Morning Star Stables

Morning Star Stables Morning Star Stables, a small yard in Heidelberg, based on Prov 21:31: "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord."

Morning Star Stables, a division of Hydeaway Farm, is a small yard situated in the beautiful countryside south of Heidelberg, Gauteng. The Hyde family has been farming here for sixteen years; while the yard is recently established, Hydeaway Farm has been a place of tranquility, excellence, and homecoming for many years to human and animal alike. We provide quality outdoor livery, lessons for all a

ges from beginners to competitive riders, and training and schooling of horses and ponies. We also often have horses and ponies available for sale. Morning Star Stables is more than just a business – it's a calling. Everything we do here comes from our relationship with God, His love for us and our love for Him. So we strive to fill our work with Him and from Him all our strong points are born: love, dedication, diligence, honesty, joy. We are passionate about horses and people, and about providing them with the best possible care and instruction. Whether you're a happy hacker that just wants to enjoy the beauty of creation and that amazing horse-human relationship, or a competitive rider seeking excellence in horsemanship and a good all-round equestrian education, we will help you to the best of our ability. The Scripture that led us to open Morning Star Stables sums it up nicely. We will do everything in our power to prepare our horses and riders for their battles, be it in the show ring or on our own personal battlefields. And as for what is not in our power, we trust that the victory belongs to the Lord.

11/06/2025

Pretty Rosemary gaining proficiency with the Novice lateral work. This nice little mare will be available as a going dressage horse shortly 💜✝️🐎

We have a couple of spaces available!
03/06/2025

We have a couple of spaces available!

SANESA Q3 Sedibeng/Ekurhuleni 💜Tali van der Merwe and the gorgeous EKS Mawarda owned by Anika Venter - first in performa...
25/05/2025

SANESA Q3 Sedibeng/Ekurhuleni 💜

Tali van der Merwe and the gorgeous EKS Mawarda owned by Anika Venter - first in performance riding with 90%, first in Novice 2 with 67%, and first in Novice 3 with 68%
Leanè Pienaar and Cornerstone's Kashan owned by the Logan family - seventh in working hunter with 77%, first in 80cm A2 speed, couple of poles down in 80cm competition
Ashley Burke and her Jamaica - 4th in 70cm competition, clear round in 70cm A2 speed, first in Prelim 2 with 65%, first in Prelim 3 with 64%
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SANESA Q3 💜EKS Mawarda, Tali van der Merwe: 2nd Novice/First 2 & 3, 5th level 5 performance ridingAshley Burke, Jamaica:...
11/05/2025

SANESA Q3 💜
EKS Mawarda, Tali van der Merwe: 2nd Novice/First 2 & 3, 5th level 5 performance riding
Ashley Burke, Jamaica: clear rounds 70cm jumping
Leanè Pienaar, Cornerstone's Kashan: 1st and 2nd 80cm jumping

03/05/2025

How lovely to watch!

Blurry screenshots are all we have for now, but enjoy a sneak peek at this super little mare, Rosemary. Rising 8yo cross...
19/04/2025

Blurry screenshots are all we have for now, but enjoy a sneak peek at this super little mare, Rosemary. Rising 8yo crossbred, about 15.1, with fabulous paces and the temperament to match. She jumps a little but we plan to produce her in dressage and sell at a later stage. A rough diamond now, but I reckon she has what it takes for the mid to upper grades 💜✝️🐎

Morning Star's Nooities at HOY 2025 💜Morning Star Eowyn - 2nd in partbred fillies under 4Morning Star Raya and Morning S...
11/04/2025

Morning Star's Nooities at HOY 2025 💜

Morning Star Eowyn - 2nd in partbred fillies under 4
Morning Star Raya and Morning Star Eowyn - competed in the stud group class
Morning Star Caberneigh owned by Elsabe Potgieter - competed in the geldings class
Arop Rene - 1st in children's novice working riding, Res Champion working riding horse overall, and competed in the children's show riding and children's three-gaited
Arop Lume - 1st in adult's novice working riding, competed in the novice show riding
Morning Star Arwen - 2nd in adult's open show riding, 1st in adult's open working riding, Champion working riding horse, 2nd in best walk, 3rd in best trot

04/04/2025

A recent study in Applied Animal Behaviour Science (Lesimple et al., 2025) investigated object permanence in horses, a key cognitive ability related to understanding that objects continue to exist even when out of sight.

The experiment, involving 63 horses, revealed that horses can locate a hidden treat even when the hiding process is not visible to them.

This suggests they reach at least Piaget's stage 4 of object permanence (where infants begin to understand that objects continue to exist even when hidden, and they will actively search for them.)

The researchers used a simple task where horses had to find a carrot hidden under a bucket and control groups were used to ensure that the horses weren't simply relying on their sense of smell to find the treat.

The experimental group achieved a success rate of 93.1%, while a control group that also familiarised with the task, but with no treat, had a 100% success rate in uncovering the location where the treat would theoretically be.

Another control group that did not go through familiarisation had a success rate of 60%, suggesting the bucket itself did not intrinsically drive exploration.

This study adds to the limited body of research on equine cognition, an area that has significant gaps, especially when compared to research on other species like primates or even domestic animals like dogs.

Brubaker and Udell (2016) pointed out that rat cognition studies outnumber those of horses by a factor of seven.

Study: To see or not to see: Horses’ ability to find the hidden treat: Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 285, 2025.

Congratulations to the van Tonder family on the purchase of Morning Star Touch of Gold. We are sooo delighted that Midas...
06/03/2025

Congratulations to the van Tonder family on the purchase of Morning Star Touch of Gold. We are sooo delighted that Midas has found such a perfect home and only a few minutes away from us! And look at that smile. He really has found his very own person just like this amazing pony deserves 😍💜✝️🐎

Massively enjoying this golden-hearted firecracker of a pony - a consummate professional who enjoys every second 💜✝️🐎
02/03/2025

Massively enjoying this golden-hearted firecracker of a pony - a consummate professional who enjoys every second 💜✝️🐎

02/03/2025

Violet's action - I really like this one. So did her viewers today so this might be the end of her album 💜✝️🐎

Arop Lumè and her little 9 year old rider 💜✝️🐎
22/01/2024

Arop Lumè and her little 9 year old rider 💜✝️🐎

Address

Farm De Hoek 411IR
Heidelberg
1441

Opening Hours

Monday 07:30 - 17:30
Tuesday 07:30 - 17:30
Wednesday 07:30 - 17:30
Thursday 07:30 - 17:30
Friday 07:30 - 17:30
Saturday 07:30 - 17:30
Sunday 07:30 - 17:30

Telephone

+27767399425

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