Rifkin Riding School

01/01/2024

I wish you all a year filled with any and many blessings. 😍

26/10/2023

There we go!

26/10/2023

21/10/2023

Is there one for horse breeds?

23/09/2023

How about we first train the riders how to box a horse, before we try to teach the horse to box - how did i not think of that before. Should be standard procedure. Thank you Fanie Briel!

31/07/2023

Yass Queen 👸

31/07/2023

Well done Jene and Alexander with a double clear at Gauteng finals. That gives us a total of 9 clear rounds out of 9 rounds.... 100% for the season. Rock on girl! Super proud! 👌

29/07/2023

Good luck with Gauteng finals today Alexander and Jene

02/07/2023

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25/06/2023

It's so easy for us as adults to think we are superior to children. It is in fact us who need them more than they need us. Happy Sunday all.

16/06/2023

Congratulations Melissa Blaauw on Ava Belle, and Jenè Blaauw on Alexander for making it through to the Gauteng finals 🤠 🏆 👏 🐎 🎠

06/06/2023

For all your 2nd hand Equestrian everything!

Boots for
Africa!

29/05/2023

Feedback from Isabel who rode with me for 7 years and recently moved to Canada.
I am a firm believer of making sure the foundation for every rider is solid x 2. It is so easy to get caught up in wanting to impress the parents in how high they jump - at what cost, and how high will they eventually jump ?
Are they safe without the basics in place?
I want a foundation that sets a stage to go to heights beyond their dreams and say they don't even want to jump?
A good foundation keeps doors open to do any discipline. It's a life long investment for safety and to look good when you immigrate. Thanks for all who supports me.

28/05/2023

Sunday is fun day

28/05/2023

We did this today

20/05/2023

Frosty start - great day at Sanesa. Lisa a 2nd and Elrize a 4th. Well done girls 🤗🥰🤠

19/05/2023

Sound on.... Jene and Sally getting working hard for Sanesa

17/05/2023

Another rider produced by Roxy then and now - must be 7 years ago. Jenna Mortimer on Roxy and 2nd pic Pata Pata. Kids - appreciate the ponies, you can not begin to understand how much they really teach you 🥰😍

17/05/2023

I present to you my school pony of the month. ROXY! This cheeky mare has produced more riders who went to do great thing that I can count. Also the one who has had most paint on her of all my horses. In the 2nd picture is Roxy with Melissa Blaauw 5 years ago, 3rd pic Melissa today on her own steed Ava Belle. Love you Roxy! 😍

15/05/2023

Which is why I forced myself to like ponies - and I sincerely do!!!!!

11/05/2023

Well done Suzanne and Alexander with your 3rd place at 4ways stepping stones. Well deserved !

09/05/2023

This picture has a thousand meanings to me and as I stare at it with memories flowing through my mind, I’m overwhelmed with the emotion that fills me up.

From the fear I had as a little girl afraid to fall off, to heartbreak of losing my heart horse. The lonely times when the only one who seemed to understand were my horses, to the struggles of how would I possibly be able to pay my electric bill let alone afford to ride. From painting my first saddle with hoof black, because I wanted a dressage saddle so badly, but could only have an all purpose saddle, to not knowing how I would ever learn to properly sit the trot.

It’s been a journey, a very long battle of struggles throughout the years. My story can’t really be summed up in a social media post but for those of you who can relate to wondering if it will ever happen to you, if all the hard work and the good deeds will come back around, if you ever feel like why is it so very difficult sometimes, or why can’t I just catch a break. Maybe you’re not even close to achieving what you hope and it feels impossible? You have a lot of nay sayers that said you didn’t have what it takes, or you were too old, or you don’t have enough money to play the game, or maybe you live in the wrong part of the country, maybe you have all the odds stacked against you. DON’T BELIEVE THEM.

It only takes one person to give you a chance. One scrappy thoroughbred who loves you more than his talent can bare. It only takes one person to see you working, grinding, and recognizing you have something. It only takes one girl with an incredible horse give you a chance. Just one moment of happenstance and the rest is history.

Believe…..work hard……enjoy and love your horses……be a student…….and dream. Then repeat. It really will happen, I promise!!

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