Club name horsemadAbout this club everything to do with horses!!!!!!!!!!!! for all the horsemad m8s Tag your club to make it easier for people to find. Pet Type: Horse/Pony Group type: Chat and Fun | Our Discussions Club Wall 21 Jul 2010 19:11 a friend of mine, is organising a 5 mile doggie walk on Eastbourne Promenade on Saturday the 11th September 2010 to help the Horse Refuge Sanctuary in Kent, there being evicted and the 50 horses need saving. Please can you help spread the word? thanks lizzie x 04 Aug 2009 16:33 heyy best budd how aree youu i likee yourr picc youu andd rosiee look well cutee butt i hopee you dont mind me sayinn that rosie looks the cutest lol xx i lovee yourr clubb lotss off luvvvvvvv aime xxx (L) 06 Jul 2009 15:03 oh right my friends belive that i have a horse called flossy and a pony called archey its just my friends disagree that ponys and horses and foals are the best type of animals ever 05 Jul 2009 12:42 i apsoluly LOVE horses, i love all animals but horses best. i have had my gorgeous, rising 7, grey mare polly (furzedown polly pocket) for over a year now and i love her more than anything. polly is a rescue but shes really good. although, because shes young she can be a bit cheeky. at home we have7 horses, on who only came the last sunday in june, and we used to have lindy.( R.I.P. LINDYXXXXX). 03 Jun 2009 14:26 im absloutly love animals tere soo cool my frends disagree i hav a pony called archy and a horse called flossy 02 Jun 2009 19:01 I love animals, especially ones with four legs, but my all – time favourite animal has to be without a doubt the horse. Riding is definitely one of the highlights of my week. I loves to tell my friends all about my riding, it has been really good for my confidence and self-esteem to take part in something so special. I go horse riding every Saturday at the South Bucks RDA HQ at Fulmer, so I can learn to ride really well, it helps me with my disability and helps me to work my weaker left side hard so that the muscles become stronger on that side of my body, I also have a lot of fun too and I might even enter competitions when I’m a bit older and become more confident. All the horses are really good natured and gentle at Fulmer, and they’re also very well trained and groomed, so they look beautiful as well, the sables are really amazing where some the horses are kept, it is like a 5 star hotel for horses. The people are nice too, and very professional, I guess they all have been horse riding, and around horses for most of their lives. I am only new compared to them. We have four instructors Theresa, Sharon, Emma and Susan, and they all do things slightly differently, which is good so you have to be alert to keep up with what is going on. We mainly use the purpose built indoor school Menage or arena, which was opened by Mr. Richard Pitman Vice President of the RDA on 18th October 1998, it is huge, and has a working area of 40 metres by 20 metres, so there is plenty of room it is useful when it is raining, so you don´t have to get wet while riding, you can concentrate on what you are being taught, instead of how wet you are getting! The area is marked out by letters which are standard and always appear in the same place, I have created a layout of the South Bucks RDA indoor arena so you can see where the letters are. I am helped and lead by one of the may volunteers usually Louise, Carol or Heather, and they make sure I don´t fall off my horse or do anything wrong, mind you I still fell off the other week when I was trotting around the arena, which was quite a shock for me and the horse too he looked a little surprised, but fortunately no harm was done. There is also a much larger outdoor riding arena which has an all weather surface which is good for the horses, ponies and humans as well. We sometimes go into the woods on trail rides which is fun too, you have to be more careful riding there because of all the obstacles and overhanging branches and things that are in the path, but it feels more like an adventure which I like. Medical professionals recognise that there are also significant therapeutic benefits for the disabled rider. The warmth and three dimensional movement of the horse is transmitted through the rider’s body, gradually making it more relaxed and supple, reducing spasms and improving balance, posture and co-ordination. My Dad says he has only ridden two types of horses the ones that spend most of their time trying to shake him off, and the ones who won´t move whatever you do to them. I am glad the horses the horses I ride are not like those. | Club Members Our Films |