We have mostly Boerperd horses with some Thoroughbreds and
Boerperd Arab crosses. Boerperds are a South African breed
of horse probably of Arab-Barb descent and Java horses which
were the first horses to come to South Africa from Indonesia
when the Dutch arrived in South Africa around 1653. These
developed into the Cape Horse that were then crossed with
English Thoroughbreds.
These horses are known as being strong, hardy and well
muscled, usually 14.0hh to 15.3hh, sure footed and to have
kind temperaments and generous natures. The horses were
widely ridden by the Boer soldiers in the Anglo Boer war of
1899 to 1902.
All our horses live out to free graze year round and most
are natural hoofed (unshod/barefoot ) as the terrain and
temperate conditions are well suited to this. We like our
horses to live as close to their natural ways as is
possible.
Our horses are fit, regularly schooled in the English style
and well kept. Natural Horsemanship is practised with our
horses.
Tack
On Safaris we ride our horses in both English style and Leon
Liversedge Enduro/Trail saddles and we try to suit horse and
saddle to each rider on safari.
The Leon Liversedge Enduro saddles are extremely comfortable
for both rider and horse as they are very light but designed
to spread weight well over the horses backs.
Our English saddles are Wintec General Purpose Cair 2000,
with each saddle fitted to an individual horse. We find
these to be comfortable for both horse and rider.
For our daily horse rides we mostly use Trident Trail ranger
saddles, an all leather South African saddle that has a high
pommel and large deep seat based on the McClellan tree.
These are easy to ride in and also very comfortable.
