Mounted Sports
The Ryburn Valley Pony Club is active in Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing, Tetrathlon and Endurance. Whether you be a complete newbie or someone looking to be a part of the Area Teams we offer something for everyone.
Follow the link to learn more about these sports and how you can get invloved.
Mounted Training
We offer a wide variety of regular rallies and training that is available to all of our members. This can range from ‘General Rallies’ to more focused training for the many mounted sports we participate in.
To find out more about what we have to offer please follow the link below.
Unmounted Competitions
As well as mounted sports our branch has members that are active in the unmounted competitions available within The Pony Club; Quiz, Horse and Pony Care and The Pony Club Art Competition. These competitions offer not only a great learning and team opportunity but they also off the chance for members to compete at Area and National team competitions without their horse/pony.
Follow the link below for more information on how to get involved in unmounted competitions.
Unmounted Activities
In addition to all of our ridden training we offer a variety of activities your pony for!
This can range from practical horse care, online learning sessions to talks from outside speakers. The Ryburn Valley also participates in Unmounted Competitions such as Quiz and Horse and Pony Care.
To learn more follow the link below.
Summer Camps
We offer an annual Junior and Senior Camp to our members. These camps are a wonderful opportunity for our members to enjoy, as well as been educational our camps are great fun and is sure to be the making of lifelong friendships!
To see what we offer for our members, follow the link below.
Our Committee
As with all Pony Clubs, the Ryburn Valley have a hardworking committee made up of volunteers who organise everything that happens within our club.
Our Branch could not run without this incredible group of people.
To learn more about our committee and their roles within our club follow the link below.
Smiles all around at Area Horse Trials!
Our event riders had a wonderful day at the Area 3 2023 Qualifier at Breckenbrough.
First rally with DC Liz
Our young jockey was over to moon to have her first lesson with DC Liz on her pony Blueberry. This was an extra special day as Liz taught this young rider’s mother and sisters during their time in Pony Club.
Team Tactics
Our PC70 Dressage Regional Final team members having a team discussion.
A member’s view from Isaac
On Saturday the 16th March I had a brilliant lesson with Hannah on Showjumping. It was at Yorkshire Equestrian Centre which is a lovely outdoor arena with lots of space. It was a brilliant day with the sun shining and Hannah was outstanding teaching me to get out of the habit of having loose reins. The other people with me were lovely and we all had a great time together. We started with a small warm up jump and then moved onto to jumping half of the course that has been already set up to practice. Then to finish off we all tried the entire course for a bit of fun with it being a good day. It was a great opportunity to practice over some different kind of jumps to what my horse is used to with colourful fillers.
A member’s view from Grace
“On Saturday I had a very enjoyable and educational cross country lesson with Hannah at Hopton Horse Centre. The arena was very nice and spacious with lots of jumps, with a range of different heights. I have done very little cross country in the past and this lesson gave me lots of confidence. Hannah really took her time with me and my pony Lily, and because of that, Lily also gained lots of confidence and really enjoyed what she was doing which is very important. We started with a small log to get us into the swing of things and then gradually built on from that, adding in some steps, combinations and the water, which all 3 ponies found very exciting! The other ponies and riders that I was in a group with were lovely, and Hannah was very good at understanding each pony individually and what they would be like. It was a very fun day out practising different types of jumps that were quite different to what Lily and I had seen before. We are really looking forward to going back again soon.” Grace and Lily x
Smiles all around at Area Horse Trials!
Our event riders had a wonderful day at the Area 3 2023 Qualifier at Breckenbrough.
First rally with DC Liz
Our young jockey was over to moon to have her first lesson with DC Liz on her pony Blueberry. This was an extra special day as Liz taught this young rider’s mother and sisters during their time in Pony Club.
Team Tactics
Our PC70 Dressage Regional Final team members having a team discussion.
A member’s view from Isaac
On Saturday the 16th March I had a brilliant lesson with Hannah on Showjumping. It was at Yorkshire Equestrian Centre which is a lovely outdoor arena with lots of space. It was a brilliant day with the sun shining and Hannah was outstanding teaching me to get out of the habit of having loose reins. The other people with me were lovely and we all had a great time together. We started with a small warm up jump and then moved onto to jumping half of the course that has been already set up to practice. Then to finish off we all tried the entire course for a bit of fun with it being a good day. It was a great opportunity to practice over some different kind of jumps to what my horse is used to with colourful fillers.
A member’s view from Grace
“On Saturday I had a very enjoyable and educational cross country lesson with Hannah at Hopton Horse Centre. The arena was very nice and spacious with lots of jumps, with a range of different heights. I have done very little cross country in the past and this lesson gave me lots of confidence. Hannah really took her time with me and my pony Lily, and because of that, Lily also gained lots of confidence and really enjoyed what she was doing which is very important. We started with a small log to get us into the swing of things and then gradually built on from that, adding in some steps, combinations and the water, which all 3 ponies found very exciting! The other ponies and riders that I was in a group with were lovely, and Hannah was very good at understanding each pony individually and what they would be like. It was a very fun day out practising different types of jumps that were quite different to what Lily and I had seen before. We are really looking forward to going back again soon.” Grace and Lily x