East Park Riding for the Disabled Group

Our kind friends at Waitrose East Grinstead nominated us for a donation of £525 from their Give a Little Love initiative. We are very grateful.

We have been looking for a larger pony for some of our heavier riders and The Royal Warrant Holders Association have very kindly granted us £3,000 towards the cost. Our ponies need a very special temperament to bear our disabled riders, and the right pony is very hard to find. This donation is particularly valuable as we now have the certainty of some of the funds being immediately available.

One of our Trustees, Katie Giddings, whose husband’s company Milborrow Chimney Sweeps holds a Royal Warrant, put us forward for this grant. We are very grateful to both her, and the RWHA for the donation. All we have to do now is find the right pony!

The Dormansland Horse and Dog Show have been long term supporters and we are very grateful to them. We had a stand this year and met lots of friends, old and new. It was a lovely hot sunny day and the show was a great success, with lots of competitors, both equine and canine (with their riders and handlers. We particularly enjoyed the family atmosphere of the show.

We took Guy and Star to the National Championships at Hartpury this year, along with four riders from our Thursday morning second lesson.

We all got soaked to the bone but it was well worth it.

Our First rider finished 3rd in his class.

Our Second rider won his class.

Our Third rider won her class and was National Class Champion.

Our Fourth rider won his class and was also National Class Champion.

Well done and huge congratulations to all our riders and huge thanks to all those who helped on the day.

We currently have vacancies for riding sessions for small groups of children with learning or physical disabilities. We normally take six children at a time, on weekdays during term time. Please get in touch with us via the contact form on the webpage if you would like to find out more.