About Chipping Pony Club

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Welcome to Chipping Branch of the Pony Club.

Chipping is in Area 4, we are a fun, welcoming and thriving branch, based in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire.  As a Chipping Member you will gain some fantastic friendships, we offer a wide range of activities to take part in throughout the year, both mounted and dismounted.

We offer lots to do

  • Mounted Games

  • Show Jumping

  • Eventing

  • Dressage

  • Horse and Pony Care; Tests and Badges; Quiz teams

  • Minis group for lead rein, junior rallies for those starting out

  • Summer Camps

  • Social activities with and without ponies

Among many other things there are training evenings and Winter League competitions held throughout the winter, while in summer some highlights are the Area competitions and the annual Junior and Senior Camps. We offer opportunities in Eventing, Show Jumping, Dressage, Mounted Games, Quiz, Horse & Pony Care, Triathlon and Tetrathlon.

Being a part of the Chipping Branch of the Pony Club provides the opportunity to have great fun riding, participate in a wide range of activities and make some lifelong friends.

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Horse and Pony Care

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Quiz, Horse and Pony Care, Tests and Badges

Throughout the year we are preparing our members for the range of Pony Club tests, starting with E test for our tiny riders through to the internationally recognised A test.  There is no rush to move up the levels, “stage not age” is our motto.    We also do a myriad of badges that help our riders learn the theory for their tests.   We also hope to send teams to the Quiz competitions and to the Horse and Pony Care competitions in the summer.

Mounted Games

Our Mounted Games squads train most weeks during the spring and early summer.  They compete at friendly competitions during the spring and then at Myerscough College and the Pony Club Mounted Games competitions in May.  Everyone is dreaming of a Horse of the Year Show qualification one day.

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Mounted Games

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Showjumping

We train all levels of riders to showjump, from minis riding over raised poles to our Open Team jumping at 110cm and above. We have teams who compete at Branham. Riders are put in a group with others of a similar age and ability and there are opportunities to compete informally at all levels.

Eventing

Eventing combines the three sports of dressage, showjumping and cross country riding.  The Pony Club competitions are run during the summer months when we can ride on grass, and our training starts just before Easter.  Competitions start from around 30cm and go up to 110cm, and you can qualify for Pony Club Championships at 70cm and above.

Arena Eventing

Our winter training starts with lead rein riders at 30cm and goes up to 1m. We prepare and send teams to the Pony Club Spring Festival qualifiers in the early spring.

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EVENTING

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Dressage

Lead rein riders to Open train with Chipping to compete for the branch and to improve their riding. We have regular flatwork sessions to help with your dressage training, we encourage everyone to take part in these.

Camp

We run camps each year in the summer holidays.  This year the seniors will be residential at Somerford Park and the juniors will have a daytime camp where the ponies and riders go home at 4pm each afternoon.

Camp is a great experience combining a wide range of riding activities, training, pony care and social activities. Members are split into age and ability appropriate groups under the supervision of a qualified instructor. A typical senior day is:

  • Breakfast from 8-8.30am each day
  • Daily Tuition from 10am – 4pm each day.
  • Lunch at 1pm
  • Non – riding activities from 4.30 – 6pm each day
  • Supper at 6.30pm
  • Demos/Activities/Games 7 – 8.30pm

There is a display on the last day for all parents to watch. We encourage riders of all ages to attend all four days, we do welcome younger riders if they are able to care for their pony without assistance.

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SUMMER CAMPS