For information of the Honnington Riding
Club's Winter Dressage Series 2008-9:
Introducing the Honnington Riding Club
The Honnington Riding Club was formed in 2006 by livery owners and people who loan horses at Honnington. We are affiliated with British Riding Clubs and come under Area 10.
Our 2008 calendar:
2 February Winter Dressage Series
10 February British Riding Clubs Area 10 Show Jumping Competition at Eaglesfield
23 February Gymkhana/Fun Day (gymkhana games and jumping classes)
5 April (postponed) Winter Dressage Series
13 April Spring Show (Tack and turnout, riding classes and show jumping)
3 May Winter Dressage Series
7 June Winter Dressage Series: Championships
25 July Fun For Jumping Day
29 August Summer Show
11 October Style Jumping
25 October Dressage Test and Re-Test Day
1 November Handy Pony
15 November Winter Dressage Series
13 December Winter Dressage Series
To to be announced Lectures and demonstrations
Xmas activities to be announced
Jo with Paris at last year's 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 the Honnington Riding Club's 2007 activities:
For more information about British Riding Clubs:
For more information about BRC Area 10:
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 4 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 1200 individual rounds so far.
Pictured above is Jo riding Elli at a Clear Round Jumping session in December.
Clear Round Jumping
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.
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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