Year: 2018

On the May bank holiday we had a in house dressage competition for HRDA riders. It was great to see some new people having their first go at competing. Ryan Gwilliam is setting the standard this year by winning his second in house dressage competition on Maisie. After the Dressage we set up a handy pony course which a number of riders enjoyed riding around. Whilst the competition was going on we had a BBQ outside, and stalls selling cakes, crafts and many other donated items. There was a great atmosphere and it was great to see everybody encouraging each…

A big thank you to Hereford Lions club for organising a surprise visit from Nick Skelton on Monday May the 14th 2018. A number of riders and volunteers enjoyed meeting him and being able to ask him various questions about his career, whilst being able to hold his Olympic medals. He watched a couple of lessons that were going on, for adults and children, and was very interested in how our riders benefit physically and mentally from riding. Later he was shown around our stables and met our team of horses, whilst asking many questions about the centre. He very…

Our open day went very well thanks to our Judge, competitors and volunteers. In the morning our clients took part in a dressage competition, for some of them it was their first experience of competing. Huge congratulations to Ryan Quilliam for winning the competition on Maisie, by riding a very accurate walk, trot test. Later we set up a handy pony course in the indoor school, which comprised of 12 tasks such as opening a gate, throwing a ball through a hoop and many more. Some riders had never seen this before and were keen to have ago. Whilst this…