This morning was a bit quieter than usual with many members away either on holiday or other club events so we were unable to play any of the planned pony club games. However, the children were wonderful, they worked well on the ground with their grooming & mucking out with them all being able to pick up a ponys hoof and clean it out by themselves! This can be a very difficult & heavy job to do as some ponies lean on you while you do this job.
Riding was with Jenna, and all of the children were riding in open order, (doing their own thing on their pony) for about 15 minutes. All were well supervised and were able to keep control with a few words of assistance from Jenna most stayed in walk and showed off their riding skills and a couple tried trotting by themselves.
The most improved rider was Millie J, however Tamryn was the star in this riding session, managing to have a ride on all of the ponies.
June did some more work towards the members Wild Flowers Achievement Merit Badge, The members have all taken a seed home to grow for 2 weeks with a log to fill in daily. There will be prizes for both the best kept log and the best looked after seed. The members were very keen this morning and showed good knowledge. They need to learn many things for this badge, such as, how do plants grow from seed, what are the different parts of a flower, recognise different wild flowers and most importantly, if any of the wild flowers are poisonous. After all, they wouldn’t want their pony or horse to die from eating something poisonous! They will also need to learn the law regarding picking wild flowers.
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