Reviews and Testimonials for Sunninghill

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​"I am very thankful for how much work Mike and Natasha have put into Sunninghill Equestrian Centre, to make it such a fun and safe way to learn. Also very pleased with the facilities and how much support/help I received with breaking in my new horse. Thanks" – Alysha Preece

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Sunninghill Equestrian Centre & Indoor Arena

​When I called Mike to help my horse, Castielle, and I, I did not expect (though I hoped) that he could turn Castielle around so quickly - from an anxious horse to the calm, intelligent and forward moving beauty that he really is. Did I doubt I had made the right choice buying him? I did, but deep down I knew he was a great horse looking for kind, compassionate and clear leadership. Then came Mike. Castielle relaxed as soon as he arrived at Sunninghill Equestrian with Mike and has never looked back since. For a horse that did not want to go forward, he is now loving going out on trails. Watching Mike help him grow confident in the undercover arena until he offered himself to go forward, was beautiful to watch - Mike is so patient, knowledgeable and just has that perfect timing. Now, Castielle can’t wait to enter the trot in the beautiful full size undercover arena, with very little encouragement. He is now calm and willing, without having lost his unique character and personality. The farrier can now do his feet. I can handle all of his feet without fear of being kicked. He is floating and that will be something he and I will continue to get better at. I have watched Mike work with several young horses brought to him to start under saddle, and I can’t say enough about how beautiful it is to watch Mike work so patiently and knowledgably with these wonderful animals. If you value your young horse and wish to get him/her started on a good foundation, then I highly recommend Mike. If you have a horse that has, for many reasons, developed habits that interfere with the horse and owner’s quality of life, then I highly recommend Mike. Mike has taught me many things and helped me see things differently, too - he is as patient with the owners as he is with horses. He is an educator and if you are willing to watch and listen, both you and your horse will reap the benefits. Castielle and I will be off soon and saying our good byes to Mike and all of the majestic creatures on his property. And they really are majestic - so well cared for and so relaxed and happy. We will no doubt be back for refresher sessions and just to say hello. Castielle and I have a lot to learn and work out together, but I feel confident, after our time with Mike, that we will be just fine now. -  Bernadette Martin 2 Nov 2021
 
The owners are very knowledgeable and professional. all the horses there are well cared for, and the location and grounds are stunning. - Kirsten King 4 July 2021

Really fabulous venue. The indoor school was brilliant. Thanks to Mike the owner who went above and beyond to make our ladies weekend go so smoothly. We will definitely be back ! Thank you – Jenny Smith 11 April 2021 
 
Thanks Mike for helping to make our girls week end away so enjoyable and relaxing. Nothing was too much trouble. The venue was excellent with use of both indoor and outdoor arenas for the entire time. Good stables and yards made the stay just as enjoyable for our ponies. We will definitely be back! – Julie Malley 11 April 2021
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It was so lovely to have a vaulting clinic at the gorgeous Sunninghill! Everyone was so welcoming and warm and the facilities are great. Thank you Sunninghill! – Ava Catalano  9 Oct 2020
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Great accommodation, horse facilities and hospitality, for a short stay in Perth – Jo Green 8 July 2020

​Thank you Mike and Natasha for the hospitality and lovely accommodation for the horses and ourselves. The use of your beautiful indoor arena was much appreciated. We will be recommending your place to those that may need to travel your way – Leanne Lefroy  15 June 2020

​Since moving my horse to Sunninghill I have nothing but the highest praise for Mike, Natasha and Alice for the welcome, the fantastic facilities and the gains I have seen in my horse in such a short period.
We (my horse and I) really appreciate the way Mike has assisted in helping us to fine tune our transition in riding styles and helped bring out the best in my horse through calmness and connection.
I cannot recommend Sunninghill more highly as a fantastic facility that offers everything from general agistment to catering to all the needs for any level of equestrian involvement including indoor/outdoor arenas and trail rides through the local hills. -  Sandra Davis 21 April 2020

Beautiful facilities and Mike was so welcoming and warm - thank you! We will definitely be back! - Kylie Bacon 1 Feb 2020

​We love your amazing facilities at Sunninghill Equestrian Centre!
Thank you Mike for helping us start our young horses. We really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience with us. We all learned so much over the past few weeks.
Thank you Mike, Natasha & Alice for your hospitality. Mac loved his time there with you all and is looking forward to coming back soon! – Dianne Ballantyne 30 Jan 2020

We stayed for the weekend in the house with Mike, Natasha and Alice for a Clinic. They were all so welcoming. Mike's extensive knowledge and experience alone was worth it. I’m already planning another weekend stay! – Elizabeth Beresford 21 Oct 2019

I can't thank Mike and Natasha enough for the use of their amazing facilities at Sunninghill. They really were world class and one of the nicest jumping surfaces I've seen. – Nikita Mawhirt 31 Aug

As a clinic organiser we have found Sunninghill to be very professional to deal with, great facilities and super service. We will definitely be hosting more clinics in future - Maike Turnbull 15 Apr 2019

I spent a lovely weekend attending a clinic at Sunninghill Equestrian Centre. The facilities are great and Mike and Natasha go out of their way to make you feel welcome. I stayed at the house and enjoyed home cooked meals. I have not often experienced such great hospitality at an equestrian centre – Isabelle Greenfield 14 Apr 2019

Lovely arena and really friendly and helpful staff. Would absolutely come back any time! Thanks for a fun weekend. – Brooke Nelli 11 Feb 2019

I would just like to thank Mike and Alice (Natasha was away) for what could’ve been a very uncomfortable weekend, but instead was brilliant! The WA Reining Horse Assoc had a clinic booked in for this past weekend on an open arena with Ben Ryan from Ryan Performance Horse’s in Queensland. With the weather looking to be extremely hot and windy we looked to moving it to an indoor facility and were lucky enough to have the use of Sunninghill’s indoor arena, stables, house.......actually with 11 riders, 12 horses, 1 clinician, floats, goosenecks, vehicles and spectators we pretty much took over the property. It was simply amazing how we were welcomed and accommodated on next to zero notice. The whole set up was perfect for a three day clinic, and the willingness to try and give us everything we needed was unbelievable.
Thank you Mike, you have our eternal gratitude (and that of our unsunburnt noses and unwindburnt lips) – Liz Galliott 12 Feb 2019

Thank you Mike and Alice for your generous hospitality and accommodation for my horse and me over the 3 day clinic. You had the stables ready, made us feel very welcome, comfortable after a long hot 5 hour drive and the entire stay! I really look forward to attending another clinic at Sunninghill Equestrian Centre and relaxing in the beautiful grounds. I highly recommend Sunninghill Equestrian Centre for a clinic and accommodation! – Debbie Falconer 12 Feb 2019

I recently agisted my horse at Sunninghill over Christmas and I honestly could not recommend this place enough! The staff are all so friendly and very accommodating. My boy had a lower leg injury prior to his stay and Natasha, Mike and their team were more than amazing at dealing with this, administering his injections and taking care of his wound, especially given the busy Christmas season. The facilities are second to none and definitely have every aspect of your horses care taken in to consideration. Both Mike Natasha and their staff are all very knowledgeable horse owners and I felt 100% at ease leaving my boy in their care. Thanks Again guys, we will definitely be coming back to you if we even need to stay in the area again!! – Abbie Herrick 10 Jan 2019

Thanks for hosting a really great Mark Langley clinic. It's always a pleasure attending a clinic at Sunninghill. Such nice people, great premises and always beautifully organised. Sarah Somers 26 Nov 2018

I bought my horse through Mike and Natasha at Sunninghill and he also agists there. The facilities are fantastic and Mike and his team maintain them to a very high standard. My horse is so well looked after and I can’t recommend Sunninghill enough for agistment or facility hire. The friendliest and most helpful people and we love it! – Louise Peart 15 Oct 2018

I have just spent 3 days at Sunninghill for a clinic & was really impressed by their staff whom were very friendly & helpful - the arena was fantastic in the wet weather & the coach was able to interact easily with both the riders & auditors. Loved the tea / coffee facilities & the bathrooms were nice & clean. Both of my horses were relaxed in the arena. I’ll definitely go back again! – Char Jones 10 Sep 2018
 
Good indoor arena. Great staff and owner. I was made very welcome and safe day yards. – Sue Wiscombe Tanner 7 Sept 2018

Very accommodating with 5 star facilities, you know you can trust your horse with Mike and Natasha they are more then willing to help you in any way possible! Highly
Recommended! – Judy Kau 12 Aug 2018

Amazing venue and Mike is certainly one in a million, a genuine nice guy, so generous with his time and knowledge. Not only did we love him but our horse did too! – Elizabeth Poultney 26 July 2018

We held a seminar at Sunninghill, Mike and Natasha went above and beyond to help out. Great facilities, accommodation for yourself and horse available too. Look forward to going there again – Andrea Quarrell, Performance Saddlefits WA  29 June 2018

Dear Mike and Natasha,  I want to say ‘thank you’ again for the wonderful day on your farm. My students all wrote in their diaries that it was an unforgettable experience for them. Thank you very much! – Kimmy, TWGHs Wong See Sum Primary School Hong Kong 25 June  2018

Beautiful facilities. Very jealous of the undercover round yard and arena. Was the perfect venue to have the seminar. Mike and his staff were lovely and very accommodating – Leah Dawson  24 June 2018

Great experience, fantastic hospitality. Lovely facilities. Thanks for a great couple of days. – Veronica Nix 10 June 2018

Thanks Sunninghill Equestrian for a great two day clinic with Mark Langley. We are so lucky to have such a great venue, so we'll organised, with a lovely supportive group of people and an amazing clinician. – Coral Hands 6 June 2018

Thanks to the team at Sunninghill Equestrian for looking after my adopted boy whilst he was spelling from racing. Mike has done a wonderful job on getting him to settle and think like a calm horse again. - Belle Byrnes 15 May 2018

Yippee the baby girls are home and we are a tad excited with DVZ Florentina and Eversley Scarlett, huge thanks to Mike Jacobson of Sunninghill Equestrian for the brilliant work and care he has put into our beautiful young mares - Lynette Winteringham  12 Oct 2017

Mike Jacobson - Awesome clinic today! Thanks for working with Chief and I. We learned so much and have taken away exercises and techniques to work on at home. I will be bringing Chief back for more lessons soon - Chon Nay 8 Oct 2017

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU .... I just want to say how pleased we are that we found mike and all of his staff and asked him to break in my daughters horse . It was Jengos last chance . He was quite a nasty horse when we got him ( probably though no fault of his own ) and didn't really know what to do with him . Now after a little while at Sunning hill his true colours are shining through and he is a sweet cuddly boy !!! ! We will recommend you all to everyone and anyone who asks – Dools Bug 1 Oct 2017

A huge thank you to Mike and Sunninghill Team for taking wonderful and professional care of my two horses whilst they were agisted with you for the full Sept month. It is always piece of mind to be able to go away knowing and come back to well cared and managed loved horses - Sue Walker  1 Oct 2017

Sunninghill, where do you start! Natasha was so helpful and pleasant and professional to deal with, the setting and property is beyond beautiful, HUGE arena, stables etc all above par!!! Then theres Mike who's skill and knowledge is just beyond compare! I would definitely highly recommend Sunninghill and both Natasha and Mike! Look forward to seeing all the new things you have in store for us!! – Amy Louise 28 Sep 2017

Another excellent day at sunninghill, and once again am in complete awe and more and more impressed with the job Mike is doing with koda just a touch on whither and he stops dead. Mike is a true horseman Koda and I are very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such a skilled professional as mike :) - Skye Price  5 Sept 2017

Horses, riders and spectators were very grateful to have access to the much improved facilities at Sunninghill over the duration of the four days of our event and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mike and his team for their support, interest and ability to assist with any request, even at short notice.  Many thanks - Libby, Plunkett - Ecole de Légèreté Perth  31 August2017

Big thank you to Mike Jacobson, Natasha and the rest of the Sunninghill crew for the wonderful hospitality once again over the weekend. So friendly, helpful and thoughtful. We all had a great time  - Shelley Appleton 20 August 2017

I Love Sunninghill, knowledgeable horse people, great service and fantastic facilities. Can't ask for much more that that! – Philippa Frances 30 Jul 2017

Thank you so much Mike and Natasha for everything you two do at the wonderful Sunninghill Equestrian Center. The facilities are amazing to work with. If you have any sort of issue with your horse I would highly recommend Sunninghill as an option. I love coming up and riding, such a friendly environment:) – Eliza Mast 25 June 2017

I am very impressed with Sunninghill Equestrian Centre as it supplies learning and the setup is the best I’ve seen. Thanks to Natasha and Mike for your all that you do the communication is great and they are easy to talk with thanks guys. – Cathy Shepard 24 June 2017

I am very thankful for how much work Mike and Natasha have put into Sunninghill Equestrian Centre, to make it such a fun and safe way to learn. Also very pleased with the facilities and how much support/ help I receive with breaking in my new horse. Thanks – Alysha Preece 25 June 2017

I recommend the Sunninghill Equestrian to everyone it's just a fabulous place and I learn a lot while I'm there and don't want to ever leave thanks Natasha and Mike it's an awesome place. - Kasia Shepard 24 June 2017

We stayed with Mike and Natasha this weekend and could not fault the service or the facilities. They could not do enough for us. Great place to stay and the very affordable. - Debi Chris Borg 18 June 2017 

This is a fabulous venue, the new owners Mike and Natasha, just make you feel part of the family, I still reckon the horses get priority, LOL Really feel confident riding there, and Mike is always willing to help or give pointers to make your experience even better -  Neil Zammit 7 March 2017

Our family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Mike Jacobson for the wonderful work you've done starting up our precious "Little Red Joe" babies Honey and Simba. With your gentle ways and confidence biulding approach you have truly brought out the best in both of them and we're really excited about their futures. Won't be long now for the next two babies to start their education @ Sunninghill Equestrian with Mike, we can hardly wait - Sue Van Nus   23 Jan 2017

Loved the premises and the people are lovely. Will go back for sure. Highly recommend. – Kelly Dean 24 Oct 2016
 





































































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