KMS Equine

04/12/2025

💫 Ruconu Luke’s Luciano 💫
Exceptional 2023 Appaloosa × Thoroughbred Gelding

(Lukes Like a Million × Bite My Lip × Jackson)

Ruconu Luke’s Luciano is a striking young gelding with the pedigree, presence, and temperament to develop into a truly versatile and eye-catching riding horse.

✨ Details:
• Registered Name: Ruconu Luke’s Luciano
• Breed: Appaloosa × Thoroughbred
• Gender: Gelding
• Date of Birth: 06-11- 2023
• Registration Number: Pending
• Expected Height at Maturity: 16hh
• AHS Vaccinations: Up to date
•Asking price: R50 000

Luciano already shows the beautiful refinement of a Thoroughbred combined with the color genetics, intelligence, and athleticism Appaloosas are known for.
He has a kind, inquisitive temperament and is easy to work with for his age.

With correct handling, he will mature into an exciting prospect for almost any discipline: from showing and dressage to all-round competitive riding.

This is a rare opportunity to secure a well-bred, healthy, and beautifully put-together young gelding with loads of potential.

📩 For more information, photos, or videos:
Kayla Stander – KMS Sales
WhatsApp: +27 84 416 7736
Call: +27 72 899 9928

17/07/2025

A very insightful read.

ARE WE OVERWORKING OUR HORSES?

Just because a horse can keep going doesn’t mean they should.
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Elite horses are masters of compensation — they’ll push through fatigue, hide discomfort, and keep performing long after their bodies start showing signs of strain.
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But as Dr. Kevin Haussler reminds us, this comes at a cost: repetitive microtrauma.

Microtrauma refers to tiny, often invisible tears in muscle, tendon, or bone tissue caused by repeated stress or overuse.
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These injuries may not cause immediate lameness, but over time they weaken the structures that keep horses sound, setting the stage for more serious breakdowns.

It’s time to rethink what fit really means, whether our training programmes optimally serve our horses for the work they do and if performance is truly the best indicator of soundness.

You can read the full article here:

https://hqmagazine.co.za/are-our-horses-too-fit/

12/02/2023

Finally back in the saddle so happy for my client & her Horse super happy with there first lesson after not riding for 3 months.
Hard work & determination never disappoints.

28/11/2022

Free State Dressage Champs 🐴

I had the privilege to help Zoë & her gorgeous girl Silvez, two weeks before the show.
Thank you Zoë Smith & Nola Smith for allowing me to be Zoe's Mirror from the ground.

Congrats on you two finally going to your First show.
May there be many more to come.

Silvez is also on KMS Joint Care Supplement & improved her way of going so much.

It was so Nice to be back at a show my self after having a baby in 2020.

Congrats to all that competed.

10/12/2021

Wow so intresting 🐴🐎

THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE HORSE’S BRAIN IS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT.

How does this apply to schooling/training? Frontal lobes are involved in higher mental functions such as reasoning. This means that horses cannot reason or plan to be naughty. They cannot be blamed for bad behavior or poor performance. They cannot recognize future consequences. Horses simply react to the situation. They learn through conditioning and memory.

I see and hear so many riders anthropomorphize their horses instead of finding better training tools. Phrases such as, ‘he just likes to be difficult’ or ‘this pony is so naughty’ or ‘he understands or knows what I want, but won’t do it’, or ‘he moves his hindquarters at every halt just to irritate me’. Horses do not know what we want unless we explain it in a manner that they can understand immediately.

A few months ago a rider told me how her horse ‘just does not want to co-operate’. It started with overt flight behavior and then became a subtle ‘snatchy’ movement of the nose. I asked her whether it could be due to discomfort. She answered, ‘no, she is just naughty’. It turned out that the horse was suffering from laminitis and was in severe discomfort! It made me want to cry.

At the moment I am training a young horse from scratch. I also used phrases such as, ‘she has a short fuse’ and ‘she challenges me every step of the way’. Then I realized that everything I was doing on this horse was completely new to her. I realized how frightening that must be for an animal with no reasoning ability. She was actually trying hard to understand me, but when new instructions were a tad confusing, she showed me in no uncertain terms that she did not understand it. The horse’s reactions to learning new skills all depends on personality. This particular horse is extremely sensitive and an introvert. Utopia, my older horse, is less sensitive and a complete extrovert. She can deal with much more pressure than the youngster. The message for me is that I must train each horse with the kind of pressure which they can deal with. Each horse has a different tolerance for pressure. Us riders have to be adaptable to each horse’s ability to deal with pressure. Personally I find that most behavioral problems stem from confusion, discomfort and too much pressure. Photo is the equine brain in front of the human brain.

Thanks to Karin Blignault for the info!!

09/11/2021

28/10/2021

Invest in your Riding and you will be able to ride any horse 👌🏻

A nice reminder from Carl Hester that surrounding yourself with the right support can be more important than owning an expensive horse.

28/10/2021

Such a transformation.

So a friend was battling with just getting her horses in a good condition.

So she came to me for help and wow what a transformation in just 4 months we have done it.

I will let the before and after pictures speak for them self.

A true Glow up for Indy and Nova.
Thank you Lerè Jansen Van Vuuren for trusting me and following my exact instructions 🐴👏🏻