Uses of the Nooitgedacht

Gentle, trustworthy and fearless, the Nooitgedacht is ideal for equi-tourism as it is and excellent horse for occasional and inexperienced riders. It is perfect for use in nature reserves for eco-friendly game viewing, patrolling fences and hunting.

The Nooitgedacht is an extremely versatile horse. As is it both willing and agile, they excel as a children’s, ladies or junior horses, competing successfully in jumping, dressage, showing, endurance, gymkhana, hacking and in harness. Their high degree of intelligence makes them very easy to train and they excel and love learning all kinds of “tricks” (see clicker training). They adore people and as they cost almost nothing to feed they make wonderful pets.

Bold, manageable, reliable, surefooted, pretty and easy to train making them wonderful horses for all ages especially for women. However even though they are small horses, they can easily carry and 80 to 90 kg man over long distances thus making them ideal for farmwork.