Viv Pearson BHS Accredited Coach

23/10/2026

🐴✨ CHIPSTEAD RIDING CLUB UNAFFILIATED DRESSAGE✨🐴

📅 Saturday 14th November 2026
📍 Sands Farm

🎉 Come and join us for our next unaffiliated dressage competition!*🎉

🌟 WHY COME TO OUR DRESSAGE?🌟

🐴 💕 Friendly & Supportive Environment
Enjoy competing in a welcoming, encouraging atmosphere where everyone is supported and celebrated!

🏆 Qualify for Our Riding Club Championships
Put your best hoof forward and aim to qualify for our Riding Club Championships!

🥇 Earn Points Towards Club Prizes
Collect points throughout the season towards our club prizes, presented at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). A great incentive to get out competing!

🌟 NPS Qualifying Classes
Our classes offer the opportunity to qualify for NPS competitions! 🏆

💖 Something for Everyone
Whether you're building confidence, gaining experience or chasing your next competitive goal, there's a place for you at Chipstead Riding Club.

🐴✨ Come and be part of the fun! We can't wait to see you and your horses at Sands Farm!

Enter via MyRidingLife - https://www.myridinglife.com/eventdetails.aspx?id=572684

16/10/2026

Diary Dates…
Saturday 24th October
Sam Champney Warrener Clinic
Spaces available:
Group poles
Group jump 60/70
Group jump 80+
Private Dressage
Please WhatsApp or message to book your place.
07713062051

07/10/2026

We are now well underway with the winter season. It's just worth thinking abour how often ponies and horses should be jumped. That can depend. Keep this guide handy to make sure you aren't overjumping.

02/10/2026

This is a fabulous cross country, for first timers and youngsters 😊

📢 NEWS FLASH 📢

We are delighted to say that we are open 7 days a week!

So get those bookings in and make the most of our fabulous little course before the weather turns ☔

Book here ⤵️
https://calendly.com/felcourt-cross-country

18/09/2026

🐴💙 CHIPSTEAD RC OPEN DRESSAGE – ENTRIES NOW OPEN!💙🐴

Join us for a fantastic day of dressage at Sands Farm EC on Saturday 26th September 2026! ✨

Whether you’re new to dressage or an experienced competitor, there are classes to suit a range of combinations.

🏆 ROR Affiliated
🏆 1st–6th placed riders in Classes 1–5 qualify for the Championship
📅 Championship: Sunday 28th March 2027 at Diamond EC

We are delighted that this show is kindly sponsored by Nova Equine Vets, and Chipstead RC would like to thank them for their continued support! 💙

📌 Please note:First Aid is now incorporated into the entry fee, so there is no need to purchase it separately.

🐎 Riders may ride more than one test – just remember to state this on your entry form!

A friendly, supportive day for you and your horse – we’d love to see you there! 💙

📍 Sands Farm EC
📅 Saturday 26th September 2026

👉 Get your entries in and join us for a great day of dressage!

13/09/2026

Just a reminder we have Sam Champney Warrener here next Sunday 20th September..
Dressage, Polework or jumping, group or private sessions available.
Please message asap if you would like to join in!
07713062051

04/09/2026

I read somewhere recently that the average horse will have seven different homes in its lifetime.

SEVEN.

And that’s the average...

In my job, I meet horses who are four or five years old and have already had an extraordinary number of homes. And more often than not, somewhere in their history, you’ll find the word ‘naughty’.

Naughty to catch. Naughty to hack. Naughty to mount. Naughty to ride. A ‘naughty’ horse.

But are they naughty?

Or have they simply never had long enough to feel safe?

Horses thrive on familiarity and predictability. Familiar horses, people, surroundings and routines.

And when we sell a horse, we know why.

The horse doesn’t.

One minute he’s in his field with Dave, who he’s spent every waking moment attached to for the last two years. Who’s perfected the art of stealing his fly mask.

The next, some woman he’s never met has put him in a box, driven him three counties away and introduced him to Kevin.

Dave has vanished.

Dinner tastes different.

Kevin is a k**b.

And on Tuesday someone gets on him and seems disappointed that he isn’t immediately living up to the glowing description in his advert.

So perhaps he struggles.

Maybe he’s harder to catch. Anxious when left alone. Tense to ride. Doesn’t want to leave the yard.

‘Naughty.’

So he moves again.

New field. New human. New food. New Kevin.

Of course sometimes horses genuinely aren’t right for their homes, and selling can absolutely be the kindest decision. Obvs.

But sometimes perhaps what a horse needs isn’t another home, rider, bit, saddle or training method.

Perhaps he just needs time.

Time to learn that breakfast happens every morning.

That these horses aren’t disappearing.

That this human keeps coming back.

That the rules aren’t going to change tomorrow.

That he’s allowed to unpack his metaphorical little suitcase.

And maybe, before we ask:

‘What’s wrong with this horse?’

we should occasionally ask:

‘How many times has this horse had to start again?’

Thoughts?

20/06/2026

We should be working hard to ensure the horse can carry us with EASE. The figures below
are MAXIMUMS & include the saddle, girth, irons, leathers & saddle pad… & please remember this quote from Sue Dyson’s research!
“Dr. Sue Dyson’s landmark pilot study found that when a rider's body weight exceeds 15%, to 16.7% of the horse's body weight, it can significantly compromise the horse's gait and induce temporary lameness and behavioral signs of pain, especially when combined with a poorly fitting saddle”.