WILD NEWS

Pre School Kids Ride Free

This year we have started a new initiative to help promote natural horsemanship by offering free riding to all Pre School Children. We hope that this will boost interest in horse sport at a grass roots level. We are happy to accommodate younger siblings of Wildriders during Saddle Club whenever possible.

 

30 min extra riding

In a bid to move forward the field of natural horsemanship and display to the public the alternative ways of dealing with horses that have been forgotten over time, we have decided to go “Bitless” in all our riding ventures. Training for this started last year with some of the horses, and had fantastic results. Whenever possible we will be taking out guests and teaching Wildriders to use bitless bridles. There are many advantages to this – better balance, use of the body, and not least the comfort of the horse. Over the next couple of weeks all the Wildriders lessons will be focusing on teaching them to change over to this style of riding. In addition we will also be giving all guests that are new to us or this style of riding a 30min lesson prior to their first trek. This extra half hour of riding will not increase the cost of £20 for an hour or £17 for a member of the Wildriders Club.

 

 

Car Boot & Disabled Riding Group

Over the past few years we have catered for a huge range of abilities. It has been noted that there are a lot of people in our locality who have special requirements or disabilities that would currently have to travel a great distance to enjoy riding in an RDA centre, therefore making it difficult for them to do so.

We have decided to form a charitable riding group here for anyone who is challenged and we will be raising funds for it on Sunday 3^rd of May by holding a “Horsey” car boot sale. It will be a great opportunity to pick up bargains related to all pets. Pitches are £5 and we will be having pony rides, BBQ, Lucky Dip, Hug a Husky, Guess the name of the rabbit, and a bake sale as well as a raffle that has already had some amazing prises donated to it.

 

We would love to get the support of the Wildriders so if you would like a pitch, can help with a stall or bake a cake please let us know – we will be very grateful of all help given.

 

Workshop for Wildriders with Sue Wilson

Equine behaviourist Sue Wilson has kindly agreed to come and give a small talk to the Wildriders at Saturday Saddle Club. This will mainly be about the very important areas of saddle fitting and care of the horses back.

 

Annual Events

This year we will be putting on a lot of events for the public and some purely for the Wildriders. We will be holding workshops with many professionals including Sue Wilson, and Emma Cornell who does TTouch and will be providing coaching for dogs and horses including a special on fireworks. We will let you know once we have dates for these.

 

 

Here are more dates to put on the calendar;

 

April 23^rd – Parelli Play Day Fund Raiser

April 26^th – group of staff and riders invited to attend Parelli Play Day at Bankhead Farm Fife to help us get more ideas and information on this fab way to spend time with horses.

May 1^st – May Day Parade. Come along and decorate your riding hat before we ride out and parade to the village.

May 3^rd – Horsey Car Boot Sale Fund Raiser

June 1^st – Wildrides Anniversary BBQ and Ride out. Come along and get your pony ready before we head off on a long ride and come home to a BBQ.

June 12^th  - closed

June 21^st & 22^nd – Summer solstice

June 27^th & 28^th – Closed for Sarah, Stacie Troy and Sandy to attend a Parelli Level 2 course with Alison Jones at Easterton Farm, Perthshire

July 10^th – closed

July 8^th – Wildriders Club Camp. Come along and pitch a tent and stay with us for the night. We’ll be doing treks, workshops, quizzes, simulations, mounted games and treasure hunts. Parents welcome to stay over and join in too.

July 18^th – Highland Wildrides Open Day – Perfect opportunity to bring along friends to try out the activities that enjoy every week.

August 15^th – Wildriders Club Summer Show. Over the summer we will be pairing the Wildriders up with a horse that they will work with solely and then we will hold a show at the end of the holidays to show off everything that everyone has learnt. You will be able to prepare your horse for the show yourself and there will be prizes handed out for trying your best as well as coming 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd.

 

 

Weekly events

 

Tuesday Daytime – Own a Natural Pony Day. Come and own your own horse for the day and take care of it naturally. Includes riding and is fully supervised.

Tuesday Evening - Animal Healing Classes with Norma Roche

Wednesday Daytime - Treks

Wednesday Evening– Mounted Games Training and Vaulting.

Thursday – Parelli Play Days and Trail Riding Day

Friday Daytime – Treks and Mounted Treasure Hunts

Friday Evening – Parelli Play Evening

Saturday Daytime – Wildriders Saddle Club and Lessons, Sled Dog Trips.

Sunday Daytime – Treks and Sled Dog trips

 

 

 

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