Mount Garnet Horse Sports in Mount Garnet, Queensland | Sport & recreation

Mount Garnet Horse Sports

Locality: Mount Garnet, Queensland

Phone: +61 400 771 406

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18.01.2022 MGHS Shirts Up Date $45.00 each can pick up from Ravenshoe and can deliver to Atherton can also send in the post to you it will be a small fee added on to y...our purchases to cover postage Kids:: Size 2 - 3 Size 4 - 3 Size 6 - 1 Size 8 - 1 Size 14 - 2 Adults Size XS - 3 Size M - 3 Size L - 1 Size XL - 3 Size 2XL - 5 Size 3XL - 2

14.01.2022 welcome to all our new followers

11.01.2022 Pause to Remember On Remembrance Day 2020, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we pause for a minute’s silence to remember those who sacrificed so much in war for our peace and safety. It is fitting we remember our wonderful Walers too during WW1 Australia committed around 130,000 horses and New Zealand over 8,000. The term ‘Waler’ was first used by the British in India referring to those horses that were bred in the colony of New South Wales. By 1867, the... Waler had developed a reputation as one of the finest cavalry horses in the world, and battles like the charge of the Lighthorse at Beersheba in 1917 made legends internationally of our homebred, outback-toughened horses. Their feats of endurance and bravery on the battlefield during WWI are hard to imagine the horses often did not drink for days and had limited food rations and they proved tougher than camels in the desert. There were also artillery horses, the pushers and pullers, often the unsung heroes of the battle ground. Daisy and Belle were a pair of Walers who saved their driver, a man named Banks, when he fell into a shell-hole and became stuck in the mud. No one was around so Banks called out to his two trusty horses. ‘Here Daisyhere Belle’ Then ‘Left DaisyBack girl, back!’ Daisy came to the rescue by turning her rear towards her master until he could grab a hold of her tail. Using all her strength, she gently pulled Banks free. (Forgotten heroes: the Australian Waler Horse, pp. 49-50). Sadly only one horse returned to Australia. The horse, named Sandy, belonged to Major General William Bridges who was killed at Gallipoli. After the war Sandy spent the rest of his days out to graze at the Central Remount Depot at Maribyrnong, Vic. #walers #pcaremembranceday #australianwalers

09.01.2022 Good morning Everyone, we still have heaps of shirts for sale, share this post with all your friends and family

08.01.2022 My Daughter wearing her MGHS shirt at the last NBHA event yesterday in Mareeba, she is wearing size 14 kids We still have heaps of shirts left some sizes have sold out, they make great Christmas present Can deliver to Atherton once a fortnight and can post to buyers expense ... $45 each

07.01.2022 MGHS would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year may stay safe on the roads and we will see you all In 2021