Katelands Equestrian Academy

29/10/2024

✨✨FREE ENTRY FOR ALL! ✨✨

Join us for an open day at Katelands Equestrian Academy on the 10th of November. 🐎

Free use of all facilities.

It will be an amazing opportunity to show your horse a new environment and get some practice in. 🥇

28/10/2024

Meet our team! The Star of Katelands for this week is:

🐎🏆 Ariella Lockem 🏆🐎

*Favourite Horse's name: Jack and Ginger

*Age: 15

*Why you started riding: My mom wanted my sister and I to do a few lessons so that we'd be prepared if we ever went on a fun ride. So when we moved to PE my dad found us Katelands.

*What you love most about horse riding: Seeing the growth and feeling the improvement in my horse and our relationship (and the thrill of eventing).

*Favourite moment with a horse/your horse: Doing XC clinics with my old horse Quil, and realizing that he loves XC just as much as I do.

*What your dream/goal is for your riding career: To become a well-rounded, adaptable rider. To go EV 1* while I'm still a junior, if Jack's ready for it.

*Your best achievement so far: Going EV 95cm and traveling to new eventing grounds with my old horse Quil.

22/10/2024

⭐⭐⭐🥇IT'S SHOW TIME! 🥇⭐⭐⭐

Our Annual Katelands Annual Show is being held on the 23rd and 24th of November. Join us for extreme fun.

Lots of memories to be made.

🌟NOT TO BE MISSED! 🌟

21/10/2024

💫💫 Join our Katelands team today 💫💫

20/10/2024

Our beautiful yard 🤩🤩

19/10/2024

All the best to our 17 horse and rider combinations who are taking part in EC Eventing Champs at Woodridge Equestrian Centre (the tracks are looking phenomenal! Well done Eleni, Tom & your whole team 👏👏👏). Remember what a privilege it is to share this journey with your incredible horses.

55 Pony Rider:
Bella & Jimmy

65cm Pony Rider:
Bella & Jon Jon

65cm Junior:
Ariella & Jack

65cm Adult:
Charmaine & Jerry

75cm Junior:
Emma-lynn & Sniper
Cianna & Tin Tin
Ariella & Quil
Piper & Trompie
Kate & Nimcha
Jenna & Rock
Gia & Stradi

75cm Adult:
Jasmine & Finn

85cm Junior:
Nika - Mari & Flappy
Piper & Lily

85cm Adult:
Colleen & Jupiter

95cm Junior:
Piper & KK

95cm Adult:
Charla - Beth & Kenny

♡♡♡ ☆☆☆ ♡♡♡

Tracy Horsley Denise Weichbrodt Bella Vita Amoré Marais Charne Trollip Kate Roberts Charla-Beth Maritz Jasmine White Michelle Hunneyball

08/10/2024

Meet our team! The Star of Katelands for this week is:

✨🌟Tyla Lombard🌟✨

*Name, age and favourite horse's name: My name is Tyla Lombard and I am 15 years old, I’ve been riding for a bit more than 2 years, my favourite pony is probably Jimmy because he is really sweet and his canter is awesome!

*Why you started riding: To be completely honest I started riding because of a TV show. Seeing the connection between rider and horse really inspired me and it also looked like a lot of fun!

*What you love most about horse riding: The thing I love most about riding is probably the feeling of when you get on and all your other problems and worries fade away, the feeling of relief and excitement at the same time.

*Favourite moment with a horse/your horse: My favourite memory is before I started having lessons I asked my mom if we could book an outride and she said yes. On the outride we got onto a straight grass patch and the guide said that him and I can do a canter, he clipped a rope to my bridle so he could steer my horse so all I had to do was hold on for dear life. My word, that was not just a canter!! I will never forget experiencing that exhilarating yet freeing feeling for the first time.

*What your dream/goal is for your riding career: My goal in riding is to be well rounded in all disciplines as each one tests and teaches you in different ways.

*Your best achievement so far: And my biggest achievement so far is probably jumping 80cm!

18/09/2024

💥💥 Registrations are open for Term 4 💥💥

17/09/2024

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Amoré Marais Kate Roberts Tracy Horsley Kristal Maze Denise Weichbrodt Piper Weichbrodt

17/09/2024

Well done Katelands Team on a fantastic Spring Show! 🌸🪻🐝

Results were as follows:

*Sophie and Danny* Kristal Maze
Working Riding Champion 🏆🥇 🏵️

*Amoré and Danny:* Amoré Marais
Adult Prelim dressage 🥇 X2 1st 🏆🏆🏵️

*Kate and Nimcha:* Tracy Horsley
Show Riding 2nd🥈
Show Hack 2nd 🥈
Show Hunter 1st 🥇🏆
Reserve Champion 🏵️🏆
2nd in Working Riding 🥈

*Zanne and Willow:*
Junior Prelim Dressage X2 🥇 🥇 🏵️

*Zanne and Gavel:*
Junior Welcome Dressage X2 1st🥇 🥇

*Piper and KK* Denise Weichbrodt Piper Weichbrodt
Junior Open
Working Riding 1st🥇 Working Hunter 1st 🥇
Show riding 1st🥇
Show hunter 1st🥇

Elementary dressage 1st 🏆🏵️ 🥇

*Piper and Lily*
Junior Novice Working Hunter 2nd 🥈
Working Rider 3rd🥉 Show riding 2nd 🥈 Show hunter 1st 🥇and champion🏆🏵️ Junior Novice dressage x2 1st 🥇🥇

16/09/2024

Meet our team! The Star of Katelands for this week is:

🌟✨Kate Horsley✨🌟

*Favourite Horse's name: Nimcha
Age:13

*Why you started riding:
I saw my brother riding when I was 2 years old and I didn't want to miss out on the fun.

*What you love most about horse riding:
The bond Nimcha and myself have.

*Favourite moment with a horse/your horse:
Going on sunset outrides and teaching him new tricks.

*What your dream/goal is for your riding career:
To take Nimcha to 1* in Eventing.

*Your best achievement so far:
Winning my 80cm championship showjumping class at SANESA Nationals on my old pony Flappy. And scoring 74% on our dressage test with Nimcha at George.

15/09/2024

💥💥 Holiday Horse Club 💥💥 Open to the public 🐴🐴. Come and explore your passion for horses at our annual Spring Holiday Horse Club!

21/08/2024

Our website is live 🤩🤩

Join our KATELANDS EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY family and discover the joy of horses in a beautiful, peaceful environment

16/08/2024

13/07/2024

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

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24/10/2023

"The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere."

Katelands Equestrian Academy; for many of us, our home away from home 😍❤️

We have a few stables available for livery. Contact Kate on 061 756 1477 for more information.

28/08/2023

11 years teaching this amazing, special young lady. Talitha Steenberg ❣️❣️ We have become sisters, allies, partners in crime. We have been through so many wins and challenges together. My special T, you are strong and courageous, gifted and kind, you are powerful and inspiring my prayer is that you may truly learn to accept the greatness that is within you. 🌟🌟 So proud of you our Talitha Steenberg

13/07/2023

Open to all. Come and learn how to ride at a correct xc pace over a measured distance.