Holbrook Hire Auckland

Black Beauty’s due to be home today 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Now the question is… do we keep BB here for day hires & send Sandy out on lease?

They are the same, just BB has a water tank + cover racks. More storage if your going away for the weekend with your horse 😍

She really is the perfect float for the season ahead!!

BB has quite a few extras too.
🖤 water tank
🖤 Front storage/tack box
🖤 Swing out Tack box
🖤 Cover rack
🖤 Fully enclosed (perfect for sleeping away)
🖤 + More!

Full road side assistance, all general wear & Tear, servicing included + more! 😍🖤

Angle load vs Straight load - which one do you prefer and why?

Since we got sandy our angle load for day hires, she has been busy busy!
But we mainly just had straight load requests.

Im curious into peoples personal preferences 🧐

First Time In a long time we had no hire pick up’s this weekend!
Just a lease float pick up Saturday morning that ended up taking Firefly & not snowy ❄️ as intended.

Meant I could escape for a winter beach ride, in the beautiful weather ☀️🌊 Well worth it & Arlo loved the water! All while in bare feet 🦶

Also means Snowy ☃️ that has a water tank, front tack box, cover rack & that is fully enclosed will be available for lease 🙌🏼❄️

Iv been making the most of the good weather and Getting some rust repairs done!

Removing marjority the rust, rust converting any remaining, priming & painting 🙌🏼

Most of forest’s guared damage was just teeth marks cause apparently horses eat guards… otherwise not much rust for a 2004! Forest is our oldest floats and one of my favourites 😍🌲

New Float to add to the fleet - She needs a Name!! 🤍
What shall we call her?

Arrived today & Is off to her lease home this weekend 🙌🏼

If you want a float get on the float waitlist - pm me 😍🙌🏼

Black Beauty’s Lease is up and she is due to return early/mid July.

The perfect chance to sort your float for the season ahead!!

BB has quite a few extras too.
🖤 water tank
🖤 Front storage/tack box
🖤 Swing out Tack box
🖤 Cover rack
🖤 Fully enclosed (perfect for sleeping away)
🖤 + More!

Leases are fantastic - Full road side assistance, all general wear & Tear, servicing included + more!

Send me a message if you want to know more about the beautiful black beauty 😍🖤

Glowing Review & the cutest face to go with it 😍🙌🏼

Literally means the world when reviews are left 💖
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 🤩

Equipment Spotlight 🔦

Is one I use alot!
It makes 💩 management on my property super fast and easy. Plus I love that I can say I vacuum my paddocks more than my house 🤣

Not only Is handy for 💩 But it’s so handy for general tidying up of the farm.

Fallen leaves, Emptying water troughs for cleaning, emptying drains in my driveway before this rain we have just had 😬 Great timing on my part!

Basically anything you need moved from one spot to another, just vacuum it up and move it somewhere else!
Much faster & much easier on your body than scooping/shovelling etc!

Super handy, less hard work & a good hire to make quick work of some timely jobs! 🙌🏼

How do we build strong roots?

Some easy things we can & should do to help our grass roots that feed our horses grow stronger and healthier.

First, would be to avoid over grazing.
Grass needs leaf area to photosynthesis & adequate time to complete the growth process.

I only have a small 5 acres, if that for grazing. It’s a super easy amount of land to over graze on & I technically am in winter.
I have 3 big horses usually (I currently have an extra which usually isn’t here, so currently 4) + dani’s 10HH pony on it.
Yet, I still manage to give the paddocks 6- 7 weeks rest per area by rotating paddocks. + avoid letting the horses graze it right down to the dirt. I have to admit, when the rain comes it can be harder to avoid the horses grazing it down to the dirt from them tearing the ground up, topping up with baleage in winter helps the horses grazing it down before moving paddocks.

In winter the entire re growth process of grass, from the moment it’s grazed to the time it should be re grazed can vary between 6 weeks & 8.5 weeks.

Secound, Fertilise Regularly - Not just in the spring.
Applying nutrients to the soil twice a year (autumn & spring) supports root growth, plant health, pasture recovery & soil health. Even more often if your paddocks are previously or consistently over grazed

Because, healthy pasture starts under ground. It’s super important to get your soil health right by fertilising with a range of different types of fertiliser, I personally go for the natural choices.
You can test your soil prior to fertilising. However, you would have to do a test for every 4-5 square meters as the soil is often not consistent with the nutrient levels throughout the entire field let alone your entire property.

Another top tip - manage compaction.
While its good to roll your paddocks heading your spring as it allows the water to drain, reducing it clogging and becoming muddy. You also have to consider aeriation… why?

Aeration helps open the soil back up, allowing oxygen, water, and nutrients to move deeper into the root zone where they’re actually needed. Encouraging roots to grow down instead of staying near the surface.