Endurance
Photo © Gill Langridge
Horse Agility
Photo © Gill Langridge
This is a new inhand sport where you take your horse/pony around a set of obstacles, similar to those found at Le Trec competitions.
Gill Langridge has attended 2 Horse Agility training days as a spectator and with her pony - some of her photographs and links to the Horse Agility website can be accessed via this link Horse Agility
Sussex Peggers - Skills at Arms
A modern sport based on age old cavalry disciplines that combine speed, skill and precision.
The range of disciplines includes seeing horses on the “pegging run” at the gallop, with riders striking a 10cm target with either a lance or a sword. In the Skill at Arms arena a steadier canter is needed to negotiate jumps whilst bursting balloons or using a sword to pierce dummies. The combination of highly trained horses and competitive riders creates a spectacle to behold.
Contact Sussex Peggers for more information
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Interdressage
Fiona has send this report.
I did my first online competition in January and found the feedback on the test very useful. As well as the normal comments next to each movement, there is a section at the end for tips and advice. I have attached my test just so you can see the sort of tips etc. The entry fee is £10.50. Download the test - Interdressage Test.
You can view my test by going to http://www.interdressage.comand choosing class 2 (I think this will only be viewable until Feb tests are posted). I was awarded 67.39%. The final judging is not yet complete as the class ends today, I am currently sixth but that could change. I have entered as a HDRC member - there is no additional fee or special class you just compete with everyone else but stand a chance to win £125 worth of Ride Away vouches at the end of the league (which does end April 2011). There is page on the Interdressage website for Riding Clubs http://www.interdressage.com/html/brcl.php
The results are now out and Fiona came 7th in her class, so congratulations Fiona.
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Riding Club Endurance Event 2011
TEAM ENDURANCE EVENT
hosted and organised by
ENDURANCE GB
The BRC Team Endurance Event is being hosted and organised by Endurance GB
This Team Event is an opportunity for you to come along and try endurance riding in the company of your friends and colleagues. Teams can be made up of three to sixriders. You donʼt need any special equipment, particular breed or type of horse to getstarted, just you, your horse and your normal riding tack.
Qualifying rides of 30 to 35km (20 miles) are being held at most EGB rides, very often passing over private land. Riding Club Teams can enter as many qualifying rides as they wish, with their best score going forward to a League Table for their Region.
The top two teams in each of the nine Regions will be invited to compete in the Final at The College Ride in Bedfordshire on 18 September. Some wild card places in the Final will also be awarded at the discretion of the national organisers.
For details of the rules of the competition, a list of EGB rides, information on how toenter and some tips on how to prepare for the event, visit our website on www.rcteamevent.endurancegb.co.uk or contact Jane and John Hudson by emailing them on john.hudson@ludomino.co.uk
Horley and District Riding Club will support this event if we can get a team together.
We need riders and support crew for these events. You can do these on an averagely fit horse or pony, no age limit for adult riders, horses to be 5 years or over.
More information from Gill Langridge on horleydrc@yahoo.co.uk
Gill crewed last year for Goring and District Riding Club (her daughters team)