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Nov 26 2008 07:49 pm
Hi,
I love what you are doing.
My pony Polly is 3 quarters Kaimanawa and is also doing really well and i hope that you and Zorro keep doing really well and that you do well with the next lot of Kai's that you get ;)
Love what you are doing!!!
May 2 2008 05:29 pm
Hello Michele, it was such a privilege to to able to attend the Kaimanawa Show Day 2008. You are truely a testament to the on going wellbeing of these beautiful horses. I admire you...Sonya Roiall
Dec 9 2007 10:16 pm
hi there,
saw your website through one of your ponies advertised on trademe. I think its amazing how you have been so comitted to these ponies and given them a wonderful life, they look so great and healthy. I went to Rarotonga a few weeks ago and saw there native horses there, bought tears to my eyes that they cant be given a better life, and there is only about 10 horses on the island. Anyways keep up the good work. You may hear from me in the future to purchase 1 of your ponies. cya
Jul 3 2007 06:58 pm
Hi, i love the site, its really awsome to read about the Kais that you take care of and adopt out, its an inspiration. I own a kaimanawa who was owned by Gina Rothery a couple of years ago. Her name is Argo or Kaimanawa Argo Dancer. Once again love the site and keep up the great work.
Melissa, Auckland
Jun 29 2007 07:37 am
Hi! Just finished checking out your whole website! My friend Rachel Irvine, who won the 12 and under HOY told me about your site and shes looking for a good pleasure horse. Great site!!!
May 22 2007 04:19 am
Wow, I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. What a wonderful job you are doing for all these gorgeous ponies/horses Michele. These animals are certainly fortunate to have an angel like you come into their lives. Keep up the fantastic work.... Tania Mc
Mar 13 2007 03:22 pm
Love your site. Glad kai's are finally getting a name for themselves :) have emailed you r.e a few of your horses.
Feb 17 2007 11:59 pm
Hi Michele,
AS always you do such a wonderful job. Your website is really great.
Kathy on the Mainland.
Feb 9 2007 03:35 pm
Hi Michelle, I saw your website in Naturally Equine and thought I'd jump on. I was the owner of Bell and Cherroke (now Seirra and ?). Saw the photos of Seirra and she looks gorgeous, glad the girls both went to good homes. What an amazing job you do. Is there a way of making donations to your cause?
Jessie
Jan 17 2007 12:13 am
Hi michelle,
as we have brought a horse
of u called PEGASUS BAY!!!!
she is a awsome pony and we luv each other. i have taken her to shows hacking out on the farm, and down the beach. we both go to OPOTIKI pony club and its so much fun just hanging out with PEGASUS BAY.
thanks Michelle and Kyna
Cheers Shannon
Nov 14 2006 10:22 pm
Hi Michelle, Thanks for your recent help when I was looking for a Kaimanawa to break in and train up. I thought I would let you know that I have found an awesome unbroken bright bay gelding that I was allowed to buy for $300. He was local and I was very lucky to have found him. He was sitting in a paddock, dangerously over weight.
I only got him on Saturday and he is already able to be handled all over and I can pick all his feet up. I have also sacked him, put a saddle and bridle on -which he didn't mind one bit and after a days walking in the yard the next day I rode him around the paddock - walking and trotting. He is an absolute dream to handle and be with in every way.
I have called him Milo and I will send you some picks when he is out and about winning. : ) Thanks.
Karen Murphy.
Aug 16 2006 01:06 am
Hi Michelle, this message is on behalf of my son Mitchell. We were fortunate to visit your farm a while back and meet your Kais when we had our ponyclub prizegiving there. He just wanted to say thanks for letting him ride Zorro and he said to say he thinks he's really AWESOME!
We love your site too...Thanx, Jo Pikia
Jul 20 2006 07:07 pm
Well done Michelle, I have had the pleasure of meeting Badger and Pippin and Li Looney and their owners, plus getting to hear about the Stanaway girls Kai's. Everyone speaks highly of you and your work speaks for itself. It is about time the Kaimanawas get good training and good publicity. Thanks for your efforts on behalf of the wild horses.
Jun 19 2006 06:17 pm
What a great site, Thanks Michelle for sharing your storys, the ponys are just lovely, you are doing a great job, keep up the good work. Kellie Bryant-Ferris
Jun 19 2006 05:37 pm
Michelle - have just found your website. Congratulations - it is certainly impressive what you are doing with these horses. Was suprised just how nice some of them are. Good luck - RobynVan Tuyl
May 8 2006 06:30 pm
Love the website Michele. The photos are beautiful and you are precious. Thank you for the assistance, moral support and advice you have given me. Every muster brings grief to those of us who love the horses. Thank heaven the successes are equally sweet. Your photo album is an inspiration.
Daphne
May 4 2006 08:53 pm
Wow, this is an awesome site! I found a link to it on Kim Cheeseman's WEC noticeboard. You are certainly an amazing person to dedicate your lives to Kaimanawas. Me and my best friend did a project on them last year in Science and I really wish I could help to save them, but I have only had my first pony for 2 years so I don't think I'd be very good at training new horses!!
Keep up the awesome work!
~Ais
Apr 27 2006 08:05 pm
Wow, these horses are truly wonderfull, well donr to you for giving them such well deserved homes. I see you are like me and want to place them in the best possible homes as well.
Good luck for the future and let me know if you are interested in puzz, as I can see she would have a super home with you.
Cheers Jude.
P.s, I will palce a link on my website to you as well,you may get more visitors
and support. http://pinehollows2001.tripod.com
Mar 20 2006 03:31 am
As a neighbour of Michele's (and the owner of one of her very first kaimanawas), whenever I look out my window I see the gorgeous ponies that Michele has taken in - looking bright, healthy, happy and (of course, because they're kaimanawas) cheeky as chooks in a feed barn! :)
The kaimanawas that Michele takes on are already awesome ponies - kais just have that something special to start with - but under Michele's care they thrive. Can't praise her work (and recommend her ponies!) enough. They're very lucky to have you, Michele.
Cheers,
Kyna - and of course Pegasus Bay.
Mar 19 2006 02:38 pm
I wish more people would do what you are doing to save a truly wonderful animal. Kaimanawas should be a protected animal of NZ, they may not be a native animal, but they have survived for a long time in the worst possible enviroment this country could offer. Perhaps as more people come to learn about this horse, more will be done to save them. Keep up the wonderful work. Angela
Mar 18 2006 07:20 pm
The Kaimanawa Wild horse is a genuine children's pony. I have been impressed with the loyalty and intelligence that they possess. They have had a difficult journey to finally be appreciated. Many have fallen to the ignorance of man because of their intelligence and relentless pursuit to survive when initially being mustered into domestication. They stood their ground and demanded to be understood, however some humans did not understand this. It takes a certain kind of person to excell with a Kaimanawa mustered from the wild and to school them successfully. Not all horse people can experience that special bond and success. This website is a tribute to that special something that Kaimanawa Wild Horses have that other breeds do not and to your special something, Michelle. Arohanui Stanaway Girls
Mar 16 2006 10:34 pm
This is a great website. I love getting e-mails from Michele whenever something exciting is happening at her place. She gives me heaps of support and encouragement with everything I do with Merlot.He is such a cool pony and we have lots of fun together. I really admire the work Michele does with the Kaimanawa horses. Where would they be without her?
Olivia Henwood and Merlot
Mar 16 2006 10:19 pm
Great website Michele! We just love seeing all your ponies and following their progress. We really appreciate the work you do and the results you get. We know how lucky Merlot was to have your love and care in his early years and he is a credit to you. We know too, how lucky we are to have Merlot. He is a fabulous pony and is admired whenever he goes out. We love him to bits!
Cheers
Neroli Henwood
Mar 16 2006 10:19 pm
The interests of the horse always come first with Michele!!
She is a great asset to the Kaimanawa Wild Horses.
Anyone lucky enough to get a horse handled by Michele will
benefit from her calm, sensible, gentle approach to her horses.
Well done Michele!!!!!!
Robyn Sisley
Mar 16 2006 08:10 pm
And I just have to be second one here! Michele is just amazing with her horses - she achieves so much with them all! The pictures and stories are fantastic. Really enjoyed beating Justine to this site. Jilliene Kennedy
Mar 16 2006 07:15 pm
Ok I'm going to be the first =) What a cool website, and even more so, what great ponies! Having had one of Michele's youngsters I must say she does a fabulous job - her ponies are all relaxed, well handled, trusting and happy.
Cheers,
Gina Rothery
