Oaklands Riding School

Please wear suitable clothing for riding

We know with the nice weather you want to stay cool but for your own comfort and safety in the saddle you will need to wear suitable clothing

Tops that cover your shoulders and torso
Full length trousers
Bring socks to wear inside riding boots

We will have to turn you away if you are not in suitable clothing

With the nice weather we have been having we have been cracking on with the spring cleaning!

The stables and tackroom are all having a clean out and repaint - thank you Tom for your painting skills!

When you have to bring them all out you realise how many saddles we have!l 🫣

Our thoughts are with the family of long time customer and friend to the stables Paul Cummings who recently passed away.

Paul was one of the original riding school customers as a child when we first opened over 50 years ago. Since then he has ridden for Joyce at shows, brought his own children to learn to ride here and had his own horses stabled with us.

He will be missed by us all here at Oaklands

(A photo from the archives)

May Half-term is fast approaching!

Don't miss out on a spot on our ever popular Mini Pony days!

We also have our activity afternoon on the Wednesday for more experienced children

There are also regular lesson slots available during the day for those that want to sneak in an extra lesson!

We are closed this Bank Holiday Monday (4th May)

Open as normal Tuesday

Congratulations to our Pony Club members 🎉🎉

Monday night saw our members take their Pony Club tests (a mix of D,D+ & C depending on level) and we are pleased to say they all passed!

Instructors Debbie and Jaz both said they were very proud of them all and it made the dark winter nights of lessons all worth it!

The pony club tests are a recognised qualification so the perfect starting point for any young equestrian.

Saturday shout out to 2 of our riders Milly and Daisy!

In the Easter holidays Milly and Daisy took Amigo and Bo off to camp for a week of pony fun and learning.

All 4 of them had a great time and Milly won the most improved rider award on Amigo!

Well done both, keep up the hard work you are both doing so well!

On Friday we hosted a BHS South West Ride Safe Train the Trainer day at the stables.
This was training for instructors to keep their knowledge and skills up to date for teaching riding safely on the roads including as part of the BHS challenge awards.

Our very own Debbie, Helen, Elsie and Sarah completed the day with other instructors from the area.

Also a big thank you to our riders Amelia Lidia & Lydia.

Happy Easter everyone from our very own Easter Bunny... Rabbit!

With that name there was no other choice was there?!?

NOTE: don't forget we are closed tomorrow (Easter Monday)

Yesterday Rachel and Seren headed out on an organised fun ride and they had a great time covering just over 10 miles of countryside.

It was Rachel's first time taking a horse out to an event but Seren was a star enjoying some canters across fields and even popping a few small jumps

Well done you two!

They were joined by Georgia and her horse Rabbit too - always fun to ride with friends