Erewhon Horse Stud
Tours in Ashburton
www.erewhonhorsestud.co.nz
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What you should know about Erewhon Horse Stud
With no beginning and no end, the cycle of life in the high country continues as it always has. penguin. nz travel destinations nz living on the edge in the high country stations of the south island. You can see an awful lot from the road but once you reach the Erewhon stables at the end of the road only booked people can go through those gates. Flights Archie at Air Rangitata can land his plane on our airstrip and pick you up for a scenic flight up into the glaciers. Hakatere historic buildings The Historic stone cottage at Hakatere Station is possibly Mid Canterbury’s oldest building, dating from 1862.
The buildings include an original stone cottage dating from 1862, believed to be one of the best examples of its kind, along with early wooden shearer’s quarters and cookshop. It is also an important wildlife refuge with the rare and endangered Great Crested Grebe and many other species. 5 hours from Erewhon by road but our place is the headwaters of the mighty Rangitata braided river. Riding We can offer Wagon or Saddle Rides with our team of lovely Clydesdale and Crossbred horses
Clydesdale History khrnz T The Clydesdale is a breed of heavy draught horse indigenous to Scotland and deriving its name from the district in which it was founded.
The Clydesdale’s origin is accredited back to the 6th Duke of Hamilton, who in the middle of the 18th Century imported 6 Flanders stallions to Scotland and bred from them using some of the best Galloway or pack mares. Then in 1715 John Peterson of Lochlyoch imported a black Flemish stallion to improve his breed. A photo from this made the front page of the weekend Otago Daily times along with a humorous article about one of our geldings who doesn’t like pipe bands. The John McGlashan pipe band led the parade followed by inhand horses including two stallions and then ten Clydesdale wagons from singles through to our eight horse team.
The parade drew crowds of appreciative people many who found it an emotional experience. Teams travelled from throughout NZ so it was a great once in a lifetime display. nz your town dunedin heavy horses make impact dunedin. The following Wednesday one final photo shoot to mark the centenary week was held at Erewhon Station with a 20 Horse Team hitched up to a wool wagon and driven through the Rangitata River.
That photo was from about 100 years ago so the centenary seemed like a good time to recreate the scene. The horses worked really well together and we got some great photos video footage of this event. Alternatively a picture tells a thousand words so check out more photos in our Centenary album CLICK HERE FOR MORE HISTORICAL IMAGES
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