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Bootleg Equine

Offering foundational equine services; lessons, training, schooling, groundwork and clinics. Darfield, Canterbury.

Equine training and lessons, helping horses and riders on their personal journeys.

10/12/2025

Introducing Bootleg Equine Earthworks! 🚧
Our lead digger operator Louis is incredibly efficient at his job and ready to offer his services to anyone needing some serious dirt moving done ! 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

15/11/2025

A beautiful break in the storm ⛈️

30/10/2025

What a wild week of weather! Looking forward to spring to turn into summer and crack on with riding!

15/10/2025

Louis heard I’m on holiday next week, so decided it would be hilarious if he took this week off instead ✈️🤪

09/10/2025

Such a smiley handsome chap 🤍🖤❤️

08/10/2025

All eyes on Marge, who’s never where she should be…

05/10/2025

Over the last few years I got to live an absolute adventure, and in turn Bootleg Equine had the volume turned well and truly down! I spent the time exploring the station we lived on, waved goodbye to Prada the super pony and spent the next few years focusing on my own horses and a new career path.

However, with our own property now, the itch to be immersed back into the equestrian industry was one I couldn’t ignore any longer!

With the notion that I am back up and running again, from our own sweet patch of paradise, I thought a little photo series would do the trick and give a glimpse of the last 4 years and a little bit of the now!

I am excited to be opening my lessons books up and the adult ride club too, with training on the horizon and a few extra bits and pieces also!

1. A fun photoshoot with .williamsphotography and Louis as a leggy 3YO.
2. Riding over the high country station we lived on for a few years with Prada.
3. Views from the house paddock on the station, enjoyed by Summa.
4. Showing Louis the world on a friends farm in North Canterbury.
5. The end of a great schooling session at with Louis.
6. Louis and Summa reunited after a winter apart, enjoying the abundance of grass on our new property.
7. When one becomes a lifestyler, one must acquire some 🐑. We are now at 36284748 sheep and counting 😅.
8. Our most recent addition, Little Rivpig (River), is who is proving quite the character and quite easily will fill some big boots that were left behind when we momentarily left a farming style life!

I am looking forward to not only having BE up and running but also sharing a bit more of the day to day things, and enjoying having our own patch of paradise 💗

03/10/2025

Acrobatic Louis: A Dinner Time Series 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🐴 🎪

21/09/2025

BEAR club 🐴

With longer warmer days upon us, and being able to operate from our own slice of paradise now, it’s time to finally bring back the Bootleg Equine Adult Ride club 🥹

The BEAR club is designed to provide a low key, accepting, fun space for adult riders. The aim is to build confidence, experience and knowledge at a lower cost for those who can’t afford normal training days or regular lessons etc

Rallies will be a mix of training and social riding with the occasional hacking involved.

The plan is to have a weeknight rally at 6.30pm for those that can’t make a weekend rally due to other commitments or events, and then a Saturday rally which will alternate from week to week as a morning or afternoon rally! These will alternate each week.
Rallies will be limited to 5 riders max.

Most rallies will happen at our property in Hororata (please note this is on grass and not a sand surface) with the occasional rally outward bound at another facility!

Things to look forward to:
- Flatwork/polework/small jumps
- Games/obstacle course type training
- Small internal club competitions
- Socialising across tea/coffee/beer/wine

A start date is not set yet, however aiming for early November.

If you’d like to register your interest please comment below and I will add you to the private group page, where further details will be posted🐴

A few picture from a few years ago from when the ride was running to show just how much fun we have!☺️

- Jess 🤠

30/07/2025

❌ NO THURSDAY TIDBITS TODAY ❌

With a lot going on in the background this week (VERY EXCITING STUFF TO TELL IN DUE TIME), there will be no Thursday Tidbits today! Ahh yes, devastating for all (that is about the 6 people that watch every week 🤣) but you and I will survive!

Should be back to normal next week 😁 enjoy the rain! ☔️

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Bootleg Equine provides a range of services to help horses and riders on their personal journeys. We offer, young horse schooling and training, breaking, problem solving, lessons and clinics. Please contact us with any inquiries through our messaging system or via email.