Horse n Home Equestrian Centre
Rehabilitation Centre in Hammarsdale

Our equines are also available for full or half leases. Horse 'n Home rehabilitated starved and bewildered horses and offer all horse related activities, horse riding lessons, including horse outrides,  to the public and companies, in a peacefull countryside, pony rides and mounted games.

At first we thought he is very lazy when we rode him. After we looked at his teeth and determined his age, we knew why. Savannah is the first foal, colt, being conceived and born after they were rescued. Amy is un-ridable and does not trust humans, but she is a lovely mother and Savannah is still suckling on her being 11 months old and huge! She is a great horse for children to ride and has a excellent nature (although some say she is slow). The Boerperd breed is an excellent horse for the inexperienced rider. Their calm temperament enables learners to gain confidence and can quickly become proficient riders. Booking is essential in order to ensure there is adequate supervision and sufficient riding tack is. The following Equestrian Centre facilities are provided in order to subsidise the cost of running the Horse sanctuary. Horse Online is a leading directory and search engine for the South African equine industry. He was on his way to the butcher but we went to fetch him in Bethlehem (about 450 km from us). When he came to Horse 'n Home the other horses chased him, although this is natural, because they are protecting their position in the herd, to us it was heartbreaking, because a year ago they were in exactly the same situation. Only now after one year of regular deworming (6 week intervals) has he started to gain weight and also enjoy playing. Monty has many conformation defaults, but all who visits us, fall in love with him. His mother is a registered SAB (Heidi) and his father is also a registered SAB, but unknown to us. At their temporary accommodation (Albert Falls), Lord was gaining human trust and taught to be lead FORWARDS. At their final destination (Horse 'n Home), training Lord continued. His first few rides, were on voice commands Later natural riding aids (Legs, hands and body) was used in combination with the voice commands. Since he is only 4 years old, we teach him jumping techniques without a rider on him, in order not to unbalance him, since he is still working on his own balance during jumping. Today he is an enjoyable riding horse, that will even go out on his own. Several DNA tests were done in order to determine his sire. The only other stallion, at the stub he was conceived at, had blood registered with the society and in order to determine if that was his sire, would have cost a little fortune! We were sad about the DNA outcome and decided to keep him as a stallion in order to get some benefit out of our 2 wild unrideable mares. Advice was seeked from local horsemen and it was made clear: Unless you are prepare to keep your stallion alone in a enclosure, it is better to geld him. Since we care for the welfare of our animals and it is important that they live naturally as far as possible, we decided to geld Lord. The next hurdle on our way was that the vet required Lord to be stabled the first night after the operation. A month later and Lord is picking up weight and was in a paddock with Amy and Savannah, until this weekend when he jumped over the fence and chased the mares again. Sadly we have to say that he is back in the lunge ring until his hormones have been normalised. We will place him every weekend with the mares to see if he has settled. On the left is a picture of Lord in August 2007 when he was less of a problem and could socialise with the other horses.