05/10/2026
Sunnybrae Pony Club is a long-established equestrian club and horse-agistment facility at 25 Magazine Road, Dry Creek, about 20 minutes from Adelaide’s C*D. It was established in 1982 and relocated from Regency Park to its current Dry Creek grounds in 2011.
What makes Sunnybrae different?
One of Sunnybrae’s standout features is that it combines a traditional Pony Club with inner-metropolitan horse agistment. The club says it has 18 on-site stables, secure access for agisters and substantial riding facilities, making it possible for people living relatively close to central Adelaide to keep and regularly work with their own horses.
Sunnybrae Pony Club
The grounds include a large riding area, with Horse SA describing Sunnybrae as a purpose-built facility with a large floodlit riding area and 18 stables. Other published facility information lists an arena of at least 60 × 20 metres, jumping facilities, round yard, wash area, float parking, gear storage and amenities.
Pony Club activities
Sunnybrae is affiliated with the Pony Club Association of South Australia and Pony Club Australia, so its activities sit within the wider Pony Club system of riding instruction, horse management, competition and rider development.
Importantly, Sunnybrae isn't a riding school and doesn't provide horses or ponies for people to hire. Riders generally participate with their own horse, although the club says it can refer people looking for riding lessons to local riding centres.
Agistment and community
Agistment is closely tied to club membership rather than operating simply as a commercial horse-boarding business. Financial riding members can apply to keep their horse at Sunnybrae, with applications considered by the committee. Agisters are expected to participate in club activities and take responsibility for the daily care of their horses.
That model gives Sunnybrae a strong member-run, community atmosphere: riders don't simply arrive, ride and leave; members contribute to maintaining and operating the facility and supporting Pony Club activities.
The Pony Club Association of South Australia has [email protected] as a club email address.
Given its location, facilities and combination of Pony Club education, competition, agistment and community participation, Sunnybrae occupies a fairly unusual position: it provides an opportunity to own and actively enjoy a horse while remaining within metropolitan Adelaide.
