THE BRUNCH BUS!
At
last we have our double decker bus! The upper deck serves for viewing for you while watching lessons and the back of it serves
as a class room for the pony club and for stable management lessons when riding lessons are rained off. The downstairs has
been converted to catering. This is open for food and drink every Saturday, and will be available for outside hire at
events on Sundays - its first booking is for the Combined Training at Cooksons on the 16th May. The outside will eventually
be suitably decorated but is too expensive to do straight away - if anyone knows of anyone that could help with this, or anyone
who would like to donate in return for advertising space on it do let us know! If there is anything YOU would like to see
served in the bus, please let us know! Our sausages come from very local happy pigs, and we hope to make sure most food is
local and happy by sourcing it from our local farmers but still keeping it competitively priced
PONY
CLUB
The pony club ended last year with a very successful Xmas Play, Carol Singing on horseback and helping out at the
victorian evening in the Village (Winning the best dressed prizes!)
Wednesday Club starts up again the first Wednesday
after the Easter holidays - 3.45 - 5.45 and the price stays at just £10 a session for the 3rd year running!
Check out our events page for holiday activities!!!
NEW FACES
Matt Waters joins us as a trainee. Matt is new to the horseworld having worked
in catering previously, so this is a very different change in Career for him!
We have been joined by a few new
horses/ponies. Fruitcake who we bought for Jake to race came in October unbroken, Jake broke her himself in November and she
is proving to be rather special! Patch came just before Xmas - he's a big horse, and we are hoping he will do some
RDA dressage competitions with one or two of our clients
Zed was here to sell - she was a Polo Pony that Prince
William competed last year (she's been in all the glossy magazines!) One of our other new faces Tracy (otherwise known
as Teegans Mum) had a rather nice Xmas Present when her husband bought her as a surprise and so is now a resident here.
Rocky, who we hope is going to be a husband to Fleur and Popsox has a very famous racehorse as his Dad - "Rock
of Gibraltor" So look out for his babies next year!
Silver is another new pony for the riding school, and
is proving to be very successful and a popular pony among the children
HEALTH AND SAFETY
I make
no apology for leaving the following in all the newsletters!
Whenever you walk onto this yard there is a safety risk. Unfortunately animals do not have an on/off button and the
batteries cannot be taken out when we no longer want to play with them.
We HAVE to take this issue very seriously, and as such the most recent risk assessment is available to all in the
office, and if you have not yet completed a client form, please do so. These too are found in the office.
Sadly, for you, the client, more and more restrictions are laid down by the insurance
companies due to the "someone is to blame!" society in which we find ourselves. This has led to some opportunities
to learn having to be withdrawn. While every care is taken on our behalf to ensure your safety while riding, we ask that you
take some responsibility for your own/dependants welfare, and advise us of any health or safety issue you may have. If you
are uncomfortable with anything asked of you/your dependants please let us know!
COMING UP
18th
April we are holding a dressage competition here at the yard which is open to EVERYONE, whatever your level! We have ponies
you can hire and lovely rosettes to be won. Ask your instructor to help you with practising it during your lessons!
FOR SALE
Free range and 100% organic eggs from very spoilt and happy hens! Much cheaper then the supermarket!
BVEC polo shirts (same as you seeing the girls wearing!) £10
HORSES/PONIES FOR SALE/LEASE
Please see the office door or the for sale page for full details of those for sale. Those available for lease are
detailed below
Samuel Whiskers 17hh gorgeous boy - very safe £60 per week plus shoes
Peanuts - 14.2 hh very very safe
saint! £50 per week plus shoes
Robin - 13hh very safe pony, though not for the faint hearted to handle - last leaser
recommends! (has gone on to buy her own pony) £45 per week plus shoes
Ponies - various £35 per week
EVENLODE
RIDING CLUB
We have arranged a family membership
deal with the Evenlode Riding Club for only £15a year per person. They have many low key competitions and training events
for which you can hire a Horse/Pony to take part in. We have taken horses to a couple of these this year with much success
- they make you all feel very welcome and are accommodating especially good for first timers!
