Host: Heath and Kellie Stewart
Location: Bakers Hill WA (& traveling Northern WA)
Heath and Kellie Stewart make up Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. We are close to Perth on 160 acre property where our businesses are based.
Saltriver Horsemanship conduct clinics, lessons and online modules. Since 2004 we have travelled to the Kimberley and Pilbara regions conducting station horsemanship clinics. We also take outside horses for starting and educating certain times of the year.
Topstock WA Feed Services was purchased by Heath and Kellie from Heath’s father Ian in 2001. Established in 1992, the business initially only serviced the Great Southern region with sheep products, but has gradually evolved to predominantly servicing the Kimberley and Pilbara with cattle stock licks.
They also breed horses under the banner Saltriver Performance horses and Heath loves to campdraft them when he gets a chance. Kellie is committed to quality horsemanship and has also studied human behaviour at great length to enhance her understanding of the horse/human dynamic.
My first trip to the US of A
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. *This story is being published post-humously in loving memory of Heath Stewart. This story was written in 2017* When the say everything is big in Texas, they’re not kidding. After landing at Dallas airport we were 10 minutes into the […]
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The unexpected Mexico
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. *This story is being published post-humously in loving memory of Heath Stewart. This story was written in 2017* Last year we got the opportunity to travel to Mexico and the United States to conduct horsemanship clinics and lessons which was […]
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Brave or stupid?
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Back through most of the 90’s and early 00’s, I broke in thousands of colts. These days we start them under saddle, and the method is very different, as is the result. I was only doing the best I […]
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The Campdrafting bug
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. My father was a social campdrafter and I got the bug quite early. It is a common denominator between my work and interests; many friendships and client relationships have been founded through my participation of the sport. CC ready […]
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Crazy busy
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services. Hi everyone, my name is Heath Stewart (also known as “Spoon”) from Saltriver Horsemanship and Topstock WA Feed Services, and thanks for having us back again to host Central Station. We’ve had a ridiculously busy calendar year so far […]
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What do our station horsemanship clinics cover?
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Performance Horses. Industry training is really fulfilling as there is a real purpose to it. Mustering cattle on horse back can be exhilarating or incredibly frustrating depending on how well your horse is going. One of my favourite sayings is if you’re doing […]
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The Topstock Story
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Topstock WA Feed Services. Today I will put on my Topstock cap. It was more by chance than design that I got into Topstock WA Feed Services. Dad encouraged me to take over the business saying “you can’t ride horses all your life” (though it turns […]
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In a man’s world
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Kellie Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Performance Horses. I usually oversee the business at home when not conducting horsemanship clinics or studying horse and human behaviour. Currently I am working on our online learning course so we can assist people when we can’t physically be there. There is so much […]
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On the road
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Performance Horses. Usually the station clinic run is broken into 2 or 3 blocks, but last year with Easter being earlier we managed to sequence the run. First cab off the rank was Roebuck Plains where Doug takes on quite a few young […]
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Station Horsemanship Clinics
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Performance Horses. Teaching horsemanship is one of the most inspiring things I get to do, particularly station horsemanship. When I was younger we were all doing the best we knew, but thanks to information becoming more freely available we have learnt much more […]
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“Go north young man”
Host: Saltriver Horsemanship Written by Heath Stewart – Owner, Saltriver Horsemanship and Performance Horses. My father had spent many years in the Kimberleys as a young man, so when I finished boarding school he suggested I do the same, and arranged for me to go to Jubilee Downs with Keith and Karen Anderson. Dad drove […]
