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Pony racing is an amazing opportunity for children to ride on licenced Racecourses across the UK including Ascot and Cheltenham. Much like the activities you see when watching racing on the television, the riders weigh-out, parade in the paddock, head down to the start and weigh-in after the race.<\/p>\n

Members wishing to take part must be aged between 9 to 17 years. There are various races on the card, with different conditions, for ponies up to 148cm and aged between 5 and 20 years.<\/p>\n

We hold regular racing rallies, using professional jockey coach Leanne White, focusing on rider fitness, equicisor (mechanical horse) sessions, cantering in an enclosed space to learn how to bridge the reins and ride in the racing position and finally on the gallops. We welcome all members to attend these rallies, whether they are keen on having a go at pony racing or not! You will learn useful skills for riding cross country as well.<\/p>\n

We advise members who want to go on and race to attend a PC\/PRA Training Day which are an amazing opportunity to learn more about pony racing. These days not only provide riding tuition on your pony for race riding but also provide an insight into balance and control in a forward seat with the simple use of wobble boards, space hoppers and stepping stones, alongside the use of an equicisor. In addition, the training programme includes advice on rider and pony fitness and nutrition, tack guidance and race day procedures and etiquette.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions at all, please do get in touch with our Pony Racing Coordinator. We hope to see you at a racing rally soon.<\/p>\n

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UN- OFFICIAL ELSA W feedback \u2013 otherwise known as \u201cwhat we have<\/strong>
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1. There are three ways to race your pony. Pony Club Pony Racing which holds about 6
\nrace meetings a year \u2013 and is what Elsa and Poppy have taken part in. There is also
\nPony Racing Authority Pony Racing and PRA point to pointing which is organised by a
\nseparate organisation.
\n2. You do not need to know a lot about racing to take part in a pony race. We are not a
\nracing family \u2013 none of us had ever even been to a race before Wincanton!
\n3. Your normal pony will be brilliant and great fun to race on to start with. You don\u2019t
\nneed a new one as long as yours is safe and kind and you are a good enough rider to
\nstay on whilst they are going their very fastest.
\n4. Races are grouped by the ponies\u2019 height \u2013 118cm, 128 cm, 138cm, 148cm \u2013 the taller
\nthe ponies the longer the races are. Elsa is 10 and Poppy is 128 cm. Big child \u2013 small
\npony makes for more comfortable parental viewing that small child \u2013 big pony.
\n5. Borrow as much equipment as you can for the first couple of times \u2013 there is no
\nneed to have everything new and shiny (but there are some compulsory bits and
\npieces so do look that up). Elsa wore a friend\u2019s school cross country colours to start
\nwith.
\n6. Don\u2019t win your first race \u2013 this is very important \u2013 a big red rosette may make your
\nheart sing at the time but will, from there on, cause you enormous amounts of angst
\nas you will no longer qualify for the novice races and instead be catapulted into the
\nopen class for your ponies height \u2013 (see note 7 and 8)
\n7. Often, entrants in the Novice races are wide-of-girth, hairy ponies who will return to
\ntheir paddock at the end of the day to eat grass.
\n8. Often, entrants in the Open races are Ferrari\u2019s \u2013 basically mini racehorses who are
\nkept exclusively for racing.
\n9. We prefer Grass tracks \u2013 Cheltenham, Ascot, Wincanton etc. to All Weather Tracks \u2013
\nWolverhampton, Lingfield etc. as does Poppy who is small and very hairy and used to
\nrunning on grass.
\n10. Buy a Wobble Board to practice standing on at home \u2013 they are great for building
\nstamina in the jockey\u2019s ankles and thighs
\n11. Some of the races are quite big \u2013 10 ponies \u2013 and others are quite small \u2013 3 ponies
\n12. Sometimes you will race on a straight track; other times you will race round a bend
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