SKS Equine & Rural

25/01/2025

New kicks for Riley (poppy poo bum)
Riley travels all the way from Colac to be shod, he missed his last cycle due to ours & Kels busy schedule, these were replaced at 13 weeks 🫣
Riley was in training & preparation for the Landmark performance horse sale with Sally 15 years ago as a 3yo & Kel just happened to be looking for a good honest horse at the time, a phone call was made & a perfect partnership began.
Thanks for the pics Kel Newman.

24/01/2025

🐎It is official 🐎
We are pleased to announce our relocation to Broadford in Victoria, where we have secured access to a superior training property, fully equipped to facilitate our expertise.
We are now accepting outside horses for training and preparation.
As some of you may be aware, Sally possesses extensive experience in preparing yearlings for the NCHA Futurity Sale, as well as ridden stock horses for the Landmark Classic Sale.
Below are examples of yearlings prepared for the NCHA Sale in 2014 on behalf of Erin Park Stud.
These yearling colts arrived in their full winter coats and, as evident, developed a remarkable glow during their preparation.
Please contact us to request a price list.

17/01/2025

We are excited to announce that we will be taking on horses for training in 2025 🐎
Watch this space 🙌
Limited positions will be available.
Keep an eye out for upcoming Clinics & lesson days in the near future as we venture into the new year with a new outlook.
Located Central vic.

24/12/2024

Wishing all our friends, family & Clients a merry Christmas & happy new year, thankyou all for your ongoing support, we couldn’t do what we do without you all 🙂
Please stay safe on the roads & we will see you all after Christmas 🎄
We are taking a small break away & will be back on the tools next week.
Steve, Sally, Karson & Cole x

21/12/2024

What an amazing Stallion is Kilimanjaro!
What an amazing rider is Jessica Dertell.
So very proud to sponsor this talented pair, keeping the big guys feet regularly shod is an honour & he certainly makes Steve’s job easy with how well he behaves. It took us a couple of shoeings before we found out he was a stallion 😆

17/12/2024

We take great pride in keeping Kilimanjaro’s feet in tip top condition. Congratulations Jess & the team at Future Farms.

13/11/2024

All the best today Sara Agnew Luycx..

📣 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! 📣

⭐ 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝘼𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙬 & 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝘼𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 ⭐

Sara & Chevy, from Malmsbury in Central Victoria, have been showing together in Ranch events for the last seven years. During that time they have travelled the country extensively, achieving State Championship titles across Victoria, NSW and QLD and multiple National titles in Ranch Riding and Versatility Ranch.

Sara purchased Chevy as a three week old foal from Crown K Quarter Horses in the Hunter Valley, with him coming home into her care as a six month old weanling. The now 11 year old gelding is firmly a part of the family and has given Sara so many experiences she never would have dreamed possible all those years ago! One of her proudest moments was Chevy winning the AQHA Australian High Point Champion All Age Ranch Riding Horse with her when he was still just a 5 year old Junior Horse. They later followed this up with the AQHA Australian High Point Champion Amateur Versatility Ranch Horse two years ago.

Having embraced the Ranch events since their inception here in Australia nearly ten years ago, Sara has become a keen advocate for showcasing the versatility of the Ranch Horse and ensuring the discipline stays true to its roots. She loves the challenge of training one horse across multiple events including cattle classes, and showing what can be possible even as an amateur training your own horses!

After taking some time out of the show pen to concentrate on her other young horse for a while, Sara & Chevy returned to the show pen recently at the RHAA National Show in Scone, taking out the Champion Amateur Ranch Riding title and achieving Reserve Champion titles in Amateur Ranch Cutting & Amateur Ranch Roping. They are now looking forward to the challenge of Equitana and feel honoured to be selected for this prestigious event amongst a very talented line-up of competitors!

Please join us in congratulating Sara & Chevy on their selection for the RHAA Equitana Open Ranch Horse Invitational! 🥳

Sara & Chevy will also be participating in our two demonstrations at Equitana - look out for further details to come! 🧐

📷 Tania Hobbs Photography 📷

13/11/2024

Good luck to another one of our bigger clients Equiste- Sarah Venamore from back home in Leeton NSW
Sarah will be holding demonstrations at Equitana, be sure to keep an eye out for Sarah and the Equiste team.

12/11/2024

Good luck at Equitana to our biggest clients Future Farms Arabians
Kilimanjaro is a bit of a favourite with us, wishing the whole team the best of luck.

12/11/2024

Wishing one of our bestest clients Sara Agnew Luycx all the best in the RHAA Equitana Open Ranch Horse Invitational.
Let’s hope those magic shoes do their job 😆

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠... ⏰
..Until the inaugural RHAA Equitana Open Ranch Horse Invitational! We are so excited to showcase our beautiful Ranch horses and talented RHAA members to the greater equine community as part of the EQUITANA Australia competition lineup! 🎉

You will find us in the 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 in the 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 from 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫!

If you haven't already, make sure you purchase your tickets to come along and support our competitors and cheer them on. Our competition is accessible with a 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 ticket 🎟️ and can be purchased here 👉 https://www.equitana.com.au/tickets/

There has been a slight amendment to the competitor lineup - we would like take this opportunity to wish Julie Beveridge all the best with her horse, Billie's rehab, and we hope she is back to full health very soon, but we are so pleased that Jules will still be in attendance as our biggest supporter! 🥳

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 your RHAA Equitana Open Ranch Horse Invitational competitors for 2024:

⭐ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐩 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐝 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐦𝐚𝐧 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐚 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 - 𝐍𝐒𝐖
⭐ 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐲𝐬𝐞 - 𝐐𝐋𝐃
⭐ 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐛𝐲 - 𝐍𝐒𝐖
⭐ 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐰 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂
⭐ 𝐅𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 - 𝐕𝐈𝐂

Look out for individual 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 & 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 to come over the next few weeks as we lead into the big event! 🤠

12/11/2024

Good luck to our home town friends of Leeton Bernie Moloney & Reanna Hignett at EQUITANA Australia! 🇦🇺 wishing you both all the best at Equitana.
Also one of our junior clinic attendees Blake Coward in the junior showcase..

07/11/2024

Come & join SKS Equine & Central vic Ranch Horse Assc inc for an action packed weekend.
Starting at 9am Sat we are trying something a little different to save everyone sitting around all day on the pony’s with a 50 min lesson block on the mechanical cow or horsemanship foundation work , we Train with body and mind control, learn to teach your horse to use his mind to find the answer to your cues, creating less resistance & and more soft and supple, willing partner, to set you up for success in any chosen discipline.
We can cater for double or group lesson if you feel more comfortable with a friend.

🐎softness & suppleness
🐎 rider position
🐎 collection
🐎diagonals & balance
🐎transitions
🐎approach obstacles
🐎advanced manoeuvres (reining, cutting & cowhorse) turns, spins, stops, lead changes, lead departures.

All rider levels welcome. All these manoeuvres start at the walk & we build momentum as we advance.

Sunday 9.00 am we will start with dry work, setting you and your horse up to work a Mechanical Cow with little rider interference & move onto working cattle, we will be using methods learned on the Saturday lesson day to teach your horse to turn around softly, willingly & correctly. Positioning on a cow, how to read a cow and read any situation that may arise in cow work or competition.
To get the absolute most value out of our cattle work clinic, we highly recommend you attend a Saturday lesson, as we will be learning the foundations & manoeuvres we use to set up our cow pony’s, without the foundation, it is like riding a starter without doing the ground work.

Feel free to pm me with any clinic structure questions, or contact Genny with bookings & payment instructions.
Non Members +$15

Time slots are first in best dressed so get in quick to secure your position.
Please be on time and ready for your lesson, your lesson block is a designated time slot only.
Your booking is non refundable, it is up to you to find a replacement participant if you cannot attend, but you must inform Genny with as much notice as possible as we may be able to help fill your spot.
Please please share this post & we look forward to seeing you in December.
Happy trails.
Sally, Steve & CVRHA.

28/08/2024

Come & join SKS Equine & Central vic Ranch Horse Assc inc for an action packed weekend.
Starting at 9.30 am Sat with HorseManship foundation work, we Train with body and mind control, learn to teach your horse to use his mind to find the answer to your cues, creating less resistance & and more soft and supple, willing partner, to set you up for success in any chosen discipline.

🐎softness & suppleness
🐎 rider position
🐎 collection
🐎diagonals & balance
🐎transitions
🐎approach obstacles
🐎advanced manoeuvres (reining, cutting & cowhorse) turns, spins, stops, lead changes, lead departures.

All rider levels welcome. All these manoeuvres start at the walk & we build momentum as we advance.

Sunday 9.30 am we will start with dry work, setting you and your horse up to work a Mechanical Cow with little rider interference & move onto working cattle, we will be using methods learned on the Saturday to teach your horse to turn around softly, willingly & correctly. Positioning on a cow, how to read a cow and read any situation that may arise in cow work or competition.
To get the absolute most value out of our cattle work clinic, we highly recommend you attend Saturday horsemanship, as we will be learning the foundations & manoeuvres we use to set up our cow pony’s, without the foundation, it is like riding a starter without doing the ground work.

Feel free to pm me with any clinic structure questions, or contact Genny with bookings & payment instructions.
Food van will be on site for the weekend.
Non Members +$15 insurance.

30/07/2024

🐎COWHORSE CLINICS 🐎

We still have spots available for our 1 day clinics,
We have discounts available for returning customers & people who wish to attend both days. $50 deposit to secure your spot with the remainder to be paid August 5.

We are lucky enough to be working out
Of Woodmount Equestrian centre’s state of the art Indoor Arena, located at Clonbinane VIC.

🐎 Saturday August 10~ Cowhorse foundation Clinic, learn how to put a solid foundation on your Cowhorse to set you up for success in any cow related disciplines.

🐎 Sunday August 11~ our next level Cowhorse Clinic is the next step from our foundation Clinic, focusing on 1 handed work.

Both days we will be working on rider position, communication through leg, body & seat, cow work position, reading a cow & how to keep your horse focused & calm on the cow.
Drop your reins and enjoy the ride.

Contact us now for more info