christmas party

okay, okay, i know its a bit early, and i will remind you all later on but we are organising the best christmas party ever. a real old fashioned traditional party

21st december

6.30pm

miners welfare club, abbotsford road, lochore.

free

visit from santa

pass the parcel

strip the willow

buffet

disco and much, much more

whats on in the young riders club

first 3 saturdays in november all the children will ride for an extra 1/2 hour to practice riding and road safety.
27th november - best turned out pony and rider competition, normal times
4th december - test day for yellow and blue certificates, all members 9am - 1pm
11th december - pony club games rally, normal times
18th december - most improved rider awards, mini show jumping, pay £1.00 and dress up in festive clothes, tinsel etc

most improved rider awards.

congratulations to the following riders who were awarded most improved rider in their groups
Amy - team A
Juliette - team B
Catherine - team C
Lucy - young rider club
little leah - thursday 4.30 lesson
vicky - monday 7pm lesson
the next awards will be on the 18th december.

pony lease

just a quick update on the pony lease we have on offer at the moment. this has been so successful we will carry on with this throughout the whole year. we have added some more horses/ponies to the list of those available to lease. if you are interested then come and have a chat to me in the office. there are various options and prices to suit.

all team memebers go to howe equestrian

all day thursday the yard was a hive of activity. all 25 team members were taking ponies to howe equestrian centre to practice their showjumping.. everyone looked super smart in their new uniforms, and made a huge effort to have their ponioes gleaming too. 5 trailors and the 8 horse lorry headed of followed by a convoy of parents and supporters. team A rode first, all jumping clear and then clear again in the jump off. we then had a bit of a practice with some tight turns in the jump off and finished off with jumps at 1.10m well done team A. team B were next to go, with some of these members never having been to a show all hands were on deck to make sure everyone got a clear round, and made it successfully round the jump off course. with a huge cheer form the audience everyone completed the course. team c were last to go. none of these members have competed before, leah d was a great sport and ran the course a few times on her feet to allow the ponies to follow her, team A were on hand to cheer support at every fence . with smiles all round everyone completed their practice fences and made it round the clear round. well done to all competitors and a huge thanks to all helpers and supporters. we will be looking to do this again soon as it was such a great night. big thanks to charlie and jill for the use of their centre and opening the cafe to feed our hungry hoards.

lochore meadows equine team

team b and c will be taking part in a combined training event at lochore meadows equestrian centre on saturday 6th november. teams of 3 or 4 children lead by their team manager will complete an equitation test and then ride over a course of show jumps. points will be awarded throughout and bonus points for the best turned out. there will be no sunday lesson on this weekend.

riding school events

whats coming up in the october holidays

monday afternoons half day pony lease - come along and look after your pony, grooming, mucking out, and feeding him, get a riding lesson/hack, and play with your friends.

friday all day - own a pony for the whole day, all the same as above, and you receive 2 hours of riding instruction.

thursday 28th october - best turned out competition, clean all your gear, and get your pony sparkling, ready for inspection by the judges.

1hr hacks running every day of the holidays, suitable for all those that can canter.

half hour treks running every day - for all the little ones to come and have a go at horse riding.

lochore meadows equine team

congratulations to our teams who entered the team showjumping at howe equestrian centre. we had our young team enter the first class. all rode well and with clear rounds from everyone our team was placed 1st. our second team entered the 70cm class and with 4 double clears we were delighted to win 1st place again. we really couldnt have asked for more.

big thanks to the pony club for organising such a good event, which was so well supported. and also thanks again to jill and charlie at howe equestrian. we have had loads of requests from our other team members to go along the next time.