But instead of a man on a mission to rescue a single valuable horse, Greg Powell has turned to many valuable horses to help rescue disadvantaged youth.

Mr Powell of Marulan is a horseman with an affinity with wild brumbies that he tames and trains on his Cooma property, Kalandan.

In fact he works with brumbies from the Kosciusko National Park region as well as various other areas where wild horses are common, including the Guy Fawkes National Park near Dorrigo.

He has a strong focus on natural horsemanship and recognises the value of such skills as a coping tool in life.

While Mr Powell’s “day job” involves horse training, often working with businessmen, corporate groups and even celebrities such as Hugh Jackman, his work with troubled youngsters is a labour of love.

He draws on a passion he developed from childhood and he shares his knowledge with disadvantaged young people through organisations such as Mission Australia and Youth off the Streets’ (YOTS) Matthew Hogan College at Canyonleigh.

The three and four day intensive natural horsemanship programs see the youngsters camp out in a bunkhouse on Mr Powell’s Cooma property while they learn the finer points of working with wild brumbies, from their break-in through to riding them on nearby trails.

His aim is to help troubled young people develop emotional fitness, build partnerships and achieve results through their experiences working with horses.

“These young people learn to use psychology rather than fear and intimidation to achieve results with a horse - the outcome is a mutual respect and hopefully emotional fitness and the tools needed to achieve in other aspects of their life,” he said.

“When these young people first turn up at our three and four day intensive programs they show a lot of bluff and fear, but once they start to work with the horses and make progress they enjoy a great sense of achievement.

“It is the hope that this sense of achievement will help them reach other goals in life such as completing studies.”