The Clydesdale Book

The Clydesdale Book Behind the Reins: The story of the DB Clydesdales and a Kiwi family. Email us today to purchase your copy.

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‘Behind the Reins’ is the never before told story of a true New Zealand icon and the family behind it. The DB Clydesdales forged their fame as ambassadors for one of New Zealand's largest breweries but their popularity and appeal ultimately spread far beyond beer marketing and into the hearts of every New Zealander. The book weaves together a selection of anecdotes from the life of Nick van der Sa

nde and his family and their career managing the famous DB Clydesdale horses. From retellings of events to animal and human character studies, these stories are guaranteed to stimulate feelings of awe, sadness, humour and great happiness. Illustrated with a host of scenic photography, this book is a 'must-read' for anyone that admired the DB Clydesdales, or has love for equines, photography or New Zealand history in general.

02/09/2024

Lovely footage!

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going dow...
24/04/2024

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.” 🌺

~ Laurence Binyon.

29/03/2024

A mass gathering of heavy horses assembled at Scotland's iconic Kelpies structures today to celebrate the forthcoming 10th anniversary of the artworks

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥

🏆 Good luck to everyone heading to Land Rover Horse of the Year this week! Have an absolute blast!💥 Here’s a flashback ...
05/03/2024

🏆 Good luck to everyone heading to Land Rover Horse of the Year this week! Have an absolute blast!

💥 Here’s a flashback of our Clydesdales on display in the Main Arena a few years back. What a fabulous event to be involved with!

🇳🇿 What a perfect piece to celebrate Waitangi Day.‘The Land Of Milk And Honey’We absolutely love this amazing artwork by...
05/02/2024

🇳🇿 What a perfect piece to celebrate Waitangi Day.

‘The Land Of Milk And Honey’

We absolutely love this amazing artwork by Jo from Paint And Pony depicting our team of Clydesdales in the dart river valley, Glenorchy. 🏔️

This is one of our all time favourite photos of the team and the story behind the photo can be read in our book, Behind the Reins. Copies still available.

🇳🇿 Have a wonderful day everyone!

Nick and Jill spent valuable time sharing their harness knowledge at Tinwald Farm, Cromwell, this week. Here they are pu...
27/01/2024

Nick and Jill spent valuable time sharing their harness knowledge at Tinwald Farm, Cromwell, this week. Here they are putting a pair of Clydesdales to a Wagonette for the first time.

💝 Merry Christmas to our wonderful friends, followers and readers. We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday per...
24/12/2023

💝 Merry Christmas to our wonderful friends, followers and readers. We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday period with many of you finding a copy of ‘Behind the Reins’ under your Christmas tree! 🎄

🎅 DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR NOMINATION IN FOR OUR BOOK GIVEAWAY 🤶 Winner announced tomorrow! 🎁 We’re in the spirit of giv...
16/12/2023

🎅 DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR NOMINATION IN FOR OUR BOOK GIVEAWAY 🤶 Winner announced tomorrow!

🎁 We’re in the spirit of giving this season, and while we are so grateful to those who have purchased and enjoyed our book so far, we realise not everyone is in the position to purchase this Christmas.

✨ So we’d like to make Christmas a little more special for someone deserving this year. ✨

📕 We’re giving away a FREE signed copy of ‘Behind the Reins’ to one very deserving person (or family) this Christmas. Furthermore, we’ve saved one last Clydesdale Christmas tree decoration to give away too! 🎄

🗣️ We’re asking YOU to nominate someone extra deserving this Christmas, someone that’s had a particularly rough year, a person that would love to read this book but is not in a position to spend on themselves.

🙏 We’re asking you to be GENUINE in your nominations (please!) and tell us why this special person (or family) deserves this special gift. The nomination we feel is most deserving will receive a free book. The nominator can choose whether to keep the decoration to themselves or pass on.

🎉 Winner announced on Monday 18th of December (tomorrow!).

🎅 CLYDESDALE BOOK GIVEAWAY 🤶 🎁 We’re in the spirit of giving this season, and while we are so grateful to those who have...
15/12/2023

🎅 CLYDESDALE BOOK GIVEAWAY 🤶

🎁 We’re in the spirit of giving this season, and while we are so grateful to those who have purchased and enjoyed our book so far, we realise not everyone is in the position to purchase this Christmas.

✨ So we’d like to make Christmas a little more special for someone deserving this year. ✨

📕 We’re giving away a FREE signed copy of ‘Behind the Reins’ to one very deserving person (or family) this Christmas. Furthermore, we’ve saved one last Clydesdale Christmas tree decoration to give away too! 🎄

🗣️ We’re asking YOU to nominate someone extra deserving this Christmas, someone that’s had a particularly rough year, a person that would love to read this book but is not in a position to spend on themselves.

🙏 We’re asking you to be GENUINE in your nominations (please!) and tell us why this special person (or family) deserves this special gift. The nomination we feel is most deserving will receive a free book. The nominator can choose whether to keep the decoration to themselves or pass on.

🎉 Winner announced on Monday 18th of December.

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