Nks Equestrian

17/08/2025

Rocket on the weekend at his first cowboy challenge day such a good boy

15/08/2025

Rocket had his first jump undersaddle and did some obstacles

The Fire Herd Day 2

Cyra
Began turning on the hindquarters

Smokey
Learnt to draw in

Blaze
Had her first session and learnt to look with both
Eyes

Ember
Had her first session and learnt to look with both
Eyes

14/08/2025

Pony updates for the day 🐴

Rocket had a cruisey farm ride and did his favourite obstacle at the moment

River is learning about working in a frame and is super good to groom and tie up he’s such a cruiser

Arizona on day 4 of being broken in is walking and trotting undersaddle

Fire herd Day 1 🔥
Smokey
Finished with being able to turn on the hindquarters

Cyra
Finished with being able to turn and face with both eyes

13/08/2025

Tyrol

Tyrol and Noa Smythe

Tyrol continues to make steady, positive progress, becoming a softer and more content horse with each passing day—a transformation that has been incredibly rewarding to witness.
He has recently undergone gelding, which was completed without complication and with a smooth recovery. Since then, Tyrol has been introduced to wearing both a saddle blanket and a rug, accepting each new experience calmly and with minimal fuss. He has now transitioned to living in a herd environment, where he is settling in well and learning to interact respectfully with other horses.
In terms of groundwork, Tyrol is lunging kindly and consistently in both directions, showing a willingness to engage and listen. He is also beginning to understand how to lead correctly at the shoulder, demonstrating increasing confidence and trust. Overall, Tyrol is making excellent progress and continues to develop into a well-mannered, responsive young horse with a bright future.

13/08/2025

Rocket 🚀

Rocket and Noa Smythe

Rocket has now been out of the wild for 12 weeks, and his progress has been nothing short of exceptional. He is not only meeting expectations but consistently exceeding them. Over this time, I’ve taken a careful and methodical approach to his foundation training, ensuring that all the key groundwork and handling skills were thoroughly established before introducing him to work under saddle.
Once he demonstrated consistency, confidence, and a solid understanding of the basics, I began his ridden education. Rocket has now had two outings under saddle, with his most recent being a successful and extensive farm ride at a local property. He handled the experience with impressive maturity, navigating new terrain and environments calmly and willingly.
Throughout his training, Rocket has shown a remarkable willingness to learn, an exceptional temperament, and a natural athleticism that makes him a pleasure to work with. His trainability and quiet nature have allowed for steady, positive progress, and he continues to grow in confidence with each session.
I’m incredibly pleased with how far he’s come in such a short period, and I’m looking forward to continuing his development both at home and out and about. Rocket is proving to be a very special young horse with a promising future ahead.

13/08/2025

It’s been a big few days but Ella and Zulu headed off to their new homes up in Auckland and

today we aquired a few more wild stationbred horses all will all be looking for new homes once they have completed their handling

Introducing
Smokey (black stallion)
Ember (bay filly with star)
Blaze (roan filly with 4 white socks and blaze 2yr old)
Cyra (bay mare with 2 sock and a blaze Infoal)

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07/08/2025

Day 33 (rotation 3 )

Update from the past few days

Rocket had his first little person ride him, he’s been going super well and had a big farm ride cantering up hills today

Zulu learnt to wear a saddle blanket then rug then today she had some X-rays taken which revealed some arthritic changes but sound enough for the paddock

Sable can now be touched all over and learnt to float load

Payne has been working on grooming and was also wormed

Annie has been having rinse and repeat and has become super solid she also had her teeth done today which revealed some super sharp edges which have been resurrected

Ella has met all her milestones now pick up all 4 feet feet trimmed dental done and scanned to see if she’s infoal and she wasn’t!! Aged 11yrs

Niya has also been having rinse and repeat she’s settling well

Tyrol learnt to cross a tarpaulin and got use to me standing on the mounting block

03/08/2025

Day 29
Ella and Zulu headed out on their first adventures

Rocket and Opua (for sale) headed out to a showjumping practice day

Annie is getting super friendly

Ninja headed home 🏠

02/08/2025

Day 28

We now have 7/10 horses finished their initial handling and either headed home or ready to head home I’m so proud of this awesome bunch

Today we headed out on an adventure with payne(available) and aristocrat both were super cool

31/07/2025

Day 26

This morning we waved off 3 horses Agenis, incognito and Nova as they hopped on a truck down to the south island

Ninja had his feet trimmed which marks his last milestone

We had teeth done on the rest of the horses

30/07/2025

Day 24 and 25
The past few days have seen great progress all around

Nova has officially completed her initial handling today she also learnt to wear a rug yesterday and has been super

Agenis and incognito came in for conformation photos

Niya and Annie have both learnt to wear rugs and headed to the vets to have teeth and scanning Niya is aged at rising 4 and Annie aged 3-4 too

Zulu learnt to pick up front feet she needs another session on this

Ninja has learnt to wear a rug and had conformation photos taken

Aristocrat and Payne spent 30 minutes in the float and aristocrat learnt to pick up front feet

28/07/2025

New Arrival
Meet River (Coming soon!)
15.3-16hh
Drum horse gelding!
Will be available in a few weeks once we get to know him