DreamCatcher Endurance Stables

23/04/2025

Cold and rainy at the yard today. Last of the rainy season I suspect.

19/04/2025

Ragnar and Alanna in the arena today. This has been a journey from a terrified, traumatised horse to watching him enjoy his work.

17/04/2025

More happy photos from our paint party today

17/04/2025

Fun painting party followed by pasta and cake for our hard working riders, great way to kick off the holidays!

14/04/2025

Too Much Feed and Not Enough Work

Many people don’t realise how much work a horse can do.

And many people don’t even know that they’re overfeeding their horse and not working him enough.

People think it’s kind to feed their horses buckets of grain and all sorts of special mixes, then they ride two or three times a week and wonder why they have problems.

When a horse has been overfed, it can take weeks of work to get the excess energy out of his system.

Some people think that horses can be calmed with drugs and ‘calming pastes’.

I certainly wouldn’t ride any horse that’s been drugged.

And I don’t think it’s fair to drug a horse just because you’re not prepared to put in the time and effort that’s needed to handle and ride him.

Instead of looking for some magic fix, how about feeding your horse appropriately and putting in the hours to train him correctly.

I see many horses that are given far too much feed and not enough work.

If you want to get the most from your horse, you must work with him at least five days a week.

Six days is better still.

Balancing the amount of feed and work that you give a horse plays a large part in every horse’s training.

Many people could save themselves a lot of heartache (and money) by feeding their horse less and working him more.

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In my grandfather’s day, horses had to earn their keep. A horse eating his head off out in the paddock wasn’t much use to anyone. Not many people could afford to keep a horse as a pet or just to ride on Sunday. Grandfather managed 'Abbotsford' at Picton, about 60 miles south west of Sydney.

13/04/2025

Our beautiful sunset at the yard tonight as captured by Quintin Le Grange

02/04/2025

Milla being lunged this morning.

31/03/2025

29/03/2025

Lovely photos of our riders and friends at the Aragon show this past weekend.

28/03/2025

When we ride we forgot about all our troubles.

22/03/2025

Another great day on the trails

22/03/2025

“Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything.

Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”

~ Paulo Coelho

Art: 'Return of the Blue Equus!' by Carol Carte.

18/03/2025

Stunning official photos of our riders and horses at the Clarawi ride this past weekend.

16/03/2025

Yentl Ali and Jessica Van Biljon finished and 80km yesterday in fine spirits.

15/03/2025

Happy horses leaving on their 80km

15/03/2025

4/4 all our horses finished at the ride today 3 x 80km
1x 40km
Well done guys!