2013 EVENTS
April
1st-12th = Easter events see poster.
Saturday 7th = In hand showing with horse agility show
Sunday 14th = Show Jumping League Starts competition 1
Sunday 21st = P.D.E.C Show
Sunday 28th = Pony club Rally, Louise sharp testing D & D+
May
Sunday 12th = Show Jumping League competition 2
Sunday 26th = Pony Club Rally.
Monday 27th-Friday 31st = May Half term events see poster.
June
Sunday 8th = Show Jumping League Competition 3
Sunday 30th = Pony Club Rally
July
Sunday 14th = Show Jumping Competition 4.
Saturday 20th = Jump cross competition (see jump cross schedule)
Tuesday 26th = A.B.R.S. initial teaching exam.
Sunday 28th = Pony Club Rally All day at Totnes show
Wednesday 31st = Yealmpton Show
Monday 29th July = summer holiday events see poster & website
August
1st- 31st = Summer Holiday events see poster.
Saturday 4th = N.F.E. Horse & Pony show with Dog Show
Sunday 11th = Show Jumping League competition 5.
Monday 12th- 16th = Pony Club Camp
Saturday 24th = Jump Cross Competition (see jump cross schedule)
Sunday 25th = Pony Club Rally
September
1st-3rd = Summer Holiday Events see poster & website
Sunday 15th = Last Show Jumping League Saturday 21st = Jump Cross Competition (see jump cross schedule)
Sunday 29th = Pony Club Rally
Trailblazers
NO FEAR !
Was the motto of the day for riders & equines tackling Newton Ferrers Equus’s Trailblazers course last Sunday.
It was 11 pairs of brave riders & their mounts that navigated themselves around the imaginative course of obstacles & challenges riding over varied terrain through N.F.E.’s tracks of grass & woodlands.
The course was designed for everyone to be able to take part although the lead reins did get a shorter route missing out the 10% hill!
The obstacles included being able to ride or lead the horse through streams, up steps along woody tracks while opening & shutting gates. step over pipes & branches into a plastic hoop performing a 360° turn before stepping out. Riding through the tight rope alleyway then being able to reining back through it required patience & Skill to side pass along then jump a small log. The reining back through a bottleneck of posts proved successful to most that took their time & Cantering over a star shape of poles then perform flying changes up a row of cones was funny to watch.
Stepping over a wooden board then onto a wooden bridge were a big ‘ask’ for the horses although most needed persuasion everyone managed them.
The log pull around two posts & the swing rope needed confidence, trust and accuracy and to achieve maximum points for the football the horse had to score the goal.
But it was riding under a black tarpaulin & low branch, then riding through a blue plastic pipe that were the rider scares of the day while dinos dog kennel proved most scary for the horses.
Although it was only to pairs of riders that got the trick question of How many cows in the field?, in the field full of bullocks.
The day was a magnificent one with a hearty bbq & presentation of certificates and rosettes for everyone completing the course.
SUMMER EVENTS!!!
Thur 22 July; Start of the summer fun!
Ride, games & bbq. 10-3pm, £25.
Riding and road safety test practice, 6pm, £10.
Fri 23 July; Clear round jumping, 10am
onwards, £3 per round.
= = weekend pony clubs, lessons & hacks = =
Mon 26 July; A.B.R.S. test practice 9-3pm, £25.
Tues 27 July; Horse ball match, 10am, £20.
Wed 28 July; Yealpton show closed today but
come watch us compete!
Thur 29 July; Own a pony day, 9-3pm, £35.
Riding and road safety test practice, 6pm, £10.
Fri 30 July; Picnic ride, 10-1pm, £30.
Riding and road safety test day.
= = weekend pony clubs, lessons & hacks = =
Mon 2 Aug; Team Show jumping relay race,
10am start, £20 per team.
Tues 3 Aug; Gymkhana 10am, 6 games £15,
12 games £30.
Wed 4 Aug; Show jump clinic novice 10-12pm
advanced 1-3pm £25.
Thur 5 Aug; Dressage 2 music, 10-3pm, £25.
Fri 6 Aug; Own a pony day 9-3pm, £35.
= N.F.E. horse show, gymkhana & dog show =
=Riding school ponies are availible for the show=
= = Sunday pony club, lessons & hacks = =
Mon 9 Aug; A.B.R.S. test practice 9-3, £25.
Tues 10 Aug; Picnic ride 10-1pm, £30.
Wed 11 Aug; X-country clinics, novice 10-12pm,
open 1-3pm £25.
Thur 12 Aug; Own a pony day, 9-3pm, £35.
Fri 13 Aug; Treasure hunt 10am start, £25.
= = weekend pony clubs, lessons & hacks = =
= N.F.E. Show jumping league 1pm start =
Mon 16 Aug; A.B.R.S. test day, 10am start
Tues 17 Aug; Tri-athalon, 10am start, £30.
Wed 18 Aug; Own a pony day, 9-3pm, £35.
Thur 19 Aug; Clear round jumping, 10am start,
£3 per round.
Fri 20 Aug; Beach ride 9am start, £45.
= = weekend pony clubs, lessons & hacks = =
Tues 24 Aug; Own a pony day, 9-3pm, £35.
Wed 25 Aug; Picnic ride 10-1pm, £30.
Thur 26 Aug; Jump cross 10 am start, £25.
Fri 27 Aug; Gymkhana 10am 6 games £15,
12 games £30.
= = weekend pony clubs, lessons & hacks = =
Mon 30 Aug; Own a pony day 9-3pm, £35.
Tues 31 Aug; Combined training competition,
novice or open course, £30
Wed 1 Sept; Horse ball match day 10am £20.
Thurs 2 Sept; Own a pony day 9-3pm, £35.
Fri 3 Sept; End of summer fun day,
Trailblazers course 10am £25,
4pm bbq & presentation of prizes for
show jumping league
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