOST Californian cowboys spend their lives around horses and many have just about hung up their boots when reaching into their ninth decade on this earth but not so, iconic American horseman Monty Roberts who, at 82, is still working flat out in his stated quest to leave the world a better place for horses than he found it.

Every day is choc-a-bloc for the man who had his last day off nine years ago. A snapshot of his hectic schedule reveals everything from German film crews filming at his Flag Is Up Farm as part of the Lomitas success story; interspersed with a phone call from one of the most advanced human behavioural scientists in the USA, following by a global conference call on equine welfare before he packs his bag for his long flight to Heathrow ahead of his European tour.