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Editor’s Note Hi Everyone, Spring has made a sporadic appearance and has caught us reaching for our fleeces but November is ahead with warmer days accompanied by that great feeling of heading towards the festive break. November also means Halloween and fireworks. Fireworks can be distressing for our pets and animal welfare institutions experience an influx of lost and terrified pets. Keeping them safe is important and our dog guru Mandy Barret gives advice on how to care for and keep them safe during this period of festivities. For others being in an unfamiliar environment is an adrenaline rush. What could be more of a high than taking part in the toughest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby. We spoke to Samantha Anderson who recently took part in this gruelling race across what was once the Kingdom of Genghis Khan. Charlie Lakin prescribes kneading dough to destress, find alone time and delight friends with a crusty flavour filled sourdough. Ginny passes comment on shopping in your riding gear and Lindsay Gray offers suggestions on how to populate your garden with as many bursts of colour as a firework display. We hope you enjoy the issue Regards, The Editor
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Mongolian horses carried the allconquering Mongol warriors across half the world when in the 13th Century Genghis Khan rampaged across the map. His empire became the largest contiguous empire in history extending from parts of Russia and China to as far as Eastern Europe before he died in 1227.
there is no guarantee that they will accept you as a participant. Sam explained that her entry motivation was all about her riding dirt bikes – no horses at all. The organisers Samantha, like a lot of women, phoned her from the UK, three rode as a child, then gave it up times – firstly to check that she when she had her own child and actually had enough money and had only recently started riding then to make sure that she would again. She never owned her own be capable of managing the trek. horse, and at the time of deciding They take a maximum of 40 riders to enter the Mongol Derby, was To get messages across this vast from around the world each year. only riding once a week at a riding empire, Genghis Khan set up When asked what the greatest school. the equivalent of the USA’s Pony challenge was, Samantha replied Express, using a massive network “Definitely the money”. They give To give you some idea of what of horse stations throughout the you a payment plan so you don’t riding the Mongol Derby actually empire. It is thought that the have to pay it all at speed of his “Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is once, however they messengers was also supply you with a huge tactical dismounting and governing that is hard.” lists of all the equipment advantage for the and medical stuff you Mongol warriors. The Genghis Khan need to take with you – the remnants of this web of list of things you can spend your horse stations continued, delivering entails - it is perhaps the ultimate money on is endless! Endurance Ride in the world. post and messages, right into the 1000 Kilometres covered in just 1950’s. For those of you thinking of doing 10 days, on borrowed, semiThe Mongol Derby today is the Mongol Derby in 2019 the race wild horses, carrying with you keeping the tradition of those will be held from the 4th – 17th everything you need and solo horse stations alive, giving intrepid of August and your entry fee will navigating from waypoint to adventurers the opportunity to be 10,795 British Pounds. This waypoint. Just like any endurance ride, what is billed as, the longest doesn’t include your air fare to get event you also have to look after and toughest horse race in the there and visa’s etc. each horses health and pass the world. veterinary checks with a resting Samantha gave us some insight heartrate of 56 beats per minute at Local Durban resident, Samantha into her year-long journey. The the end of every 40km leg, before Anderson, was one of just two first thing she had to do was jumping on to the next horse to do South Africans who took up the find someone to train her as an the next 40kms. challenge this year. “From the endurance rider. The riding style very first time that I heard about is completely different and the The process for entering is the Mongol Derby, I wanted to horses much smaller. She also challenging in itself. Once the go. I thought it would be the most did ground work learning how to entry form is done on the internet amazing adventure ever.” 2 •
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H&HL caught up with her to get the inside scoop on how you tackle the Mongol Derby.
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Once you get to Mongolia you meet with people from all over the world, from all walks of life, speaking all different languages – which is amazing. There is also a veritable army of vets, organisers, medics, and translators etc., to support the Derby.
deal with semi-backed horses, read their body language etc., which she hoped would stand her in good stead. You also have to learn how to navigate, she explained. This is no pony trek or guided tour. There is no fixed route chosen by the race organisers simply points to navigate to. The organisers try to make it interesting to ride, incorporating high passes, huge valleys, wooded hills, river crossings, wetlands and of course open steppe.
Samantha stressed that ”Fitness is a huge part of being successful.” Added to that, is a weight limit for you and your kit, on the Mongol ponies. Riding to get fit wasn’t a problem in summer. You can go out at 4am and get some decent mileage in. In winter however, it became an issue riding in the pitch dark. That’s when she started running to build up her aerobic fitness, strengthen her legs as well as helping with trimming the extra pounds.
You also get to meet the indomitable Mongol Horses. There are approximately 3 million horses inhabiting the steppe and the great majority of them live in large semi-feral herds. They are diminutive, sturdy, wild and unbelievably tough as they survive temperatures from -40degrees C in winter to +30degrees in summer. They exist on the steppe grass, drink where they can find water and are rarely given any feed by the herders. Samantha’s Mongol Derby adventure unfortunately ended early with an injury but she still says “The country is amazing, so diverse and beautiful. The people are poor, but a proud nation and everything is so clean. It’s a Hell of an Adventure – Go!” For more information you can visit www.mongolderby.com
“If you’re afraid – don’t do it, - if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.” Genghis Khan
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by Mandy Barrett
One of the most important things we can teach our dogs is to “leave” on command. There are so many reasons to teach this. From a safety aspect, when they pick up old chicken bones (which seem to be a hazard everywhere these days) or other undesirable objects, all the way to stopping them from chasing other animals or people. As we learn more about how dogs think, teaching them to do the things we want becomes easier and more fun. Traditional training was based on punishment and stopping the punishment when the desired behaviour was achieved. However, the spill out from these kinds of methods always leads to some other aggression problem. Almost without fail, dogs taught like this will eventually build up so much stress that it has to go somewhere and BOOM! A fight or bite happens! We don’t want that, so here are some tips to teach ANY dog a solid leave. It is so much kinder and more efficient to teach your dog that relinquishing things to you results in rewards. Start off, as always by making sure you have loads of delicious treats handy in your treat bag or pocket. For this exercise, you will also need a container with a lid, which you have filled with some less exciting treats, bread or dog cubes are perfect.
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Teaching a solid “leave” command and busting the myth of forcing a leave!
Show your dog the container and let him have a treat or two so that he knows it’s a really special container. Then close the lid and hold it out to your dog, who will sniff it and either try to bite it open or leave it and look at you. Lift the container up and say “leave” and promptly hand your dog one of your magical, high value treats and praise. Repeat this until you can place the container on the floor and get your dog to leave it enthusiastically and wait to get his other treat from you.
up the ante a bit and start placing treats on the floor. If your dog isn’t getting the leave idea, you need to always go back a step. You can reinforce this by asking your dog to leave his toys or chews and handing out treats (and returning the toy if it’s appropriate) and praising your dog.
Once this step is perfected, you can empty out the treats and do the same exercise with the container now open and smelling great! Every time your dog leaves it, reinforce the LEAVE and treat!
If your dog displays any guarding behaviours or growling or you cannot seem to get this right, contact a trainer.
Practice this in a variety of places. Make sure your dog does not receive the treats out of the container directly.
Dealing with Food Guarding and Stealing
You can also practice this by placing one treat into the container, closing the lid and putting it onto the ground. If your dog runs off with the container, just laugh it off and go back a step as you need to get the leave word better trained! If your dog leaves it – YAY! You have taught a great LEAVE!
Do not try this for other behaviours-like chasing the cat-until your dog will stop instantly when you say leave and look at you for the treat.
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If in doubt contact a force free trainer and don’t try this with dogs you are not familiar with.
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Once your dog has perfected this, you can practice with treats in your hand, closing your fist if your dog tries to grab and rewarding for the leave in the same way! It usually only takes one or two sessions to get the idea going and then you can
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In KNEAD of some bread?
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by Charlie Lakin
Bread, the humble bread. Well, maybe if you are thinking a BB sliced whitedon’t get me wrong, thick sliced, it is the best for a bacon and egg buttie-but oh, the wonderful world of sourdough breads. The simple beauty of flour, water, salt and plenty of time, oh and a little magic from bacteria. Now I have to admit, I am a massive bread fan. If I had to choose between grain based beverages and spirits (I enjoy the odd beer or a wee dram), pasta and other farinaceous or bread and pastries to be the only form of grain, bread would win hands down. As long as I can remember I have been addicted to bread. First of all eating it as a bairn in the shopping trolley with my brother; popping into the little bakers in Pickering and me mum and gran baking it. When I got my own flat, if I couldn’t be bothered to cook, I would head up the road to Geralds for a loaf. He was a great guy, I always bumped into him early in the morning, on his way to work as I was coming home from work. As I said with bread, “plenty of time”. Gerald knew his bread was worth the effort plus it meant he could be in the Kings Head by 12 for a few afternoon pints. Bread, unlike a lot of other things, I didn’t actually learn how to make until I went to college. (My mum always made it when she was alone and everything was quiet-which I now understand in later life). We covered all the basic breads and I was really lucky
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to have a great bakery teacher. Chef David Crapper (unlucky surname) but he taught us to love the dough and not work by timers, but by feel and sight. All of this was using commercial yeasts and up until recently I stuck to that method with great success. I am not sure why but I decided to step away and learn to master the wild yeast sourdoughs and I would like to think I am getting there…. I am warning that this can become quite addictive because nothing beats the smell and the sound of a dark crust cooling down and a taste that gets better over time. Also, as I said earlier about my mum making bread when she had peace, I’ve had a bit of a lapse in the emotional side of life, sleeping is becoming a pain and I’ve found knocking up a batch of sourdough always helps, (I have been eating a lot of bread) but the one thing it has taught me, is to relax and be patient. It will happen, in bread and in life. Now to the bread. As you can imagine, when it’s as simple as flour, water and salt, it is definitely beneficial to use a better quality flour and salt. Use a basic stone ground bread flour and preferably an unbleached salt. To begin we will need a bread ‘starter’. You could cheat and buy one from a baker. I know Adam at Glenwood Bakery sells ‘starter’ and if you decide to go this route the feeding part of this recipe is useful, as you will never need
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to buy one again, well, as long as you don’t kill it. So let the fun begin. If you are planning your big family get together over the pending holidays, start this now, to give yourself plenty of time to practice, plus the older the starter the more complex the flavours will become. Now I found this first part takes about 8-10 days in this recent damn cold up in Hillcrest but with normal KZN summer weather, it would be ready in 5 days. Day One 100g Flour, preferably unbleached stoneground 100g Water Mix the flour and water to a paste in a large glass jar. Scrape the sides clean and add into the mix. Cover with a clean piece of cloth and seal with an elastic band round the rim. Leave in a warm place for 24hrs for the fermenting to begin. Day Two 100g Flour 100g Water Remove the cloth and give the flour and water paste from the previous day a stir. It shouldn’t really have any scent.
Add the flour and water, stir in well, cover with the cloth and return to a warm place. Day Three 100g Flour 100g Water Give the starter a stir. By now you will start to see bubbles appearing in the mix and a slight yeasty sour scent should be present. Add the flour and water, stir into a paste and return to a warm place.
thumb is to weigh 200g of the starter and add 200g flour and 200g water. The waste can be used for many things, my favourite being sourdough crumpets. Ok so now we have our starter. It’s time to bake. There are any number of methods and different flours you can use but I found this is a very good basic recipe to start with. It’s a simple 3,2,1 ratio and I would recommend you start 2 days before you want the bread. Day One
Day Four
150g Starter
100g Flour
150g Water
100g Water
150g Flour
Repeat the process. If the weather has been warm, there will be more bubble action visible. This means you have a healthy starter forming.
Mix all the ingredients together and leave in a warm place overnight to get the fermentation started. This is referred to as the Levain.
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Day Two
100g Flour
150g Water
100g Water
300g Flour
At this stage the bulk of the starter is at a good level for home baking, so tip half of the starter away and stir in the flour and water and return to a warm place.
20g Salt
Keep doing this feeding process until you have a very active fermentation happening. The starter should have a pleasant sour flavour and plenty of bubbles. At this point you have your ‘Mother Starter’. The mother starter, will keep forever if looked after properly and fed frequently. It can be kept in the fridge and I would recommend feeding it on a weekly basis. To feed it, my rule of
Start in the morning. Mix the Levain with the flour and water and give it a gentle knead. Leave it for 1 hour, so the flour can absorb the water. This is known as an autolyse. After the hour is up, add the salt and give the dough a really good knead for 10 mins. Then place in a lightly oiled bowl and leave to bulk ferment (you can always use a folding method instead of kneading but that will take a lot of explaining). Leave to ferment and prove for at least 5 hours. At this point, tip your dough onto the work surface and give a quick knead to remove unwanted carbon dioxide produced by the yeast-known as degassing-split the dough into 2 and shape into 2 round balls. In 2 pudding basins or large bowls. Line with a heavily floured tea towel or napkin and place your dough inside the cloth, cover with a piece of lightly oiled cling wrap and leave in a warm
place for a couple of hours. At this point I place it in the fridge to retard the proving process overnight and to develop the sour flavour or I leave for a few more hours and bake. To bake, pre-heat your oven to 250 with a heavy thick tray or baker’s stone and add a small tray of water to create steam. Gently tip your dough onto a piece of baking parchment, remove the cloth gently and slice a ½ inch deep cut across the top to allow steam to escape. Place on the hot tray or bakers stone and bake for 15 mins without opening the oven door. Drop the temperature to 235 and bake for a further 25 mins. Do not panic if the crust looks dark, this is where a lot of the flavour lies. Once cooked remove from the oven and leave to cool. If you can resist eating it, it is best left for the following day to develop flavour.
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Dynamite acceleration, lightening fast reflexes and a big heart are needed to get you over the line in Western Mounted Games. It is a fast paced sport that tests the skill, courage and responsiveness of both the horse and the rider. Competitor, trainer, breeder and Open Level 4 rider, Candice Gillespie, gave H&HL an insight into what it takes to succeed in this exciting and growing sport. Q: When and where did you start riding? A: Started Riding when I was 7 years old, at a riding school in Umhlali. Q: What has been the best piece of riding advice you have ever received and from whom? A: I was 13 and the advice was given to me by Mandy Voster-my next door neighbour at the time-was “Riding is all about touch and feel”. Mandy also organised and gave me my first pony Bella (a grey Arab who only had one eye), THIS is what really started the ball rolling. Q: When did you first start competing in Western Mounted Games?
A: We started doing South African Western Mounted Games in 2012 and competed in Memel where the sport
with Candice Gillespie
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Q: What qualities do you think make a great Western Mounted Games horse? A: Agility and acceleration. Q: What is the most difficult game in WMG and why? A: The Flag Race, as it takes agility, speed and co-ordination. Q: If you could take a top horse that is not yours for a spin, which horse would it be and why? A: Actually I have 2 horses. The first would be to ride Turn & Burn Arc Angle again. He was produced by us but sold last year to a young and up and coming rider after he had won a RSA Record and given Craig a South African Title. The second horse would be Paris Secret, owned and Ridden by Tanya Russell, this horse is agile and fast and I would love to have a ride on her. Q: Of all you horses, do you have a favorite and what makes that horse so special? A: Turn and Burn Rain Storm, it is a privilege to ride and compete on a horse that you and your husband have bred and produced.
Q: What is your top tip to a younger rider wanting to get into Mounted Games? A: Come and give it go, it is tough at the top but it is a great family all round sport, and caters for all levels of rider. Q: What do you think is the greatest challenge facing Western Mounted Games in South Africa? A: Being the fasted growing sport, controlling the numbers at Nationals. This year we had over 400 horses competing through level 1 to level 4. Q: And lastly what do you like to do with your spare time ….? A: What spare time lol …………… Family, family, family If you would like to try Western Mounted Games go to www.sawmga. co.za can also find us on Facebook, Turn & Burn Stud and SAWMGA KZN where we post all the events that are up and coming in our province.
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Preparing for the FIREWORKS season
No matter what we do, every year, fireworks are set off at weekends over the months leading up to the festive season and even past New Year.
Many dogs find fireworks, and storms a really scary event and summer can be a living hell for them. You can make a difference and help them as much as possible. MYTH! Comforting your dog when afraid will make the fear worse. This is not true. Comforting your dog will help him to understand that you provide safety and encourage him to seek you out when afraid, rather than to escape and run. Here are some ways you can help your dog with storms and fireworks: - Stock up on calming powders – there are loads of natural ones available that will help your dog – start feeding these weeks before the season so that you know what works best for your dog. Not all dogs are created equal and some remedies work better for some
dogs than others.
- Learn how to do a TTouch Thunder fear wrap, or purchase a thunder shirt and invest some time doing a course, or reading up about this in order to learn how to use them properly. Sticking a t-shirt on your dog may help, but this can also actually lead to more issues. - Make sure you have a safe space for your dog to retreat, whether you have a crate (prior crate training is essential), use the bathroom or opt for the bedroom. Keeping your dog INSIDE and safe is key - Play music and keep talking to your dog during storms to make it easier for them. - If your dog has totally shut down or won’t respond to any at home help, contact your vet AND a proper, qualified behaviourist to assist. - If you HAVE to go away or go out, ensure that your kennels are suitable for dogs afraid of noises, or hire a reliable person to watch your dogs.
- Ensure that your dog has a collar and tag and a registered and up to date microchip! Keep safe!
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In last month’s edition of this magazine, we discussed the differences between creepers, climbers and scrambling plants. This month we look at the merits of annuals and perennials and how they can enhance a planting scheme. Annuals can be described loosely as plants that complete their life cycle, beginning with germination to the production of seeds, within one year - and then die. I use the term ‘loosely’ because genetic engineering has extended the life of many an annual into two or more seasons. Perennials, on the other hand, are expected to live longer than two years. They may go to seed every year, and some may even die back to the ground at times, but their root systems are very much alive and the plants will continue growing in optimal conditions.
by Lindsay Gray
Annuals Many moons ago, annuals were the highlight of every garden. Colourful annuals featured prominently in both private and public gardens and were replaced religiously with each new season. I have fond memories of accompanying a prominent local gardener to the station in Pinetown to collect multiple trays of seedlings that were sent by rail by a major seedling grower in Johannesburg in time to dress her garden with summer colour for the Rotary Anns’ Open Gardens. Today, however, because people are working to a stricter budget, annuals have – in most cases – been relegated to providing ‘pops’ of colour instead of the mass plantings to which we had become accustomed.
Annuals as groundcovers: These gloriously coloured plants are most effective when used as a foreground planting, both as a groundcover and to complete a planting scheme. Some of the taller species such as foxgloves and delphiniums are better suited to growing in the background where their stately elegance won’t obscure any shorter plants. Annuals in containers: This is an inexpensive way of utilising annuals to give you splashes of colour, especially at an entrance, on a patio or around your favourite seating area. Bowlshaped containers are idea for growing annuals as well as certain vegetable seedlings. Choose annuals that won’t outgrow the container. When you change the annuals on a seasonal basis, refresh two-thirds of the potting soil.
Grow annuals with your edibles: I always include annuals in my vegetable garden as they provide a wonderful splash of colour and are ideal for attracting pollinators. I mostly plant Alyssum and marigolds in winter, and violas in summer. The tiny viola flowers can also be used in salads or frozen in ice cubes. Perennials Ah, the perennial! Where would gardens be without these glorious plants, faithfully flowering each year and rewarding the garden with their permanent foliage. Perennials offer the least expensive option when starting a new garden as they multiply quickly, either from seed or on their own root stock, and in no time at all you will be splitting, dividing and planting them in other parts of the garden or giving them away as gifts. There is almost always foliage in the garden beds, even once the flowering period is over which is crucial for the health of your soil as the foliage helps to protect the earth from wind and heat damage. When I think perennial, I think mostly of Agapanthus, Clivia, day lilies and wild garlic, but there are many more such as the perennial salvias, some of which die back completely in winter, many of the daisy family, statice, Gaura, herbs such as comfrey and borage – there is truly a wide range of perennials to add colour and texture to any planting scheme. When purchasing perennials such as Agapanthus, daylillies and the wild garlic, ensure that the planting bag has at least one to three plants in it. Once the plant has settled and started to multiply at the base it can be lifted gently, divided and repositioned. Within a few years, your stock will have quadrupled. Planting with Perennials: Perennials are just gorgeous when massed in an area. I love to mix white and blue Agapanthus, provided they
are the same species and height. Wild garlic (Tulbaghia violacae) or the yellow daylily can also look very effective grown in-between Agapanthus as their flowering times coincide. Apart from splitting the rootstock of a perennial, some can be successfully propagated by seed and others, such as the Salvia species, from cuttings. Bear in mind that seed does not necessarily produce the identical colour, so if you have a beautiful and unusual plant, rather propagate it from plants that develop at the root. Perennials can look absolutely stunning in large containers. They can also be grown to provide splashes of colour in a vegetable garden but ensure that their foliage does not cast shade on the vegetables. Daylily buds are edible, so that would be my first choice to grow close to my vegetables and herbs. And then I might use one of the larger salvias, or a perennial herb as a hedge to protect young seedlings from wind damage. Have fun with these two plant types and enjoy all the colour they will bring to your garden throughout the year! The School of Garden Design offers a range of inhouse and
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Please help. I was out shopping after a ride the other day and I overheard the person behind me make a snide remark about my riding gear. Should I be shopping in it or is this frowned upon? Yours
Shopping in Jods
Dear Shopping in Jods To my mind it is absolutely fine to shop in Jods, but it does depend on where you are shopping and what condition you and your attire are in …… Did you perchance have brown stains on your posterior? So irritating when that happens!! I suggest you change your tack cleaning product. Were you wearing mud encrusted boots, or had you trod in something a little undesirable prior to leaving the yard? Always brush your boots down before leaving the yard if you intend to hit the Mall. You wouldn’t go out in poop encrusted shoes normally or would you? Did you have hat hair? The type of look that has your hairdresser weeping, and people remarking that it is not Halloween yet? A peak cap can normally deal with this unless you use Boris Johnsons hairdresser, in which case you are doomed. Were you covered in horse hair? Not a good look unless you were headed for an audition as Chewbacca…. Had you perhaps been removing an eight legged equine parasite with your fingernails prior to shopping? The “horse riders” manicure is not popular in many circles. Black tipped fingernails giving the look of a professional potatoe digger or a depressed Goth are the delight of few. No need to look like Pig Pen just because you ride. Remember, some shoppers who peruse those freezing cold, plastic riddled aisles stocking food free of everything including nutrition, are often detached from the source of the food supply. They prefer their food sterile, wrapped and bearing no resemblance to the animal from which it came. Mother Nature is barely in evidence in these frozen aisles, except for romantic soft glow images of cows munching in tranquil pastures, reflected in the dewdrop on a fresh green pea. If it was this type of person who made the snide comment, be proud, at least you are in touch with the real world.
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Kerwood Brilliant, 16hh 8yo dark bay mare by Bono out of a TB mare. Has plenty of show experience & is now established at 1.20m and won her last class at her latest show. Would suit confident, experienced rider as she is a sensitive & forward moving horse. Jumps anything. Very pretty & finely built. Contact: Troy 072 527 3607 Marwick Rockefella. 15.1hh 14yo Sorrel Purebred Quarter Horse gelding. Part of the SANESA KZN teams for Nationals, in 2016, Primary schools top 8th horse, 2017 15th top High Schools horse in SA. 2017 h Pony Club Inter-Branch Children’s Victor Ludorum & Champion Horse of the year. He is completely bomb proof, honest, loves competing & always eager to please. No vices; stands for farrier, loads with ease, hacks alone & in company happily. Vaccinations Up to date, teeth done in March 2018. Barefoot. Competed Dressage-Novice, Show Jumping 90cm, Eventing-XC 80cm. ready to move up to the next level in all disciplines. Reason for selling is his rider is very sporty & with all school sport competitions does not have time to ride. R70 000.00. Empangeni/Richards Bay area. Message Alison for more details 082 808 4409 Kerwood Celebrity, Very pretty 4yo grey filly. By Casper out of a Bono mare. Working well on the flat & over small jumps. She has a super
16.1hh 7yo TB out of Count Dubois. Lightly raced, flatwork in place, ideal to be brought on slowly. Loves people & all other animals. Very safe on a hack. Would be perfect for a dressage home. Has an amazing jump but would need an experienced rider to teach him R40, 000 Neg. Contact: 083 660 7734 16.1hh 8yo Warmblood Mare. Very athletic with lovely movement. Jumping 1m. Beachhaven on Track & Land Earl bloodlines Price very neg. Tack included. Contact: 082 490 3131 16hh 9yo Pretty bay gelding by Mullins Bay. Easy going horse, has been to his first show. Will make a wonderful eventer. Happy to hack out alone or in company. Loves attention & cuddles. R30k. Contact: 082 419 4717 15.1hh 11yo lovely Grey stocky Arab. Had some good flatwork & jumps well. Super easy on outrides. 15.2hh 8yo pretty bay gelding. A small boned TB with lovely markings. Had some good flatwork about 2 years ago & then was used by the next owner for hacks. Super Temperament, totally not spooky, jumps happily and well. Both these horses were very much loved, owner deceased a year ago R5k each. Contact: Geoff 083 267 9400 14.2hh 7yo pretty bay gelding. Clean good conformation & a talented childs pony. Currently competing in 90cm, has scope to be a high end competition child’s pony. He will look after you as a novice rider & mature with you. Higher price range. Contact: Natalie 082 786 9511
13hh 5yo Palamino Welsh X pony. A very pretty Dragonfly offspring. Placed at HOY in-hand & under saddle at the Royal Show. Lovely canter & jumping 50cm. Looking for a talented little rider to take her to the next level. R30K Contact: 082 805 1240
Horses For Lease Schaara (Wunderfalke).A big bold Namibian warmblood, with a temperament to die for. Ready for elementary dressage, achieved 74% at Novice level in Aug. No Vices. Half lease available. To stay at her current yard in Summerveld. Would suit rider who is only interested in flatwork. Rider now working & studying hence looking for a half lease. Contact: 072 694 3325 14.3hh 12yo Chestnut mare. Competed successfully showjumping, dressage & equitation. Half or full lease available. Stabled in Summerveld. Owner working out of country Contact: +8529 533 3796 via whatsapp. 16.1hh 15yo Bay TB gelding. He is a super eventing school master. Has competed up to 1m SJ, 80cm XC & Dressage at Prelim level. Good on outrides. Full or half lease considered. Owner leasing due to work commitments. Contact: 082 225 5080
Tack St Lourdes close contact 17” brown saddle. Brand new, medium width R15000. Contact: 082 490 3131
Horseboxes Sunpacer 2 Berth. Excellent condition. No rust, recently serviced, including wheel bearings. New jockey wheel and licence up to date. R40, 000 Contact: 083 280 8834
Knick Knack Paddy Whack GIVE A DOG A HOME Mutt of the Month LIZZIE is a 1yo Greyhound looking type X Breed who is waiting so patiently for someone to come & meet her. She is loving, gets on well with other dogs & loves children. Lizzie sits for treats, is intelligent & will make a lovely addition to your home.
BLU is a handsome boy. He is a large 1yo Africanis with a super nature. He makes friends where ever he goes & is an intelligent chap. Blu loves to swim, plays fetch & is full of fun. He is great with other dogs & aims to please. EDDIE is a 4.5yo chap in need of a new home. He has a typical high energy, playful & friendly Jack Russell nature. Eddie is best suited with bigger dogs. He is amazing with children, loves to play ball & is a real little character.
CALVIN is a short little dude, he is a 3yo medium in size X breed with a gentle & kind nature. He loves children, is good with other dogs & has never been with cats. Calvin enjoys playing fetch with a ball during the day & cuddling up to his humans at night. He sleeps inside. PONCHA is a handsome lad, he is a 3yo Labrador in need of a new family. Poncha is good with children, protective, loves to run around & is not good with cats. BONNIE is a gorgeous 8 month old X Breed on the look-out for a loving family. She is fantastic with other dogs, has been introduced to cats & loves people. Bonnie has a super friendly & affectionate nature & she loves to cuddle up to her teddy bear at night. LULU is a pretty girl, she is a 6 month old X Breed with a beautiful nature. She is friendly, happy, playful, affectionate & so much more. Lulu is great with other dogs & cats too. She loves people & will make a wonderful addition to your family. She is a petite girl with a small frame who will grow to be medium in size. Lulu is very well behaved, walks well on a lead & is just the perfect all-rounder.
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