Whispering Sands Horse Play Centre

16/10/2025

A bit more dam fun! Thursday group coaching.😊

12/10/2025

Beautiful weather for the group coaching session today. It was lovely to spend time with the horses in the dam, making the most of it being full.

08/10/2025

05/08/2025

Rumour and a friend 😍

04/05/2025

Savvy- The Instructors horse.
Savvy was an excellent instructors horse, he could stand around and wait while I explained something or when I helped students, but could also be relied upon to quickly demonstrate a manoeuvre when needed.

04/05/2025

Savvy- The Parelli Demonstration Horse
Savvy inspired thousands of people to look at horses differently, by being a super demonstration horse at Parelli events. He travelled to the East Coast twice as well as attending demonstrations in Perth, whenever Pat Parelli was in town. He could be relied upon to show some of the cool things we can do with horses when they want to partner with you. Many were inspired to start natural horsemanship.

04/05/2025

A series of posts about Savvy and his roles in life.
Savvy- The Therapy Horse.
His role for the last 10 years was as a therapy horse. I could rely on him to help my clients find or feel whatever it was that they needed. Judging by the comments on the posts, many people had their lives changed by what he offered them.
Kelly Grey wrote the following and I think it sums him up really well-
"Loved by so many and countless lives changed by Savvy’s presence and impact on how deeply he connected with those around him. His gentle wisdom, patience, and spirit will ripple through every person he helped heal, and every heart he touched.
Sending you so much love and strength as you navigate this immense loss — Savvy’s legacy will forever live on through you and all those you have helped together."

25/04/2025

It is with great sadness that we lost one of our valued herd members, Savvy, early this morning.
Last night he had a sudden mild colic which we had treated by the vet. This morning he clearly was not ok. He was in great pain and was not responding to painkillers or treatment.
It was agreed that there was no more to be done for him.
The vet gently administered the drugs and Savvy left peacefully surrounded by some of his herd. He even had 3 airbase flyovers during his last half hour.
He will be deeply missed by staff and clients.
He was 28 years old, a lovely wise old boy.

17/12/2023

Our final coaching session for the year. It was a super hot day (unlike what the forecast suggested!) but these ladies are made of tough stuff and hung in there.👏👏👏♥️

28/09/2023

Finishing off a warm coaching session with a paddle in the dam.

13/09/2023

Observing the herd with a client, complete with thunder and lightning. Fascinating to see the different responses in these conditions.
The client did have the options of postponing, room based session or herd observation, so that’s what we did.