A reminder to all our members, we have a block booking for the Olympia Horse Show on 19 December at 6.45. We have excellent seats plus return luxury coach for £55 per person. Olympia is a fantastic show with loads of entertainment plus an extensive shopping village. Every member of the family will enjoy it. We need to finalise bookings by the end of September, so if you would like to book, please phone Jenny on 01959 533161 to reserve your place.
Pony Club Rally - 3 Sept.
Today we again split the riding between Jenna & June! June worked on position and transitions between walk- halt & halt – walk as well as walk – trot & trot - walk, balance of the rider and their strength & fitness. My most improved rider this morning was Chloe P & this afternoon was Yasmine.
Jenna also concentrated on position (As riders progress, position needs to be adjusted to avoid bad habits creeping in) also every time a rider changes transition from one pace to another, new position changes have to be learnt. Jenna also taught them how to use their corners correctly, and did exercises with then to improve both balance, seat position & rider fitness. Her most improved rider was Emily S.
Yew Tree or Bush (Our most poisonous plant) just one mouthful is enough to kill a horse within 1 hour!
In the yard the subjects covered were varied, Mucking out, grooming, horse clothing, bits points of the tack, Poisonous plants & field maintenance.
With many new members, all these subjects needed to be covered again and the reasons for doing them explained. The older members needed to cover all of this again to enhance their knowledge & understanding & to cement their learning.
Rhododendron, another exteremely toxic plant common in woodland as well as in gardens. Death usually occurs within a couple of hours of being eaten!
The members learned about different Bits from the Snaffle family, (the most commonly used bits in the horse world) and how they work on the horse.
Loose Ring Straight Bar Vulcanized Rubber Snaffle Bit.
They were shown the difference between stable rugs, fly sheets & turnout rugs & they were shown travel boots & tendon boots.
All in all a whole lot of learning was up for the taking, hopefully, they will retain some of the knowledge passed on to them.
THIS WEEKS BIRTHDAY
This week we have 2 birthdays, Poppy will be 11 years old on the 7th September
& Eryn will be 10 years old on the 10th September. May we wish you both a very Happy Birthday from all of us here at Pine Ridge Pony Club Centre.
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