Latest Newsletter

April 2025
Dear Members,
Thank you to all those of you who have already put your names down for Camp and Mini-Camp, although some have yet to pay the deposit to confirm the place! Just a reminder that names and deposits are needed by 20 May at the latest and you should have attended at least two rallies since September 2024 in order to attend. First letters attached to this Newsletter.
Well done to those who took part in the Derwent PC Show Jumping Competition and particularly to the 60cms team – Elsa, Evie, Alice, Emily – who finished 1st and to Evie finishing 3rd in the 70cms and Hamish finishing 3rd in the 80cms, all of whom qualified for the Junior Series Final in October.
The Port Royal SJ and Dressage Pony Club Winter Series has now finished and, once the points had been totalled, Evie finished 1st in PC70 and 1st= in PC80 Dressage, Emily O finished 3rd in the PC90 and 1st in the PC Intermediate Dressage, with Eleanor Y finishing 6th in the PC80 and PC90 show jumping. Congratulations!
The Area 3 qualifiers will be taking place in June – anyone interested, please remember that your horse/pony must have had all vaccinations up to date as per the Pony Club website – spot checks will be done at competitions and anyone without the correct records will not be allowed to enter. Please also remember that you are not allowed to wear spurs if you do not have a yellow hat tag showing you either hold the full C+ test or you have been assessed to wear them. Any queries about this, please speak to Gill. If you are interested in being considered for an Area Team please let Gill know. You must be an active, current member to take part. Area competitions are qualifiers within each Pony Club area in the country for a place at either the National Championships in mid August or the Regional Championships at the end of August. This is nothing to do with various Branch competitions, including Junior Series show jumping, which is purely an Area 3 competition.
Road Rider: Emails will be sent separately to all those who have put their names down for this. If anyone else is interested, please let Gill know asap. This is for those 11/12 years and above, who have passed their ‘D’ or above test. It is a requirement if you wish to take ‘C’ and above Pony Club tests. There are four, one hour, evening mounted sessions in Escrick Park, spread over four or five weeks, which should all be attended if at all possible – the final one being the test.
Rally Dress: Just a reminder that points are awarded throughout the year for turnout (including clean tack)! For events other than competitions, tests or otherwise informed, you can wear Branch sweatshirts/polo shirts, dark jodhpurs, and coats if needed. Hoodies and hooded coats must have the hood tucked into the collar or, better still, not be worn at all. Jewellery is not recommended and all long hair should be plaited or in a net. Don’t forget your gloves for dressage. All hats must have a current pink tag to show the correct standard for insurance purposes and no fixed peaks for cross country, pony racing and games (Don’t forget to get new hats tagged at a rally.) Hat standards: PAS 015 2011 with BSI Kitemark, VG1 with BSI Kitemark, Snell E2016 & 2021, (BS) EN 1384:2023 with BSI Kitemark, ASTM-F1163 2015 &2023 with SEI mark, AS/NZS 3838 2006 onwards. Body Protectors are not compulsory, except for cross country, arena eventing and pony racing – BETA 2018 Level 3 standard (blue and black label) only. Do remember to check the stitching on your tack, particularly stirrup leathers as they can split easily if the stitching is wearing away!
Dressage Tests for PC Area Dressage (29 June): PC70 -Preliminary PC70 Dressage Test 2022, PC80 – Grassroots PC80 Dressage Test 2018, PC90 – Novice Dressage Test 2020, PC100 -Intermediate Dressage Test 2024, PC110 – Open Dressage Test 2020. Dressage Tests for PC Area Eventing (19 July): PC70 – Preliminary PC70 Dressage Test 2022, PC80 – Grassroots PC80 Dressage Test 2018, PC90 – PC90 Eventing Test 2025, PC100 – PC100 Eventing Test 2015, PC Chairman’s Cup – PC110 Eventing Test 2022, PC110 – PC110 Eventing Test 2022.
For Sale: ‘Pixie’ – smart 14h New Forest x European Sports Horse mare rising 15 years. Well-bred, well-schooled and good on the ground, with three lovely paces. A very careful show jumper, rarely having a fence down. Confident and consistent in cross country. Evented up to BE100, with numerous wins and placings at BE90 and BE100 and has been part of the BE Under 18’s Northern 90 team, where she jumped a double clear and a 30 dressage. She has no faults at BE90 and went to Ireland to compete in PC Tetrathlon in 2024. Pixie excels on the flat, with a personal best dressage mark of 23.5 (76.5) and winning her arena at the Pony Club Championships in Novice dressage.
Pixie is good to load, shoe and clip. Hacks alone or in company. Happy to live in or out.
She would suit a competent teenage rider (not suitable for younger or less established riders) wanting to event, or a Pony Club home where she can continue to excel in eventing, dressage or show jumping. She is fit and ready to go – full medical records and x-rays to anyone interested.
£13,000 ono. Further details from Liz 07761560382 or Hannah 07522561458.