Introducing the Honnington Riding Club ...........................

Introducing the Honnington Riding Club

The Honnington Riding Club was formed in 2006 by livery owners and loaners at Honnington. We are affiliated with British Riding Clubs and come under Area 10.

Our 2007 calendar:

7 January Festive Fun Day (gymkhana games and jumping classes)

3 March Lecture and demonstration: Showjumping course building with Andy Ford

8 April Easter Egg Hunt

9 April Easter Show (Tack and turnout, riding classes and show jumping)

28 May Whitsun Clear Round Jumping + SJ Competitions

30 June Dressage Test and Re-test Day

28 July BBQ

31 August Fun For Jumping Day

8 September Family LeTrec and BBQ

Winter Dressage Series: 6th October

Autumn Show 28th October

Winter Dressage Series: 1st December

For Xmas activities

Paris at the Honnington Riding Club Easter Show

Jo with Paris at the Easter Show.
We aim to provide tuition, competitions, talks and social events, giving people of all abilities the chance to increase their knowledge and experience and get more out of their riding. We welcome new members - and we always welcome new ideas.

One essential ingredient we always try to include in our activities is - fun. We aim for high standards, but we want to have fun in the process. For example, as part of our jumping competitions, we usually include a 'horse and groom' class or a 'horse and hound' class. We are also partial to the occasional gymkhana. For one of the earlier fun days that club members were involved in:

For more information about British Riding Clubs:

For more information about BRC Area 10:

Clear Round Jumping evenings organised by the Honnington Riding Club

Since July 2006 we've been running fortnightly clear round jumping evenings. We are pleased to announce that this event is sponsored by Putlands Equine Vets.

We always aim to provide a course with a challenge, so that we will include any combination of - a spread, a parallel, a style, one and two stride doubles, a treble; also we can use up to 3 pairs of fillers. In each course, there are always at least 2 changes of rein.

The Clear Round Jumping evenings have proved to be quite popular - with over 900 individual rounds so far.

Pictured above is Jo riding Elli at a Clear Round Jumping session in December.

The Honnington Riding Club - in association with Andy Ford - organises weekly jumping clinics. They are usually held in the main indoor school at Honnington, but when conditions allow, the clinics sometimes take place at the cross country course.

In the past, some of the clinics would have a specific theme, i.e. 'fillers and scary jumps' or 'indoor cross country.' But now we alternate with 'intermediate' and 'advanced' groups.

Cross Country clinics at the Honnington Equestrian Centre

Cross Country clinics at the Honnington Equestrian Centre

Andy Ford (BHSAI) has been holding clinics at Honnington for several years now. Andy runs a yard near Borough Green and trains event riders, show jumpers, and works with local pony clubs and riding clubs.

Show Jumping and Cross Country Clinics

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