🔴Competition Time🔴
Another super competition for Irish Pony Club members.
Check out the flyer below for all of the details.
Don't forget to share this with all your pony club friends.
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Looking forward to all of your entries... ... See more

➡️Irish Pony Club National Dressage Day Rescheduled

The organisers of the Irish Pony Club National Dressage Day have agreed that this should be re-scheduled to Saturday 17th October 2020 at Spruce Lodge, due to the ongoing Coronavirus Covid-19 situation.

The Dressage tests for Combined Training and Pure Dressage which will be used for the Dressage Day are on the IPC website, linked from the 'Dressage' tab under the 'Activities' menu on the Home page. The tests for the Dressage Day will also include some of the other tests on the website, details TBC.

In the meantime, we encourage you to continue to practice your flatwork at home; you can also use the online dressage test judging facilities pasted below to get feedback to help you improve!

All the best,
Kate Harvey, Chairman of Dressage and Combined Training

🔵You Can Go To A Show

In these challenging and uncertain times M&S Simply Dressage - Livery & Training with Mark Ruddock & Sean Burgess are offering you a virus free show opportunitiy!

Send in a Whatsapp or email a video of you riding a test. List one judge Mark Ruddock will judge it and give you feedback and a score. They will hold a Monthly competition in which the highest percentage will receive a free lesson with Mark or Sean.
You can enter as many times as you want with a different test. You can ride any BD, DI or Eventing Test.
Entry is €10 per test, payable to Mark Ruddock via PayPal.
Send WhatsApp to Mark Ruddock or Email markruddock7@icloud.com
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🔵Dressage Anywhere

Dressage Anywhere is a great way to compete online from anywhere, without having to leave your yard. Simply register for free, choose a class to enter, then ride and film your dressage test and upload it for judging. You'll receive a link to download your score sheet and be in the running for rosettes!

https://www.dressageanywhere.com/

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Coronavirus Covid-19 - Home Activity Suggestions for Irish Pony Club Members Home Activities for Irish Pony Club members Over the next few weeks the Irish Pony Club Training committee will be providing tips, quizzes and competitions for our members.  These activities will be added to each day.  Sh... ... See more

➡️Message from the Irish Pony Club Chairman of Training
"I hope this finds you and yours, all well and continuing to keep safe and well at this time, as we move into the further restrictions announced by the Department of Health until April 12th.
Let us spend a moment to think and thank the front line staff in all spheres at this time of uncertainty. They gallantly go to work each day to help others and bring supplies and stock for all.
We must remain positive in the hope that we can beat this virus and emerge as a stronger and better people. Times have changed and the spread of disease can be much easier than in the past, with greater modes of transport around the world. I remember vaguely my Grandfather telling stories of the Black Plague in Ireland in the eighteen hundreds and how so many people were lost. This is now a realty here and in the world. We pray that this can be brought under control and we all can emerge and enjoy life as we know, with energy, joy, love and enthusiasm.
For now keep the spirit, remain focused, eat well, get some sort of exercise, ride your horses and walk your dogs. Above all keep safe, well and keep smiling.
Look out for each other, be it at a distance. Stay in contact by phone, Facebook or email and bring encouragement to others."
Tony Ennis, Irish Pony Club Chairman of Training ... See more

➡️The following picture contains the details of Lesson 2 in our lesson plan suggestions for Irish Pony Club members and their ponies or horses to complete.

As the Irish Pony Club and the Training Committee continue make every effort to provide suggestions, useful tips, lessons, quizzes and competitions for our members, please check in regularly on our website or Facebook for the latest tips, lessons or competitions that can all be completed at home.

Even though, we must social distance, we can still be active, be safe and have fun.
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This lesson is also available to download from the IPC website:
https://www.irishponyclub.ie/index.php/18-blog-news/966-coronaviruse-covid-19-home-activity-suggestions-for-irish-pony-club-members ... See more