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I’m Sharon Klijn (21) and at a full time horse rider/trainer. I work with many unhandled horses/po

18/10/2022

Here’s a before and after winter transformation for Archie! He has certainly wintered well! 2nd photo is from 1 month since muster… and recent photo. 🤎

08/10/2022

Yesterday we welcomed Koha’s foal into the world. Born at 2:10am 7 October 2022. 🧡

Koha is a protective mare but this morning she brought her baby up to meet me🧡🥰

Name suggestions welcome☺️

21/07/2022

Happy Friday everyone 💕 these two having a snooze after all that crazy weather we had lately!

Archibaldo 🖤 Phoenix 🧡

19/06/2022

The Kaimanawa mares have been going on little hand grazing adventures around the property the last couple weeks❣️

04/06/2022

So many milestones achieved this week.
Archi has had his registration photos taken, and got his first clip! 1 month out of the wild and he couldn’t care less about the noise or the feeling. He’s so relaxed about His new life like he’s been here since birth. Maybe it’s cause of his young age but his personality and nature takes a huge toll of it too!🖤

Koha got her first bath and wearing a cover. 🧡 her tail is so thick it took a couple rinse and repeats till the water finally washed out clean. It’ll probably be filthy again by the morning cause she loves a good roll!

Kuia is now following me around the round yard more consistently and we have achieved our first touches on the neck/shoulder. She has such a kind eye but very weary of my hand movement, but slow and steady now will definitely be worth the wait later on🤎

01/06/2022

New cover for Mr Archie and also has been month since being mustered! He’s now matching with Phoenix which is super cute!

31/05/2022

The second of 14 combinations to compete in the ULTRA-MOX FREEDOM TO FRIENDSHIP STALLION CHALLENGE is SHARON KLIJN and ARCHIBALDO!

1 MONTH TRAINING UPDATE

About Archibaldo (aka Archie):
Archibaldo or known as Archie at home is my 2yo stallion currently standing at a estimate of 13.2hh. Archibaldo symbolises genuine, bold and brave. From the first day, he has been really accepting of the new way of life and has trusted me in many ways. I have been able to halter him at day 4, have trimmed all 4 feet and he got gelded by day 17/18. Archie has been adventuring around the property, and starting to enjoy all the fuss in the stables too. He loves his grass/hay and hardfeed since the first week of arriving in my yards. He shows an amazing attitude towards all I introduce to him for the first time, being able to cover all basic handling, this includes leading, tying up, grooming, picking up all 4 feet and covering. With his age being only two, I won’t be able to back him for the challenge but to me that means I can focus on getting a very strong bond on the ground and no other than his happiness and health is my number one priority.

About Sharon:
I am Sharon Klijn, I am based near Whangarei, twenty one years old and horses are my passion. I have fulfilled my dream of working with horses each day since I left school in 2018 and after coming back in 2019 from an overseas work experience in the Netherlands started my own business “SKS – Sharon Klijn Sporthorses”, breeding and producing sporthorses.
Over the years there has not been a day gone by without learning and questioning how to be better for my horses. I learned most of my skills from my mother and people I met over the past 7 years, who have inspired me in different ways, who have shaped me into the horsewoman I am today. I know principles of dressage, jumping, driving and liberty training, as well as having a great interest in equine bodywork, able to help horses in pain. Working with and reading the horses are definitely my strongest skills, but helping others in their horse journey as a coach is giving me great pleasure too. All opportunities to produce horses, including untouched and problem horses, have taught me more about how horses actually think and learn, and how the biomechanics of horse and rider is a very important ingredient too. Working with a wild horse is one of the most rewarding experiences so far, finding out all I have learned about horse communication is true and correct, my horse being my biggest teacher and my mirror.

To follow Archie’s journey, plus the other Kaimanawas Sharon takes on, follow SKS Kaimanawas on instagram or Facebook.

30/05/2022

Archie had his first bath (with warm water - lucky boy!)

Kuia improving with each session I have with her. First touches on her head and getting a lot more confident with the carrot stick touching her shoulders/neck on both sides and her head through the loop. And allowing me to stand beside her shoulder about 1m away

26/05/2022

Another awesome day with the Kai’s!

Phoenix took a 11 year old for a jump and a pony ride for even littler rider afterwards! And I couldn’t be more pleased!

Koha meet one of the girls over the fence❤️ and I worked on picking up her back legs, and was all to easy for her like she did it a million times before.

Kuia has had her first touches of the carrot stick on the neck/shoulder and getting braver with locating her head through the loop 💕

25/05/2022

Day 23
•Archi •
still recovering from his vet visit. So has been enjoying grooming sessions and walks with Phoenix from their paddock to arena and back and having snacks of grass along the way.
Dinner time is his favourite time of the day!

• Kuia •
Now with having the other two Kai’s in paddocks I’m able to get more one on one time with her. She’s starting to open up and getting a bit more interested in interacting with me and with things like saddle blankets/ropes hanging off the rails.

•Koha•
Shes enjoying the open space of the paddock. A real lover of food! Always waiting for her hay and favourite hard feed and Equibrew.
✅Able to catch her (haltered) next milestone to work towards will be without.
✅ touch her all over and down all 4 legs.
✅She had a little makeover with her mane detangled and her tail tidied up with a trim.
✅front feet picked up.

•Phoenix• (2021)
Giving the cross country jump a go. Flying over it twice has high!

21/05/2022

Happy boys together. Phoenix from 2021 muster and Archibaldo from 2022 muster🧡🖤

1st full day being a gelding and all is recovering well!

20/05/2022

Archi met our awesome vet and her assistant today. Perfectly behaved with hardly no resistance on his behalf to get him gelded which allowed for a nice smooth procedure to happen! He’ll have a couple days to rest up and recover and then back to more training.

Address

62 Tauraroa Road, Maungatapere
Maungakaramea
0178

Telephone

+642108425855

Website

http://www.sksporthorses.co.nz/

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