Welcome to
The Lost Dutchman
Do It With Grace, Not Perfection — Where Kindness Shows And Greatness Grows.
This has been a long road, from the first time I touched a horse to the journey that kept carrying me forward. This is home. This is The Lost Dutchman. Welcome to a lifetime of experience finally doing what it was always meant to do, quietly causing a little chaos. From the mountains of KwaZulu-Natal to the ancient cold of Yorkshire, horses have carried me further than a small farmer’s daughter ever dreamed. They are extraordinary, powerful, sensitive, and honest, and the simple fact that they allow us near them is magic in itself.
That is what we do here. We bring the magic back. We turn what once felt impossible into something lived every day. We learn to feel without overthinking, to move through difficulty with more grace and compassion, and to trust that small changes create powerful results. We believe kindness travels further than force, belief shapes outcomes, and true horsemanship is not just poetry in motion. It is a way of thinking.
Jody
“Easily distrated by horses”
Violet
“I find calm and peace their gentle natures, a soothing release in their presence. Their breath, a whisper, their movements, a flow with horses, i find peace, and my spirit grows.”
Johnathan
“Heart of horses”