Trying something new!

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Welcome to the first of hopefully many blogs.. depending on my level of motivation!
We thought hey why not give this a try and give even more insight into the happenings of Sandy Creek Clydesdales, this includes the good, the bad and the ugly! 

As we ready ourselves for a busy weekend, with a wedding tomorrow with our 2 horses:
Brooke & Noah who will be pulling our lovely white lorry from the Historic Maldon Railway Station home of some beautiful Steam Trains! Followed by a busy Sunday, we are heading to the Maffra Show where Matt will be judging the Heavy Harness Ring! I thought that's not busy enough. let's start a blog! So here we go. 

For our first blog I figure the best place for us to start is with a little introduction.

                                                We will start with Matthew's Story
Sandy Creek Clydesdales (although not officially named) was started approx. 15years ago by Matthew at the age of 13. It all started when he was starting his Blacksmithing apprenticeship, every black Smith needs a Clydesdale right? And like chips you can't have just 1!

Matthew & his first Clydesdale 'Slippy'

Matt was lucky enough to meet some helpful old hands along the way, who under their guidance he commenced his passion for harness, driving teams and of course breeding Clydesdales.
You could see the horses at engine rallies, local events, funerals, weddings and more.

Wimmera Heritage Weekend

Matt driving his team of 4 down Sandy Creek RD with friend Morrie by his side

Not long into his journey Matt was approached by Sovereign Hill as they had heard great things as they were seeking a driver to drive the teams around their museum, this is where Jaimie (Me) & Matt met.
We both worked in the horse department, Matt a driver and me as a rider. At this time Matthew had approx 40 Clydesdales. 
Matthew continued his passion, driving large teams whilst also breaking in outside client's horses to harness and he dived headfirst into establishing and breeding purebred Clydesdales.

As Sandy Creek Clydesdales grew naturally so did Matt's knowledge as he dedicates every breathing moment to educating himself about everything Clydesdale, often I will find him watching youtube videos, reading every literary piece written about Clydesdales to even right now as I type, we are live streaming the 2022 World Clydesdale Show being held in Scotland. 

​Matt has offered many interstate clinics, judged at many local, state & national shows as well as competing himself at Royal Shows, National Shows & even partaking in a world record attempt for most horses ploughing at the same time, here he drove a team of 10 horses at 'WooBack Yass'.

​He is too modest to write any of this stuff down, but I am too proud of him not to tell his story, probably why I married him haha. 

Now as we raise a young family Matt has returned to his roots being a full time Blacksmith at our new place of work only 5min away from home - Porcupine Village. He is back at the forge creating magnificent pieces again with his amazing attention to detail. Here Sandy Creek Clydesdales has also partnered with Porcupine Village. This partnership offers us another outlet to offer education to the broader community about this rare breed and the history it carries with it. 
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I hope you will enjoy our story; I don't know how often we will post but we will try and keep this going, I think it will be a great way and another avenue to share some content from a more in-depth view for those interested. 
If you have anything in particular that you want us to talk about, drop us a comment or email and we will get to it. 

Toodles!