Suffolk Pony Club Summer Rally 3 - Ickworth Park - Thursday 22 August

Please provide additional riding information on booking to help us decide which is the best ride group. Include brief details of the rider and pony’s experience, any goals you have for this year, any problems you are having, advice needed, and areas you would like to work on. Please also inform us if your child has any health or learning difficulties that may impact on their tuition/riding.

Toilets available. Horse water available. Drinking water available. Dogs on short leads at all times. Non-riding children must be supervised by parents/guardians at all times. PC-compliant body protectors must been worn by all riders using the XC course. All riders using the XC course must wear a skull cap-style riding hat… there should be no fixed peak. See the current PC riding hat regulations. First aid available during the rallies covered by trained SPC volunteers. Please carry your own small first aid kit containing pain relief, anti-sting cream/spray, etc. We cannot administer medication. Please bring suncream and fly spray to late spring/summer rallies.

Please pick up horse droppings in the car park and take them home with you. Please collect any hay from the ground and take it home. Please park sensitively to ground conditions and neighbouring vehicles. There’s plenty of space, so please give your neighbours space. Wet weather parking is on the hill facing downhill to aid departure. Please do not park blocking the water tap and exit to the barn… keep that area clear.

Please bring your own food and drink for a picnic lunch. There is a fridge, microwave and kettles in the barn which can be used if required. Please site yourself carefully for lunch… be aware of surrounding horses/ponies and vehicles.

Our summer full-day rallies are starting a bit earlier this year at 10am to help avoid queues at the National Trust kiosk. If there are queues, please wait patiently and do not bypass the kiosk unless directed to do so by a National Trust official. Please drive carefully across the National Trust property and remain within speed limits. Give way to all pedestrians and cyclists. Take particular care driving through the busy overflow car park area.

On arrival, please visit the hat check in desk with your riding hat. You will then have your hat checked and be given your ride name and detail of your coach for the day. Please be ready at the ride markers for 10am.

Our full-day summer rallies include a mini-competition for the best turned out (horse/pony and rider), when a rosette is awarded within each ride (subject to effort having been made to turn out well!).

Most rally days will start with flatwork so the riders/ponies can get used to their surroundings and the coaches can assess ability/control. Thereafter, the rides will rotate between a selection of different activities, including mounted games, cross country, showjumping, jumping lane, mini-hack, stable management, badge work, etc.

There’s an hour assigned for lunch, when the coaches rest and the members/ponies are the responsibility of parents/carers.

The rally will end at 4pm.

Please remember:

• Dogs on short leads at all times please.

• Non-riding siblings or friends must be supervised at all times.