Awards
In 2002, Roberts received an honorary doctorate in animal psychology from the University of Zurich in Switzerland and in 2005 he gained an honorary doctorate in animal psychology from the University of Parma in Italy. In 2004, the Girl Scouts of the USA commissioned a special Join-Up badge and training program in honor of Roberts’ work, and in 2005, he became the first foreign-born and first American to receive the German Silbernes Pferd (Silver Horse) Award for outstanding contributions to promoting the love of horses. In the Dec. 2008 issue of Your Horse, a major British equestrian magazine, readers named Monty Roberts Personality of the Year 2008.
In 1966 he assisted in the founding of Flag Is Up Farms, of which he is now the full owner. From 1973 to 1986, he was a leading consignor to the Hollywood Park Two-Year-Old Thoroughbreds in Training Sale. In 2004, Roberts’ German-bred horse Sabiango won major races throughout the US.
In 2002 Roberts again visited Windsor Castle as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Roberts was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.
In June 2012, the Queen, as Patron of Join–Up International, attended the Guards Polo Club and along with Monty Roberts presented awards to international polo trainers from South and Central America in recognition of their work in promoting the non–violent training of horses.
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