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Riders help raise £2700 for charity

21 August 2016

150 horse riders took to the fields around Kineton on Sunday 21st August to help raise a whopping £2700 to be split between the Stratford upon Avon Riding for the Disabled Group and the Warwickshire & Northants Air Ambulance. The Fun Ride had been kindly offered by Mr & Mrs Hurley the owners of Kineton […]

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What a lovely way to spend a summer’s day!

19 August 2016

Our Group Coach, Karen and her husband Keith, kindly opened their home again for our annual lunch. Our adult riders, their parents and support workers, joined our volunteers on Thursday 18th August to enjoy a barbeque in glorious weather surrounded by fields. We were joined by Jenny on her horse Tilly, who created the highlight […]

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Chernobyl’s Children enjoy a lovely morning with the Group

14 August 2016

The Group welcomed back the Chernobyl’s Children charity on Thursday 11th August for a third year. 12 teenagers aged between 13 and 15, all having problems from various cancers due to the nuclear fallout 30 years ago, arrived around 10 with their own doctor and translators where our ponies and team of volunteers were […]

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Banbury Lions fundraising for us

10 August 2016

Fancy a lovely ride through 10 miles of Oxfordshire? Pleases support Banbury Lions who have very kindly nominated us for another year to share in the proceeds of their 38th Annual Charity Horse Ride at Broughton Castle on 14th August. Includes free entry to Swalcliffe Park equestrian jumps. Full details click here Lions Horse Ride […]

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HRH the Princess Royal visits RDA

7 August 2016

The President of the RDA, HRH the Princess Royal, paid a visit to Lowlands Farm RDA, Shrewley, on 13th July to officially open ‘Charley’s House’ the home of Charley the mechanical horse. Whilst there she was treated to demonstrations by special needs riders from the four RDA groups that ride at Lowlands on not just live […]

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Well done to our riders at the RDA National Championships 2016!

25 July 2016

A message of support from Carl Hester, to our riders, gave a huge boost to our Hartpury campaign, which started Friday afternoon. Badger and Kiera were cleaned; scrubbed and polished, and soon realised an outing was on the cards. Some very enthusiastic showering resulted in Christine and Val accompanying the ponies under the heat lamps […]

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RDA National Championships – here we come!

10 July 2016

Only one more practice then it’s off to the RDA National Championships for Jo, Sasha and Isabella. This is the biggest event of its kind in the World. Jo is competing on Saturday 16th in a Dressage class and Sasha and Isabella have entered the combined, Dressage and Countryside Challenge and are competing on Sunday. […]

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Well done Louis!

4 July 2016

After really trying for such a long time, Louis has finally mastered the rising trot and was presented an Endeavour award and badge today to mark the occasion. Well done Louis! He was so pleased!

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Sponsor Days a success

30 June 2016

More of our amazing sponsors visited the yard this week. We welcomed Sue Blackburn who sponsors Charlotte and Adrian Denham and Jim Steele from the Southam Lions. It has been lovely for our Sponsors to see their riders and how they have grown in confidence and ability over their time riding with us. We will […]

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Shakespeare Lions come to see our riders

28 June 2016

We welcomed Vice President Ann and Mike from the Shakespeare Lions to the stables on another of our Sponsor Days. After watching twins, Louis and Ellis, the riders they sponsor, in the indoor school, they were shown around the yard and watched the boys as they went around the fields and spoke to mum. They […]

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