Fun/ Farm/ Sponsored Rides around Oxford

[Happy Hunter]

Seeing as I managed to miss the Cotswold Farm park ride this weekend (Darn shoes falling off friends horse) - And the next cots. farm park ride clashes with a long awaited XC training day that I have had booked all summer,...

Does anyone know of any others going on????

I know about the Blenheim RDA one on the 17th, but any others???
I like jumps, I can manage up to about 15 miles, and I can travel in the box about an hour around Oxford.
Asnwers on a postcard please....
Cheers and Choccies!

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

theres a fab fab one at Waddesdon Manor nr Aylesbury, really worth the trip, excellent fun. Rotary club of Haddenham run it. But it is May so youd be looking at next year. Its longer than some and over the beautiful estate.

http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/committee.asp?ClubCtteeID=6588&ClubID=1995

 

[Happy Hunter]

Thank you!
I will put it in the Diary for next year - -I was kind of hoping to sqeeze one or two in before the 'W' word though

 

[Hedwards]

Have you checked the enduranceGB website? at most rides there are NCR's (non-competitive/Pleasure rides) i'm not great with geography so cant think of anything directly in your area. there will be a local group (I'm assuming your local group will be Cotswold) that you could contact and ask. Or your local bridleways association to see if they have any planned rides? i know Leicestershire and Rutland run regular rides.

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

pleasure/non competitive endurance rides are a good idea,

Be aware there is a min and max speed and even the min speed requires you to go at a decent trot most of the way for the 20 ish kilometers.

If your horse isnt used to doing longer periods of faster work they might need some longer hacks/hill work/fittening before the pleasure ride in order to not get timed out (which doesnt matter much but you wont get a rosette).

 

[EnduroRider]

There are a couple of EGB rides coming up that are not too far away:

http://www.endurancegb.co.uk/html/ScheduleDetails.asp?Ride_Year=2010&Ride_Auto_Id=56
http://www.endurancegb.co.uk/html/ScheduleDetails.asp?Ride_Year=2010&Ride_Auto_Id=384

 

[Annagain]

I was up on Oxon this weekend visiting the in-laws and saw signs for two fun rides - one in Kirtlington and one near Banbury. Think that latter might have been this weekend, but not sure abotu the Kirltington one. I was thinking how lovely it would have been to escape for a ride instead of beign bored to tears with them.

 

[EnduroRider]

http://www.sosr.org.uk/

 

[Katd66]

Kirtlington is on 19th Sept and you've got South Ox on 3 Oct.

 

[Happy Hunter]

Thank you for the South Ox one - looks great!
I did think about the endurance ones - but I'm not sure we would make the time - We are a chunky lazy Cleveland Bay - And she wouldnt think it much fun to be going so fast alllll of the time!
Thanks all

 

[Katd66]

Was looking forward to doing kirtlington and south ox - entries were in... and I go and break my leg.

 

[Old Bat]

The Banbury one was this weekend but there is one over the Upton Estate on Sept 25th. See Central Horse News schedule download on their website, and no, I don't work for them!