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Pony Club Championships 2011

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Last week we spent 3 days at the Pony Club Championships in Derbys. After packing the lorry and loading up Lucky and Buffy we left around 6am and arrived at the showground at around 11am. After putting up the tents we put Buffy in her stable but Lucky had to stay on the lorry until his was available. Carys Sarah and Libby made their way over to the Horse and Pony Care section. The competition is a test in practical ability and knowledge which lasts about 2 hours. 20 teams took part and the girls were placed 6th. After sorting out the horses we had spag bol for tea and Libby had a lesson in washing up assisted by Chloe followed by a few games of cards. The girls slept in the tent and Steve, todd and I had the lorry. The following morning there was plenty of time to prepare Buffy as Carys was riding her in the Dressage to Music at 12 noon. Unfortunately Buffy was a bit wound up and didn’t go quite as well as Carys hoped but still did a nice test and Carys was placed 8th. The girls then plaited Lucky ready for the next day. Robyn’s parents brought Amelia up in the evening. Tuesday was an early start for the Centre Equitation Competition. Robyn was the first to ride Lucky then Chloe then rode the Dressage test on Lucky. Carys rode Buffy and then Sarah. After the Dressage Chloe was in 2nd place in Section B Carys in 3rd place in Section C and Sarah in 2nd place in Section D. Next came the jumping section Robyn scored the highest score for her section but unfortunately Chloe was eliminated. Buffy who is not the keenest jumping wasn’t too bad for Carys but by the time Sarah came to jump Buffy decided she wasn’t playing anymore and although Sarah got her round it wasn’t good round. The scores from the dressage and jumping were then added together for the overall score. There were 24 teams taking part and Talygarn were placed 5th in the Tack and Turn out and placed 5th in the competition. Carys received a 3rd as an individual in Section C, Sarah was 5th in Section D. Robyn was 2nd in Section A and was also Best Newcomer in Section A. Later we were told that there had been a mistake in the overall placings and the team had come 4th. After packing up the tents and the lorry we arrived home just before midnight. Photos from the Pony Club Champs 2011 can be found on the Gallery

Posted on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 at 11:51 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Open Day Practices

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

This time of year most of my time is taken up with practices and preparation for the open day (and NVQ files). Originally we started the open day with a BBQ and a few riding demonstrations which were performed by the kids that give their time freely to help on the yard on the weekends and evenings providing they rode at a good level 3 and up. Today the demonstrations have grown in size considerably and with costumes although I still try and stick to selecting the kids and the kids of parents that give their time free to help throughout the year. At the end of May beginning of June I start the practices on a saturday after lessons. Everyone thats here helping on the day has a go and we and then we choose who is in by whether they can do it. The Bareback jumping always starts with loads having a go. They all jump through a grid with their saddles and bridles. Each time their jump down the grid we remove something like their stirrups, then their reins, then the saddle. No one has to take anything away if they don’t want to and they are not allowed to if they don’t look safe. By the time we get to no saddle no hands we usually have half a dozen or so riders left that are then in the display. The next practice involves taking off bridles and two on a horse. This is done in the outdoor school over 6 fences. Generally some one falls off and on this occasion Katherine and Katie fell off 3 times trying to do pairs. The riders in the musical ride are chosen from the level 4 an 5’s with a couple of good level 3’s for the youngest ones again with emphasis on those that help out. Last saturday we practiced the the vaulting and the gymkhana. I still have lots of costumes to organise for Pony Club (delegating to Lisa Vukashin). The musical ride have had two of their 4 practices and I am impressed with how quick they have picked it up. The bareback jumping and vaulting is organised just need more practices. The pony club display and gymkhana still need organising and we were going to do a horse football display but that is not working to well in the outdoor school so that may be changed altogether. The open day will take place on Sunday July 10th gates open 1pm tickets are £2 everyone welcome. Everyone needs to start keeping fingers crossed etc for good weather. Needless to say after all this stress and organising I do feel the need for a holiday, so I’ve booked the flights to Romania 9 days backpacking, Bear watching, dracula hunting and bird watching from a floating hotel.

Posted on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 12:40 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Summer Shows

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

During the summer months May to end of September I prefer to hold our show jumping competitions in the outdoor arena instead of indoors. The winter dressage series finishes which is replaced with Mini Hunter Trial events throughout the summer. Last year we were very lucky and managed to hold all Mini Hunter Trials and most of the show jumping outdoors. May this year has been a bit of a wash out, so far we have managed only one Show jumping in the outdoor school (I’m glad we have the option of going indoors) and we had to replace our first Mini hunter trial with indoor Show jumping last Sunday. Lets hope June and the rest of the summer is going to be better. The initial tryouts for the Open Day take place randomly in May and priority is given to level 4 and 5’s and some level 3s that have given their time free during the year to help out on the yard. Most of the try outs for the Open day have been done now except for the Gymkhana and serious practices start next week. It is only 6 weeks to the open day and there is a lot to organise. Horses for displays are going to be difficult this year as we seem to be going through a phase of having a lot of new horses some being a bit on the young side, although we have got some exciting displays and a couple of new ones this year. The open day is Sunday July 10th. Gates open 1pm, tickets are £4 to raise money for the Pony club. Refreshments available, everyone welcome.

Posted on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 1:29 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Easter Holidays

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

I can’t believe its only just over a week since I was in Greece with Martha. I knew Easter was going to be busy and going away for the week leading up to the holidays was probably not the best idea, I arrived home from the airport at 2.30am a week last Sunday and my busy week started at 6am with a trip to warwick for the pony club national quiz. The Talygarn Team consisted of 4 members Carys morgan, Millie Bushrod, Kate Owen and Sophie Thomas. The team were lying in 5th place at half time and and took 2nd place at the end. The team also received a runner up prize for their mascot which was based on riding and road safety. The winning mascot was based on the royal wedding. Many years ago it became a tradition to stop at McDonalds after Area Competitions. Nowadays its 2 stops, breakfast on the way there and meal on the way back. The following morning Amelia took her horse to Stratford to a show jumping yard for two weeks and I went to Cardiff for the Pony Club Horse and Pony Care Competition. Talygarn were had 2 junior teams and two senior teams. The junior teams were placed 3rd and 4th and the one of our senior teams was placed 2nd. Tuesday was a manic day with riding and road safety badge pony club centre and lessons. On wednesday we ran a cross country clinic which turned out to be very successful and we were extremely lucky with the weather. Friday was another busy day with a riding school show jumping competition. We also had 3 new horses arrive on friday 2 8yr old mares and a 4yr old 16.1 gelding. (Sunday got the garden rotovated) Monday we took Sarah and Buffy and Carys and Jimbob to the hunter trials at Sunnybank. They day started well with Carys driving the land rover into the wheelie bin but did improve. Both horses had a few stops in the first class then both jumped a clear in the pairs and took 3rd place. Tuesdaya Pony Day was busy and today we have Team Junping, which is looking like another long day. We will be holding a riding school jumping competition on friday for those who don’t wont to be watching the royal wedding. With all the lessons to run as well its been a long week and I’m thinking I need a holiday.

Posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 8:22 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Team Show Jumping March 2011

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Sunday 20th March we held our 3rd team jumping of the series. This one should have been in December but due to the artic conditions at that time we had to rearrange it. Rearranging events in the horse world is a nightmare as there are always so many other events on. We lost a few of our regulars to the Dressage finals at Cricklands and several people from Pony Clubs were at the Monmouth Tetrathlon. Despite this we had a good turn out of 25 teams. Glamorgan PC informed me that because we had changed the date Him who decides the weather hadn’t been informed and thats why the sun shone all day. Talygarn teams rode extremely well and a Talygarn team won every class. At the end of every class the winning team is awarded a sash and rosette each and the team get to gallop a lap of the arena to Simply the Best with everyone cheering. Yesterday it was so nice to see some riders getting the opportunity to do this for the first time. Photos on the gallery Next team jumping Wed 27th April

Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 2:25 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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