Katelands Equestrian Academy

Katelands Equestrian Academy Riding School, Schooling of Horses,
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Welcome to our page!:) Just a little bit about us; we are a fully equipped Riding School based in PE, Eastern Cape. We strive to change people’s lives through the development of an incredible partnership that we can share with the beautiful, powerful and healing animal- the horse. At Katelands yard we offer competitive and non-competitive lessons, if you have any questions please feel free to WhatsApp Kate on 061 756 1477.

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 t...
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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💥 The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here... Port Elizabeth favourite pony camp 🤩🥳😎. Limited spaces ava...
13/06/2024

💥 The moment you have all been waiting for is finally here... Port Elizabeth favourite pony camp 🤩🥳😎. Limited spaces available, book now to avoid disappointment.

🐴🐴 PONY TOT CLASSES🐴🐴     😁 for babies & toddlers 😁💥✨ COMING SOON ✨💥            - TERM 3 - Help your precious little one...
28/05/2024

🐴🐴 PONY TOT CLASSES🐴🐴
😁 for babies & toddlers 😁

💥✨ COMING SOON ✨💥
- TERM 3 -
Help your precious little one reach their important milestones.

✨ Fun, social, confidence building
✨ Fine motor and gross motor development

🐴 Limited spaces

💥💥EC EQUITATION AND SHOW JUMPING CHAMPS 💥💥What an amazing show for two of our Katelands riders; Ariella Lockem   on Quil...
27/05/2024

💥💥EC EQUITATION AND SHOW JUMPING CHAMPS 💥💥

What an amazing show for two of our Katelands riders; Ariella Lockem on Quil and Piper Weichbrodt on Jon Jon and KK🥳🥳🥳

Ariella and Quil came:
Junior Novice Show Hunter : 1st
Junior Novice Show rider
Reserve Champion for the championship: 2nd
Junior Open Working Riding: 1st 🔥🔥

Piper and KK came:
Open Show Hunter
reserve Champion for the championship
Open Working Hunter: 1st 🔥🔥
Open Working Riding: 3rd
1m SJ Championship: 3rd

Piper on Jon Jon:
Open pony show hunter: 1st Champion for the Championship 🔥🔥
Open pony Working Riding: 1st 🔥🔥
Open pony Equitation: 2nd Reserve EC Champion

What a great show! ❤️ Amoré Marais Kate Roberts Denise Weichbrodt Bella Vita

Our Ariella and Quill on their way to a beautiful clear round at ICB 95cm Champs 🔥🔥. Ariella Lockem  ❤️
28/04/2024

Our Ariella and Quill on their way to a beautiful clear round at ICB 95cm Champs 🔥🔥. Ariella Lockem ❤️

💥Well done to our Jossy Joss for winning the Open Pony Rider Equitation class, your first open Equitation 💥We are so pro...
26/04/2024

💥Well done to our Jossy Joss for winning the Open Pony Rider Equitation class, your first open Equitation 💥

We are so proud of you and Rosie ❤️❤️ Donna Dowley

Well done to all our riders who did so well in the Arena Eventing at Grass Masters! 🤩We had 9 KEA riders with a total of...
25/04/2024

Well done to all our riders who did so well in the Arena Eventing at Grass Masters! 🤩

We had 9 KEA riders with a total of 10 entries. Out of the 10 entries, six were 1st place and one 2nd place 👏👏👏

55cm Pony Rider:
1st: Bella on Velvet

65cm Primary School:
1st: Cianna on Quil

65cm High School:
1st: Maddy on Po

75cm Junior:
1st: Kate on Nimcha

75cm High School:
1st: Keata on Smokey

85cm Pony Rider:
1st: Joss on Rosie

85cm Junior:
2nd: Emma-lynn on Sniper

Thank you Coast Eventing Club for hosting another enjoyable show!

WATER COMPLEX IN THE MAKING!!!😝🤪Thanks to Frans and his team, Katelands' very own water complex is in the process of bei...
23/04/2024

WATER COMPLEX IN THE MAKING!!!😝🤪
Thanks to Frans and his team, Katelands' very own water complex is in the process of being made. So excited to start training with such amazing facilities. Riders, time to get your eventing on.💪😎

✨🏆 Schooling of Horses and Ponies 🏆✨SCHOOLING OF HORSES AND PONIES AVAILABLE AT KATELANDS EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY.We offer a ...
16/04/2024

✨🏆 Schooling of Horses and Ponies 🏆✨

SCHOOLING OF HORSES AND PONIES AVAILABLE AT KATELANDS EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY.

We offer a wide range of schooling for horses and ponies of all ages and levels. Backing available on request.

More about our trainers:

💥 KATE ROBERTS 💥

A dedicated rider who believes that every horse is deserving of a chance to find their passion.

She has competed up to 3* Eventing on an HCU horse who was labelled as "problematic". Kate specialises in helping horses become more rideable and confident in their jobs.

💥 AMORÉ MARAIS 💥

A passionate rider that believes in communicating soft and effectively to dance with your equine partner. A more beautiful rider you will not find.

She has competed up to Advanced dressage with training to go further. Amoré rode open showing and jumped up to 1m.

11/04/2024

Happy Horses ❤️❤️ Happy Life ❤️❤️.

Our geldings love "play time". It is a beautiful experience witnessing our horses personalities come to life in our big grass paddocks.

🐎🐎 Livery Available 🐎🐎Livery Available at the beautiful, serene Katelands Equestrian Academy in Port Elizabeth. 🌟▪️Brick...
09/04/2024

🐎🐎 Livery Available 🐎🐎

Livery Available at the beautiful, serene Katelands Equestrian Academy in Port Elizabeth. 🌟

▪️Brick stables and open stable options
▪️Beautiful spacious paddocks
▪️Jumping Arena
▪️Cross Country Course
▪️40x20 Dressage Arena
▪️60x20 Dressage Arena
▪️Free jumping lane
▪️Lovely outride space
▪️Beach rides
▪️Washbays

Quiet and relaxed yard. Perfect for happy hackers to competitive riders.

We hope to make your equine partner part of our family. Our love and passion for horses ensure optimum care.

Contact us
Kate Roberts: 061 756 1477

Better late than never... Woodridge resultsOur team taking on the Woodridge Eventing with fantastic results. Winning eve...
11/03/2024

Better late than never... Woodridge results

Our team taking on the Woodridge Eventing with fantastic results. Winning every class they were entered into, only coming 2nd to another Katelands rider. Well done Champs!

Pony Rider 95cm:
1st: Piper on Jonny ✨✨

Junior 95cm:
1st: Ariella on Quil ✨✨

Junior 85cm:
1st: Piper on KK
2nd: Jemma on Beat

Junior 75cm:
1st: Nika-Mari on Flappy
2nd: Sophie on Jupiter

Pony Rider 75cm:
1st: Gia on Stradi

Junior 65cm:
1st: Maddy on Po
2nd: Keata on Peter

Pony Rider 65cm:
1st: Cianna on Tin Tin

Well done Champs! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

A huge shout out to Kate and Nimcha who would have won their class had they been placed into.

Port Elizabeth's favourite Holiday camp 🎄 Limited Spaces available ⛄ Book now to avoid disappointment 🦌 Fun packed days ...
11/12/2023

Port Elizabeth's favourite Holiday camp 🎄 Limited Spaces available ⛄ Book now to avoid disappointment 🦌 Fun packed days ❤️ Horses 🎅 Outdoors ✨farm life

✨Book today ✨ Limited spaces available ✨ 5 years + ✨ Beginner - advanced ✨
11/12/2023

✨Book today ✨ Limited spaces available ✨ 5 years + ✨ Beginner - advanced ✨

Bring on Sunday 🌞🌞 Some awesome prizes up for grabs at our annual show thanks to PE Saddlery ❤️, Equifeeds and Power Sta...
01/12/2023

Bring on Sunday 🌞🌞 Some awesome prizes up for grabs at our annual show thanks to PE Saddlery ❤️, Equifeeds and Power Star. ..Start preparing your game faces 😉😎🥳🤠

Our Annual Show: ENTRY FORM 🐴🏆🥇✨️
24/11/2023

Our Annual Show: ENTRY FORM 🐴🏆🥇✨️

"The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere." Katelands Equestrian Academy; for many of us, our home away from ...
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.

11 years teaching this amazing, special young lady. Talitha Steenberg ❣️❣️ We have become sisters, allies, partners in c...
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

Open to all. Come and learn how to ride at a correct xc pace over a measured distance.
13/07/2023

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

A huge congrats to our three champions who have made the EC Teams in a variety of different disciplines (Eventing PR Ope...
13/06/2023

A huge congrats to our three champions who have made the EC Teams in a variety of different disciplines (Eventing PR Open, Novice Dressage, Showing, Equitation and Show Jumping!). All three of these champs started as complete beginners at Katelands. We are behind you all the way! Bring on SA Youth Champs 🌞🌞! Kristal Maze Denise Weichbrodt Donna Dowley

Our beautiful Yard 💚💚. 🌞🌞Contact us to book your free trial lesson or to find out more about our livery options. Kate 06...
12/06/2023

Our beautiful Yard 💚💚.

🌞🌞Contact us to book your free trial lesson or to find out more about our livery options. Kate 061 756 1477

Facilities:
• Full size sand jumping arena
• Full size Dressage arena (60x20m)
• Pony Rider dressage arena (40x20m)
• Free jump track
• Working Hunter grass arena
• 12 beautiful brick stables
• Wash Bays
• Tacking up station
• Club house
• Beautiful outrides in Sardinia Nature Reserve, right on our doorstep
• Big, well maintained grass paddocks

Shout out to our champ Piper 🤩🤩. Piper only started riding after lock down. She now competes at 85cm Eventing, Novice Dr...
08/05/2023

Shout out to our champ Piper 🤩🤩. Piper only started riding after lock down. She now competes at 85cm Eventing, Novice Dressage and Equitation and 90cm show jumping. Piper got her special KK straight off the track at the beginning of 2022, and her pony Jonny shortly after that. It's so exciting to watch this team getting stronger and stronger. Pipes is also helping produce her mom's most beautiful Lily, who is sure going to knock some socks off when she starts her competitive career. Pipee Pipees you are a champion, we are very proud of you 🤩🌟

Super proud of Jossy, Sophie and their special ponies who did so well at the Reonet FFH Show Jumping Show at PERC this w...
26/03/2023

Super proud of Jossy, Sophie and their special ponies who did so well at the Reonet FFH Show Jumping Show at PERC this weekend.

Sophie on Velvet winning the 80cm Pony Rider Championship class 🔥🔥

Jocelyn on Rosie winning runner up in the 90cm Pony Rider championship class ❤️❤️

Joss also got a 2nd on Mia and Rosie in Friday's class.

Well done my champs 👏👏👏

Some of our special team spotted at the one day eventing show. 🌟🌟🐴🐴
23/03/2023

Some of our special team spotted at the one day eventing show. 🌟🌟🐴🐴

“Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of wi...
21/03/2023

“Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.” — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer.

I am so ridiculously proud of my girls, each one of them showed up and rode their hearts out at the graded one day eventing in PE last weekend. We worked a lot on the mental strength of each rider, the first step to success is believing that you are capable and deserving- it sure helps when you have a team that is willing you on every step of the way.

We have been putting a lot of work into our dressage and it sure paid off, every one of our 13 rider/horse combinations were top of their class, with 6 PB scores. Very good show jumping rounds and 10 outstanding clear rounds in the country, with all 13 rounds being fantastic.

Results:

55cm Pony Rider:
1st - Gia on Ben (their first eventing show)🐎🐎

65cm Pony Rider:
1st - Kate on Flappy 🏆🏆 (their first eventing show as a combination)
2nd - Nika- Mari on Sassy Girl 💚💚 (Nika-Mari's first eventing show)

75cm Pony Rider:
1st - Jossy on Rosie 🏆🏆

85cm Pony Rider:
1st - Sophie on Velvet ❤️❤️ (their first 85cm and a PB score! Finishing on their dressage score)
3rd- Piper on Jon Jon 💪💪 (an amazing 67% after dressage- if you know Jon Jon you will know what an achievement this was)

85cm Juniors:
1st - Talitha on my Honey ❤️❤️ (finishing on their dressage score, a PB and the best score of the show)
2nd - Jenna on Iree 💙💙
3rd - Ariella on Quill 💚💚 (their first 85cm)

85cm Adults:
3rd - Colleen on Jupiter 🌟🌟(a PB in their dressage, but unfortunately 2 poles in the SJ bumping them down a few places)

95cm Junior:
1st - Jemma on Beat 🔥🔥

What a special team we have! Fantastic parents, dedicated riders, phenomenal horses, the best grooms at home, amazing support system (especially Maddy & Cianna🤗) and committed, helpful Katelands members. Well done team 👏👏

JOB OPENING: Assistant Instructor 🦄🦄 We are looking for the right person to join our Team. We are a passionate eventing ...
25/01/2023

JOB OPENING: Assistant Instructor 🦄🦄 We are looking for the right person to join our Team. We are a passionate eventing yard in Port Elizabeth. Contact me on 061 756 1477 for more information. Katelands Equestrian Academy

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24/01/2023

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A week ago today I swung my saddle onto the back of a five-year-old quarter horse under the watchful eye of Tom Curtin.

The horse took a few concerned steps as my stirrup swung over his back. I looked up to see Tom’s grin under the brim of his hat and he said,

“You were thinking about saddling that horse, weren’t you?
You need to think about that horse while you saddle him.“

Last week I spent the week with Tom and his wife, Trina. I noticed a reoccurring lesson throughout the week.

The everyday activities I have done my whole life with horses took on a new meaning. “You were thinking about brushing that c**t, you need to think about that c**t while you brush him.” And, “you were thinking about bridling that mare, you need to think about that mare while you bridle her.”

Tom said, “No matter what you do, never forget that horse”.

So there I was, playing cowboy for a week, learning about c**t starting, riding young horses, checking cattle, but deep inside it all, learning how to be with a horse in a very intentional way.

It’s a sort of contract, you see. You’re not demanding that your horse give you their attention without an even exchange. Asking a horse to bring their attention to me now feels more like saying, “Remember I’m right here, thinking about you… In exchange can you think about me?”

The gift of Tom’s c**ts was that they already knew the feeling of being kept in mind, and they were good at telling me when I’d lost track of them. The calm that came over these horses when I thought of them as I went about my daily routines was just wonderful.

All it took was being mindful of their existence and attentive to their needs. We typically have some sort of goal with our horses that can provide a wonderful sense of purpose, but the goal is meaningless if we lose track of our partner in the process.

I hope in reading this you can be as inspired as I am. When you go out this week and do whatever you do with your horses, whether it be jumping fences, working cows, dancing in a dressage arena, chasing hounds, etc, see if you can go about your business with purpose, but never forget your horse.

~ Justin

📸 Erin Gilmore // Erin Gilmore Photography

Address

Loerie Lane, Sardinia Bay
Port Elizabeth
6001

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 08:00 - 12:00

Telephone

+27617561477

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