XC Clinic with Jonty Evans at Swalcliffe Park Equestrian

Fantastic opportunity to get some XC practice in before the Horse-Events UA on the 13/14th April! Great well draining ground at a brilliant facility with an even more brilliant trainer in Jonty. Absolutely EVERYONE welcome, whether you’re starting your event season with gusto, doing it for the sheer pleasure of being in a field in Oxfordshire or you’re not really sure why you keep booking scary sounding activities with your horse but you seem to enjoy them after you’ve survived, you will be very welcome!

Jonty Evans is an experienced coach with a passion for helping riders of all levels and abilities get the best from their horses. Jonty’s competitive riding career has spanned over 20 years, riding nationally and internationally including 5* completions and notably representing Ireland at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, where the he finished eighth with his team and ninth individually. Jonty suffered a serious fall from his horse Cooley Rorkes Drift (Art) in 2018 during the cross country phase at Tattersalls, which left him unconscious and in a coma for six weeks. Astonishingly, Jonty learned to talk and walk again and is now back riding, having competed at his first event since the accident in 2019 and now competing internationally for Ireland in Para Dressage. He has also returned to coaching riders of all abilities, from new/nervous/inexperienced up to International eventing combinations, and everything in-between.

Swalcliffe Park cross country course is open all year round, 7 days a week. There are two schooling fields both with a selection of fences, ditches, sunken roads & water complexes. The undulating sandy ground is great for fitness work and is educational, allowing riders to run over varying gradients. Our top training field drains exceptionally well, which is especially great for pre-season training!