18/07/2023
A little story about River Downs Tinka ✨✨
I started riding Tinka as a rising 5 year old for Donny and Karen at Riverdowns and I absolutely fell in love. He was cheeky and a little bit naughty and I couldn’t get enough. I begged mum for weeks to let us buy him and by some magic she made it happen.
We had many ups and downs along the way as we figured out the showjumping thing together, but I could always trust he’d try his heart out for me. He is the horse I have won the most on and probably the horse I have fallen off the most as well. He has taught me so much over the years. We jumped my first have 90cm course together, and then we both jumped a 1m course for the first time together and every other first along the way until now.
Last year I saw a Facebook post about a little girl looking for a horse. I was having some time off due to surgery and I didn’t want Tink to waste in the paddock, so it seemed fate. It was time for Tinka to teach everything he knows to another little girl. I am so happy he found Kaylah, already they have progressed so much and I am so excited to watch them continue to grow together for many years ahead.
There is no better feeling than having a horse you have produced yourself, move on and be loved so much by someone else 💕💕
Kate Ford
Leslee-Ann Jackwitz
Oz Shotz