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Hackberry house is one of the biggest stable yards in Ghanzi offering lessons to all ages.

14/08/2023

A big congratulations to Chanel and Dirkie who attended the Equestrian Sports Educative Event in Dressage (ESEE) to work towards becoming qualified Dressage Officials. This all happened this weekend in Gaborone. We are so proud of you guys. ❤️

14/08/2023

So proud of our Ghanzi Riders

Manie Potgieter - Abulus
Willie Potgieter - Knuckles
Amber Myburgh - Zeus

and Michelle du Preez from Maun ,whom have been chosen to represent Botswana at the Southern African Mounted Games Championships to be held at the Afridome in Parys from 1-4 October 2023

Thank you Johann Zwarts Jr. for the great photos again!

Dankie Louis en Bank Gaborone vir jul Gazebos

29/06/2023

Lovely ride with some of the Hackberry horses and students

27/06/2023

This weekend we had a Horsemanship and Riding Skills Clinic with Jerrie and Ida Kotzé. They came all the way from Namibia to come and help us. Thank you for all your time and effort. From beginners to advanced, we all learned so much. We hope to have them back yearly.

31/05/2023

Horse of the Year Show 2023
Botswana

On the weekend of 13 and 14 May 2023, the Ghanzi Equestrian Club hosted the Botswana Horse of the Year Show at the Ghanzi Equestrian Centre.
A total of 47 horses from all over Botswana competed at the Show. Our Judges, EiIeen Peinke and Sue Bookbinder judged the Interbreed Showing classes.
Young Stock,Mares,Stallions and Geldings were judged in their separate classes. The Champions of these classes qualified to compete in the Supreme In Hand Championships.
Marlene, owned by Werner Faber and shown by Ronald Morerwa, was crowned the Supreme In Hand Horse of the Year.
Wohlstand Atilla, owned and shown by Michelle du Preez, was crowned Reserve Supreme In Hand Champion show Horse of the Year
The Show Hacks, Show Hunters and Show Riding Ridden Champions, qualified to compete in the Supreme Ridden Championships.
Grut, owned by Ilze Vermaak and ridden by Kara Vermaak, was crowned Supreme Champion Ridden Horse of the Year.
Richie, owned by Martin Taljaard was crowned Reserve Supreme Champion Ridden Horse of the Year.
On the Saturday afternoon the Western Mounted Games were hosted and was very well supported. A total of 20 classes with 171 entries for Children, Juniors and Adults were concluded. Trophy winners for the categories were as follows:
Children – Lea Brown with Oortjies
Juniors – Josua van der Westhuizen with Vlam
Adults – Dr. Riaan Bredenkamp with Thunder

On Sunday 14 May 2023, the show commenced with Dressage.
A total of 18 horses, riding 23 tests were entered. The Dressage was followed by show jumping with a total of 34 horses entered in the jumping classes. These classes ranged from Cross Poles up to 90cm.

We are greatful for the beautiful trophees donated by Rachelle Lemcke.

The Trophees are awarded to the riders accumalating the most points during the Show.
Winners in the three categories were as follows:
Children - Amore van der Walt
Juniors - Kirstin Vermaak
Adults - Amber Myburgh

We want to thank all our Sponsors, Judges, Competitors and Spectators who travelled wide and far to make the Show possible. We are looking forward to hosting this Show on an annual basis.

23/01/2023

Everyone hard at work getting our jump poles ready for this weekends show!

17/01/2023

Thank you so much to Charl for making the trip up to Ghanzi from SA to come check out ponies teeth! We all appreciate your hard work

14/12/2022

A big thank you to Eileen and Nicky for making the trip to Hackberry for an amazing clinic. The kids and adults enjoyed it immensely and learnt a lot!

09/11/2022

Testing out our new ponies over our new jumps today! Bright future ahead for Hackberry.

09/09/2022

Last Saturday we hosted our very first show, first of its kind in Ghanzi! It was an absolutely phenomenal day, a real success for Hackberry and hopefully the start of something great for the Ghanzi community. I’m extremely proud of all the kids and parents for all the effort they’ve put in for the day to happen. I also want to thank our sponsors, judges, stalls and spectators for supporting. Roll on the next one!

12/08/2022

There has been a bubble of activity here at hackberry as we prepare for our very first show! New arena in the making!

02/08/2022

Little and large!

02/08/2022

We’re very excited to announce our first ever horse show! Please contact the numbers listed for entries and a full list of activities ☺️

21/07/2022

Thank you so much to Tollie for coming to Ghanzi and helping out with our riders here! It’s always extremely valuable.

21/06/2022

A change from our normal lessons today. We tested our balance on some barrels, a very fun activity! Also learnt about different types of bits and what we use them for.

15/06/2022

The younger they start the more they can learn!

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