MOUNT MASCAL STABLES
PONY CLUB ACTIVITY TIMETABLE FEBRUARY 2014
PLEASE NOTE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Monday 17th February
09:30 – 16:00
Tuesday 18th February
10:00 – 13:00
Wednesday 19th February
09:30 – 16:00
PONY CLUB ‘HOW TO HANDLE’
BRONZE LEVEL
HACK & SNACKTIVITY
Beginner Ride - Walk & Trot only
PONY CLUB ‘HOW TO HANDLE’
SILVER LEVEL
BRONZE CERTIFICATES UP FOR GRABS!
Focus on handling & on the ground
activities – grooming, leading,
catching, quick release knots & more.
And fun gymkhana riding games too!
Ensure you can handle a pony as well
as you can ride one. Your pony will
appreciate your new skills & will
respond with affection and respect.
And, it really shows on test days and
generally makes you a real all round
pony lover if you can manage a pony
from the ground.
£35
Lunch & drinks included
The first of two chances this half term for
hack & snacktivity because it’s always
really popular – and you can do both!
A very steady morning ride & you can be
led if necessary. Mention to the office if
you require a leader when you book.
After the hack, we will have a quick drink
& snack in our cosy clubroom with a
brilliant fun activity to round things off.
A great chance to ride, learn new skills as
well as catching up with your Pony Club
pals and making new friends.
£24 PC, £26 Non PC, £22 Own Pony
SILVER CERTIFICATES UP FOR GRABS!
Focus on handling & on the ground
activities for Clubbers with their D test.
And fun gymkhana riding games too!
Silver level handling skills are the
stepping stone from D to D+. Learn
how to deal with ponies and how to
gain their respect and trust. Even when
they are perhaps a little more
challenging. This day is especially
useful for newer Helpers and Clubbers
working towards D+.
10:30 – 13:00
BEGINNER PLUS JUMP RALLY
This session is for Clubbers who work very
confidently on the flat in walk, trot &
canter and have either completed beginner
jumps during lessons or attended two
beginner jump rallies.
The session will be ridden, starting with
warm up on the flat, then progress to
polework & grid style jumping exercises.
£20 P/C, £22 Non P/C, £16 Own Pony
Vicky Norton & Keeley Thompson
14:00 – 16:00
14:00 – 16:30
BEGINNER JUMP RALLY
Fabulous Flatwork for riders working
accurately in walk & trot. Canter may
be included if you are capable in this
gait. Book up for Dressage Delights
with Amber following her successful
Winter dressage competition season
riding our wonderful Mount Mascal
Stables riding school equines,
Andrew & Magpie. Practice &
understand how to maximise your
chances of success in dressage and
get the Dressage Arena badge too if
you can remember the markers.
£22 P/C, £24 Non P/C, £18 Own pony
Amber Barson
BEGINNER ONESIE GYMKHANA
HACK & SNACKTIVITY
Beginner Ride - Walk & Trot only
A very steady morning ride & you can
be led if necessary.
Mention to the office if you require a
leader when you book.
After the hack, we will have a quick
drink & snack in our cosy clubroom
with a fun activity to round things off.
A great chance to ride, learn new skills
as well as catching up with your Pony
Club pals and making new friends.
£24 PC, £26 Non PC, £22 Own Pony
Amber Barson & Danelle Reynolds
14:00 – 17:00
AN EXERCISE IN DRESSAGE
(Including Dressage Arena Badge)
Friday 21st February
10:00 – 13:00
Danelle Reynolds & Keeley Thompson
£35
Lunch & drinks included
Jennifer Burdett & Keeley Thompson
Vicky Norton & Danelle Reynolds
Thursday 20th February
14:00 – 16:00
14:00 – 16:30
VAULT & GO BAREBACK
THEN CLUBROOM CHAT & SNACK
ONESIE CAN CANTER GYMKHANA
As every Clubber knows, for safety, you
must wear correct riding attire. But you
can always add a onesie on top!
Just for onesie funsie!
A steady introduction to games on
horseback for the walk & trot rider.
You may be led, please mention this
when you book up. Your onesie must fit
well & fasten up.
A session for the ‘new to jumping’ Pony
Clubber. If you are working in walk &
trot confidently & independently in
your regular lessons, you are ready to
have-a-go! Start with the all-important
basics – position & phases. Learn
theory first. Progress to ridden practice
over poles on the ground to low level
cross pole jumps if you are ready.
This is the way ALL the top show
jumpers got started!
Rosettes & awards up for grabs!
£20 P/C, Non P/C £22, £16 Own Pony
£18 P/C, Non P/C £20
£14 Own Pony
Amber Barson & Zoe Myerzinski
Zoe Myerzinski & Kimberley Manze
As every Clubber knows, for safety, you
must wear correct riding attire. But you
can always add a onesie on top!
So here is more onesie funsie for the more
confident and capable Clubber!
Games on horseback in walk, trot & canter.
Your onesie must fit well & fasten up.
Rosettes & awards up for grabs!
Go Bareback Bravado
It’s a Saddleless Knack
Try Cavalry-Style Vaulting
Then chats, drinks & snacks
Exercises to suit all levels
Bareback riding & vaulting are GREAT
for improving your position & balance.
Military, police and circus riders all
impress with these skills. You will be
learning from Nick’s cavalry training &
Kim’s time at a racing yard. Afterwards,
enjoy a drink, snack & chat too!
£18 P/C, Non P/C £20, £14 Own Pony
£20 PC, £22 non PC, £18 Own Pony
Danelle Reynolds & Vicky Norton
Nicholas Weighill & Kimberley Manze
MOUNT MASCAL STABLES
PONY CLUB ACHIEVEMENT BADGE TIMETABLE FEBRUARY 2014
Monday 17th February
Tuesday 18th February
10:00 – 16:00
KNOTS & PLAITING
FANTASTIC FOOT FACTS & FUN
HANDOUT AVAILABLE
Daring dextrous deeds!
Perfect Plaits & Knotty Knots!
A tandem of two badges in one day
10:00 – 17:00
Understand the old horseman’s saying
‘No foot no horse’ with two great badges
10:00 – 13:00 SHOEING BADGE
WORKPACK AVAILABLE
Understand the principles of plaiting
and plait 3 plaits on the mane. Colin
the cowboy will help you to identify &
tie 6 knots e.g. reef knot, bowline,
clove hitch, sheepshank, quick
release, stock, tie & fisherman’s knot!
These badges require busy fingers &
attention to detail.
£35
Lunch & drinks included
Carley-Ann Hartigan & Cowboy Colin
14:30 - 17:00
BIRDWATCHING
MINI UP FOR GRABS!
WORKPACK AVAILABLE
February is a fantastic time to learn
about birds. The Mount Mascal bird
feeding station – in the garden area
next to the square behind the house
– is guaranteed to be busy at this
time of year. And we will be checking
out the surrounding fields & Joydens
Wood areas for early pairing and
nesting activity. There’s a really good
chance for sighting our lovely native
British garden & woodland birds. But
lots of activities for indoor fun too.
£18
Jennifer Burdett
Meet & learn with our resident farrier
Mick O’Dell. Watch Mick demonstrate
his important & specialist job working in
the forge. And get to ask him questions
too about shoeing.
This badge can be counted towards your
Blue Cross Equine Welfare Badge.
PLEASE NOTE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Wednesday 19th February
10:00 – 16:00
MINI BADGE DAY
10:00-13:00 FEED YOUR PONY
Learn how to feed from the hand, fill
water buckets & recognise different
feeds. An ‘easy’ success guaranteed
badge to get your Bronze level badge
career on track.
14:00-16:00 - GROOMING
You will be shown how to run a pony up
in hand & tie it up safely. Learn the
correct names for all the grooming kit
items & when you would use them.
£18
1 x Badge = £16
2 x Badges inc lunch = £35
Alan Light
Amber Barson
14:00 – 17:00
CARE OF THE FOOT
14:00 – 16:30
WORM CONTROL
MINI UP FOR GRABS!
STUDY SHEET AVAILABLE
Knowledge and ability to care for the
pony’s foot should start right at the
beginning of your Pony Club career &
continue to the highest level.
Check out these wriggly worriers!
For any Clubber keen to learn structure
of the foot, daily care, problems - hoofy
‘headaches’ - & how to treat them.
£18
Alan Light
Thursday 20th February
Friday 21st February
09:30 – 12:30
MUCKING OUT BADGE
10:00 – 13:00
LUNGEING BADGE
MINI UP FOR GRABS!
WORKPACK AVAILABLE
Time to get mucky!
A VERY practical session.
Mucking out efficiently & effectively
requires co-ordination, determination &
eager effort! Identify & use stable tools.
Talk about different types of bedding.
The importance of a good mucking out
regime cannot be over-stated.
Sign up for this session to get involved &
understand.
£18
Adam Heitman
£18
Carley-Ann Hartigan
14:00 – 17:00
MINI ROAD RIDER BADGE
14:00 – 16:00
E TEST EXCELLENCE
WORKPACK AVAILABLE
Learn what damage worm infestation can
do to the health of a pony. And make
sure you know how to prevent & control
these pernicious pony parasites!
Come along if you can already control
your pony in rising trot & get started on
your road riding career – safely in the
paddock. Learn signals, equipment,
where & when to ride & what to take
with you.
You MUST have this badge to take your D
test & a completed workpack is essential
for success.
£18
£20
Dot Anderson
Jennifer Burdett
Spend time with Adam Heitman, our
Assistant Chief Instructor.
Clubbers will learn to lunge and be
lunged on this badge.
To gain the badge the focus will be
on your ability to sit straight and in
balance while on the lunge. Work in
walk & trot, with/out reins & stirrups
but not both at once!!
Super session for Clubbers starting
out on their Pony Club test career.
Practice handling & riding skills and
make some new Pony Club pals.
Amber will conduct friendly and
informal testing along the way. You
are bound to learn lots, have fun &
hopefully get your E certificate too.
£20
Amber Barson