Local competition venues and tack yards
Eileen
Douglas,
Chequers Lane, Eversley – Small branch of Eileen Douglas, 15 mins
from yard
Eileen
Douglas,
Wokingham – Large tack shop and feed merchants, 15 mins from yard
Wellington
Riding,
Small tack shop, 5-7 mins from yard
Mill
Wheel,
Rose Cottage, Binfield – large tack shop and feed merchants, 20-25
mins from yard
Horns
Farm,
Reading Road, Finchampstead – large tack shop and feed merchants,
7-10 mins from yard
Rose
Cottage,
same venue as Mill Wheel tack shop above, unaffiliated dressage
throughout summer, affiliated SJ through the year.
Vicarage
Farm, 35-45
mins, affiliated and unaffiliated SJ and XC in the spring/summer
only. Lovely show jumping venue with properly fenced flat rings.
Yateley,
show jumping venue only 15-20 mins from yard in a lorry, very handy
throughout spring as they start competitions on grass in March.
Unaffiliated classes followed by affiliated for rest of day.
Wellington
Riding,
5-7 mins from yard (maybe 10 in lorry), has affiliated/unaffiliated
dressage/ show jumping mainly throughout winter, XC schooling, one
day events and hunter trials in summer. Can hire large indoor school
quite reasonably. Also has Grand Prix dressage, demos and events.
Merrist
Wood,
40-50 mins from yard in lorry. Huge indoor school, absolutely loads
on October-March usually 2-3 competitions a week including indoor XC,
dressage and show jumping (affiliated and unaffiliated), sometimes
derby jumping and indoor one-day-events.
Blewbury
35-45 mins from yard in lorry, has affiliated SJ twice a week for
most of the year especially in winter and has an indoor warm-up, so
handy for wintry outings.
Boomerang,
45
mins from yard in lorry, XC schooling facility. Also has indoor
school and outdoor surfaces for jumping, all available to hire. Russ
Hardy teaches there and is an excellent XC especially for
novice/nervous riders and young horses.
Tweseldown,
20-25min from yard in lorry, they hold numerous one day events
throughout the year, BE and unaffiliated. Big plus is the all-weather
sand going which means you can school there throughout the winter.
Courses from Intro to Intermediate.
Fair
Oak,
Rogate, 1hr in lorry, XC schooling from 1ft6 to 3ft6. Can also hire
SJ field. Only open spring/summer.
Windsor
Park Equestrian Club, Smith’s
Lawn,
Ascot. 45-50mins, affiliated dressage/SJ and unaffiliated throughout
summer, also has carriage driving and polo.
Gallops:
Racehorse trainer Mouse Hamilton-Fairley has a 6 or 7 furlong
all-weather gallop track in Bramshill, 10-15min in lorry, available
to hire for £15/horse. Can hire weekdays after 11.30am and
weekends any time. To hack, 45 mins if you trot most of the way.
Bramshill
Forest: can
be reached by hacking in about 20 mins if you trot some of the way.
Miles and miles of forestry to hack around with a permit.
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