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02/11/2026

Gem has found her new home 💗

01/11/2026

Currently have paddock room for more standies to join our retraining program. Flick us a message if you’ve got one needing a home to start their journey of life under saddle 🐴

SA - may travel to vic.

29/10/2026

Ed - Gentle Giant
STB Gelding

Rising 8yo approx 16.2hh

This big fella is so lovely, he’s shown no nasties and is easy to have around and do things with.

Whilst he’s still working out some things, he’s been working on accepting contact and holding canter longer. He’s got basic arena miles at this stage.

Ed went for a stroll down the road, without a single fault, he was so happy to just follow; didn’t really care for being a leader at all, happy to go where ever the leader went.

Ed has also had some miles riding around the paddocks on the farm, he’s not silly or spooky, the worst thing is the flies annoying him due to no tail! The poor man!!

Ed is a big boy, and can be a little strong on the ground, but has become so much better!

We will continue to work on canter and accepting contact on the reins until he finds his new home.

He’s big and gentle enough, but he’s relatively forward going, gives what he’s asked for sure. Not a drag his feet along type of horse. A lovely big walk.

Ed is barefoot, good to catch, currently in the extra feeding paddock, ties up all day and easy to handle.

Ed would be fine with a confident rider, just to give him reassurance if he ever needed it. But is generally no fuss.

I think in the right home with experience he could be a good family mount with a little more miles.

Located Palmer South Australia
Weekly transport to vic available.

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29/10/2026

Please note I am away until Sunday night, so messages may not be responded to until Monday at this stage.

Prime example of why weekends don’t work for us 😂

I also write this as I’m sitting in the tractor baling hay, not at home finishing packing like I’m meant to be 🙃🙃🙃

29/10/2026

Please read again x

Some ummm gentle reminders……..

As the page name suggests, we are in South Australia…..

As we have mentioned many times, unfortunately weekends are not available for viewings. Tough gig but is what it is.

As I’ve said many times, we do not have reliable phone service here, those that have been out here know that also, nothing we can do about it.

We do not do deposits to hold horses, they are booked for viewings as a first in first served basis, or can be sold unseen to appropriate homes.

All horses are generally green and sold on their temperaments, therefore hard to come by any suited solely to beginners.

Sometimes you need to forgo half an inch to an inch of a horses wanted height if it ticks all your other boxes.

Horses are not marked as sold until payment received / receipt shown.

Please do not get offended when we tell you we don’t think a horse is suited; or get offended when we tell you which one would.

Horses are all sold by a sales contract which has all the horses information on it for you to have as a record, including what they are eating and ridden in.

I really thought a lot of this was common knowledge but sadly not, but that’s ok that’s what this post is for, to help remind.

We have got some lovely horses in at the moment looking for their new homes, and some lovely upcoming horses. Sadly when horses don’t move along regularly, bills don’t get paid and things get tricky, we have to be very savvy with space and money, I’m currently hard feeding 6 standies, something not cheap at all, but something that can’t go without. This business is my income and livelihood, as well as summers, so we always appreciate shares on posts and genuine interest in horses. We have never hidden we need to make money to keep going around and around.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy your horses 💗💗💗💗

Photo of Ed lapping up the cuddles yesterday.

28/10/2026

Gem 💎

Rising 6yo approx 15.1-15.2hh stb mare

Gem has basic arena miles, walk trot and can offer canter, she particularly likes cantering over poles and small jumps, but just doesn’t hold it for too long - as she’d rather not!

She is very much ask and you get, she’s not insanely forward, a little on the lazy side, but have to ask to receive.

She is proving to be a lovely pleasure mount, she is easy to handle and ride. Currently in light work.

Gem has been ridden down the road, and lately has been doing some paddock rides, she has shown to be sensible and quite likes riding around the paddock over arena work.

She will be suited to a rider with the basics, so not quite a beginner, but don’t need to be an Olympic rider either, just a bit of confidence and basic understanding if a horse needs help. She has been ridden by a novice that can lose balance and was not fussed in the least.

Gem is barefoot, and up to date with dentist, she is currently paddocked with other mares and is higher up on the chain in there but not nasty. She can play games to be caught pending the circumstances.

She’s very much pull out, jump on and go, not a schoolmaster, but the same each ride, no silly nonsense.

Gems face will happily tell you she does not care for your shenanigans however she is not nasty in anyway.

Located Palmer South Australia
Weekly transport to Victoria available

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4 week payment plan with Agistment available

27/10/2026

Look how sweetly Ed went for Chelsea.

This is the gentle giant you’ve been looking for, your next family member, he’s so lovely. 💗💗

27/10/2026

If you missed out on my little man, stay tuned.. a tad bigger, but very much a lovely lovely horse. Roughly 15.2hh just….

The most lovely ride, so easy.

Again not ready for sale; just a teaser to get all your plans in order, just working on gaining condition, and may take him down to a camp draft for an outing 💗💗

26/10/2026

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