Presentation
Evening 2008
now confirmed for Saturday, 1st November
at
Blackburn Rovers - in the Pennants Lounge
Members:
Please read important messages on "Newsletter"
Warning - Horse thieves
Next
Show
3rd
August
Dressage:
Beginners:
P10
Junior & Senior Prelim14
Junior & Senior N32
Elementary E55 long arena
OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
July
Show
Dressage Results - click on Test below
Dressage: Beginners - P1
Juniors and Seniors: P13, N31,
E51
*Judge
and steward required for Handy Pony and Novelties. See "newsletter"
September
2007
SPONSORS
- 2008
Ribble Valley
Riding Club
has been established since 1947, making it one of the oldest Riding
Clubs in the Country. Initially mainly a Club for local farmers
families, there was no fixed Showground and members used to meet
four or fve times during the summer in whichever field a farmer
had just collected the hay off in an area which covered Preston
and the Ribble Valley. Indeed some old silver trophies still bear
the legend "Preston & Ribble Valley".
There
is no record of the date when the Riding Club became established
at Witton Park, but it is over 30 years ago. The first regular
showground was off Longsight Road in Blackburn. Mr W Nicholson
was a member in those days and he has memories of Ben Harwood
meeting his wife at one of Ribble Valley's early shows, when he
borrowed a saddle from her. It was not unusal for a horse to pull
a milk cart in the morning and go and jump a round of showjumps
in the afternoon. Very few animals were kept purely for pleasure
in the early years just after the end of World War II.
Today's
Show has grown to 70 classes, which include Show Ponies, Show
Hunter Ponies, Working Hunters, In-Hand, Coloured, Cobs, Mountain
& Moorlands, Handy Pony, Young Handlers, Novelty classes and
a range of Dresage Tests from Preliminary to Elementary.
Witton
Country Park is one of the best grounds to be found. Situated
on either side of the River Darwen, the showground has lovely
level, well drained and tended grassland surrounded by woodland
areas of an outstanding natural beauty. The Working Hunter classes
include a grassy bank, lightly wooded and the chance to enter
out Working Hunter Clear Round, early in the day.
Browse through our pages which you will find both
informative and enlightening. Most of your queries should be answered
within these pages. Any further questions may be sent through
our Contacts link or by e:mailing or telephoning a committee member.
We look forward to welcoming many new members
to our Riding Club this season. Our classes are of a high standard
and it seems that both horses and riders get better every year.
That does not mean to say that if you are a new pony owner there
will be nothing for you at Ribble Valley. There are many classes
to suit a wide range of ponies and horses and all newcomers are
welcome. All riders are novices at some point in the lives and
if you have never competed at a show before, do ask a committee
member for advice, which will be willingly given. For younger
children, come and try our Handy Pony classes, one of them on
the Lead-Rein, or the Novelty classes for which you do not even
have to ride, but just lead your pony into the Ring. Or try our
Beginner's Working Hunter class, where the jumps will be very
low indeed and may be ridden on a Lead-Rein for parents or relatives
energetic enough to run round with your jocky and pony.
VICTOR
LUDORUM WINNERS
We
are making a Roll of Honour of all past Victor Ludorum Winners
Will anyone with knowledge of names of winners with years and
the horse's name, please let me know.
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