Saturday 27 February 2010

easter holiday programme

own your own pony
monday to friday during the easter holidays
£60.00
ponies can be ridden in free time in the indoor school with parental supervision
all lessons and hacks will be half price during your loan.

fun hacks
on each monday of the holidays
12noon
one with bethan dress up in an easter bunny theme
and one with emily, dress up as an easter chick.
£25.00

saturday 17th April
intermediate young riders club
8.30am. lol. lol.
jumping competition
£25.00

Monday 15 February 2010

teach your parents

when i had this idea, i didnt realise just how many people would take up the offer. however we were overwhelmed with the amount of children who managed to persuade (or bribe) their parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles to come along and let the children teach them.
33, yip thats right thirty three willing or unwilling grown ups showed up on sunday at 3pm to enjoy a half hour lesson given by their children. all adults got some basic instruction on how to stop, start and steer before having to navigate an obstacle course, before the kids had great delight in teaching the adults to try rising trot................ easier said than done, however some adults showed they had obviously ridden before, and looked quite professional.
most of the adults brought along moral support, the car park was full, and i have never seen so many people in the gallery.
the fire was on, cakes and nibbles were served, and all the spectators cheered their support, even more so when we all began trotting,
prises were awarded for best instructors and best riders. such good fun we will have to do it again,
big thanks to all who helped on the day, especially heather for making all the cakes and sandra for providing the prizes

pony club rally day

after a lot of practice all 16 riders arrived early on friday morning, in their show gear to ride their first dressage test. all the girls did really well and rode a really nice test.
after that everyone competed over the working hunter course, with trees, cows, hay bales and ducks on a duck pond decorating the arena all riders successfully completed the course.
next came the show jumps, with the chance to get the jumps put higher for a few extra points, we had some daring riders achieve quick clear rounds.
after a short break and hot dogs, tea and coffee all round we were set up for the pony club games. as usual this is the highlight at any of our shows, and the audience were certainly entertained, infact a few were crying with laughter.
for once we managed to minimise the cheating.......lol.............so i think a fair result was achieved.
results.
1st leah j riding princess tia and whisper
2nd louise c riding polo
3rd claire riding frankie
4th amber riding donegan
5th leah d riding lyberty oliver and willow
6th equal anais riding gino and star
amy riding sea, kara and billy