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Bootleg Equine Offering foundational equine services; lessons, training, schooling, groundwork and clinics. Darfield, Canterbury.

Equine training and lessons, helping horses and riders on their personal journeys.

⭕️💲Reduction ⭕️As much as I’d love to keep Loubug forever, I need to seriously think about finding him his new human.1️⃣...
12/09/2026

⭕️💲Reduction ⭕️
As much as I’d love to keep Loubug forever, I need to seriously think about finding him his new human.

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Why do we do it 🫠 I feel like I have had one of the luckiest runs so far this year, and played nurse for the better part...
03/09/2026

Why do we do it 🫠

I feel like I have had one of the luckiest runs so far this year, and played nurse for the better part of 6 months 😅!
From horses needing surgery, to unwelcome ulcers, to split lips and heinous abscesses, the ponies sure do look pretty out my office window... and right now that's what they all seem about good for 🤣

I will be the first to admit, seeing everyone starting to crack on in preparation for the season and summer adventures, has me wanting to pull my hair out and scream WHY ME at the top of my lungs.

It's such a hard game, this horse shindig. It's our responsibility to look after our equines in the best way we can. They rely on us, and can only be the best they can be if we look and listen when they QUIETLY tell us something is wrong.
Sometimes I feel like I worry too much, look for things that are wrong. But my gut instinct has always been right with every small or big ailment any horses in my care have had. But I like to think that makes someone a good horse owner, making sure that they do everything in their power to look after their equines, who really, are at the mercy of us and our decision making.

Where that's so tough, though, is time. Where there is a will, there is always a way to find a way to fund something, especially when it comes to health and wellbeing of our horses.

But time... to sit back, and wait, because most things just take time to come right, is so hard. When days become weeks, and weeks become months, you do start to consider whether this horse thing is even for you, and maybe I would have been better off spending the same money and time buying a 35 foot yacht, and sailing around the coast 🥲.

I'm definitely not the first person to be hit with a run of bad luck, and I certainly won't be the last, but DAMN!

Something or someone give me some strength... or a horse made out of diamond 🫣

Available for viewings 😎WPH Louis16.3hh (170.5cm unofficially)DOB 23/10/19Awatea Splashback/Voltaire II/Aberlou Louis is...
20/08/2026

Available for viewings 😎

WPH Louis
16.3hh (170.5cm unofficially)
DOB 23/10/19
Awatea Splashback/Voltaire II/Aberlou

Louis is an eye catching horse with three quality expressive paces.
He is an uncomplicated ride, with a soft snaffle mouth and light off the aids.

Louis is fantastic to hack alone and in company and has been exposed to many places; farmland, high country, forest, rivers and roads. He is great with traffic, farm machinery, and by head torch and with dogs in tow.

His flatwork is well established and would easily move up the grades in dressage.

He has recently started to learn to jump and tackles each fence with a calm and sensible brain, never over jumping or rushing to and from the fence. He would make a great show Hunter. Louis was bred with the intention of being an Amateur/Pro Amateur Show Jumper, and would still be very much capable of going up the heights.

He is great to float (straight and angle), and is the kind of horse you can put in the float with anyone he doesn’t know without a fuss.
He is good to shoe (hot), worm, dentist (have all records with Dental Vet), vaccinate etc. I’ve not clipped him as he grows 0 coat in the winter.

Louis is the kind of horse who makes his way into your heart with his fun personality, he’s like having a big puppy dog around who’s always happy to see you and hang out. This is an incredibly heartbreaking sale, he is my best friend, but due to life evolving the way it does, I can’t continue to give Louis the attention and training he thrives from.

Price reflects a blip on his X-rays. I had Louis xrayed in 2024 and discovered VERY mild kissing spine which the vets gave the green light to rehab and crack on with his ridden life, and this has not been a hindrance

Louis will suit a kind and quiet experienced rider/home, not as a first hack.

Darfield, Canterbury.
Will not be sold sight unseen.

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Hey everyone! Haven’t been posting on here this year as a video I posted at the end of 2025 over on Instagram went viral...
20/08/2026

Hey everyone!

Haven’t been posting on here this year as a video I posted at the end of 2025 over on Instagram went viral reaching 74million views and subsequently 37k followers 🥴 while that would be great for some, it meant I was inundated with notifications so have waited for the dust to settle!

Hopefully I can get back to sharing horsey highlights again without the crazy notifications flying in! 😅

I have sadly put my beautiful Louis on the market, and will put up a seperate post with details! 🐴

Dreaming of sunnier days spent training with this big noodle 🤩🐴🌞
18/01/2026

Dreaming of sunnier days spent training with this big noodle 🤩🐴🌞

Absolutely loving our new horse paddock setup using !
12/01/2026

Absolutely loving our new horse paddock setup using !

Happy New Year you weird and wonderful bunch! May it bring many sunny days seen between the two ears of your four legged...
31/12/2025

Happy New Year you weird and wonderful bunch!
May it bring many sunny days seen between the two ears of your four legged friends! 🐴🍾🎉🥰

Introducing Bootleg Equine Earthworks! 🚧Our lead digger operator Louis is incredibly efficient at his job and ready to o...
10/12/2025

Introducing Bootleg Equine Earthworks! 🚧
Our lead digger operator Louis is incredibly efficient at his job and ready to offer his services to anyone needing some serious dirt moving done ! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

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