It was a fine dry evening with some lovely sunshine and enough of a breeze to merit an amendment to the AIRC dressage tack sheet: in future bandanas are permissable at our club dressage competitions (they might even be permissable for the horses, if they lobby strongly enough!). Day after day of fine dry weatherContinue reading “Dressage in the wild west”
Author Archives: 2011
From the Derry road to Dingle: The 2011 flapping season kicks off this Sunday
Sunday 1 May sees the beginning of the local horse and pony racing season in Donegal. While most riding club interest will be focussed on the team show jumping qualifier in Claremorris, a lot of other local horse enthusiasts will be heading for Manorcunningham where the first flap of the season kicks off at 2.30pm.Continue reading “From the Derry road to Dingle: The 2011 flapping season kicks off this Sunday”
More products to try and test
Ireland’s Horse & Pony magazine (which you can now read on line) is sending more products for club members to test drive. This time they come from Blue Chip. Orla is looking for five guinea pigs to test a bottle of Joint RLF and two to test one of the their balancer feeds, Blue Chip Original.Continue reading “More products to try and test”
Plenty of competition for Friday evening’s dressage test
About a dozen members have booked in with Liz to test their skills in the dressage arena on Friday evening. Patricia Warren will talk the test over with each individual and there’ll be a chance to ride it twice with each participant allocated a 15 minute slot. It’s a tremendous opportunity to get very concentratedContinue reading “Plenty of competition for Friday evening’s dressage test”
It’s all systems go: Schedule for Team Show Jumping qualifier published
Twelve sets of nails will gradually be bitten down to the quick… No matter how much we plan to participate just for the fun of it, there’s something nerve wracking about the appearance of the schedule for Sunday: 2011 TSJC Regional Qualifier Programme We have plenty of interest throughout the day with our teams competingContinue reading “It’s all systems go: Schedule for Team Show Jumping qualifier published”
Easter action on several fronts
Lots can happen on a sunny 4-day weekend in the lives of our members. Easter kicked off with a heavily attended and somewhat chaotic training session for team jumping on Thursday evening. With the focus of the tuition on turns and speed, Tanya and Damien took unlucky tumbles as both Al and Millie slipped upContinue reading “Easter action on several fronts”
Dressage test at Cyril’s, Friday 29 April
This Friday’s dressage tests at Cyril’s will be the same as those being used for our show at Eglinton on 15 May, providing a great opportunity for a dry run. Whether or not you attended the recent flatwork lessons with Patricia Warren, you’re welcome to come and ride a test. Just book with Liz onContinue reading “Dressage test at Cyril’s, Friday 29 April”
Donegal TREC event, Sunday 2 May, Glenleary
All members are invited to the next Donegal TREC event, a training competition at Glenleary Stables on Monday 2 May. The day will run as a Level 1 three phase pairs competition so is ideal for newcomers to TREC. The event is open to any rider aged 12 and over. Those under 16 must partner withContinue reading “Donegal TREC event, Sunday 2 May, Glenleary”
Combined training for riding club members at South Donegal Pony Club show
As in the past few years, South Donegal branch of the Pony Club are including a riding club members’ class at their combined training show on Sunday 29 May. The event takes place at Deanes Equestrian Centre. The dressage test is BD 18 (2002) and you may choose to jump at either 70 or 80Continue reading “Combined training for riding club members at South Donegal Pony Club show”
Schedule for our Spring League Show, Sunday 15 May
Nadine, Damien and Erica have their homework done and the schedule is ready for our Spring League Show at Eglinton on Sunday 15 May: 2011 Spring League Show Schedule
Letterkenny Riding Club 