Great Western Pleasure Ride

24/07/2023

Evening all, we hope you're rugged up wherever you are & keeping warm through these Winter nights ❄️

Many of you have reached out over recent weeks enquiring about our 2023 event and if there's tickets available. We have just published an update on our website which explains the tough decision our organising committee has reached regarding the future of the ride, you can read it here - https://www.gwpleasureride.com/event-update

We encourage those of you who attend other similar trial riding events to share them with this community and continue your love for simply getting out & about and enjoying time with your ponies 🤎💛🧡

Lastly we want to thank you, every one of the 1,600 people who follow us on this page and have likely attended one of our events over the last 20+ years. You turned up every October and made our event the success it is today, memories that will live on in our hearts for years to come ❤️

An update on our event plans and preparations.

03/04/2022

We hope you're all enjoying a lovely Sunday afternoon.

Over the past few weeks many have been reaching out to enquire about our 2022 plans. Our committee had a meeting last week to discuss our event plans and made the decision to not return in 2022 and focus on returning with a really big bang in October 2023 instead.

As we're sure many can imagine or potentially even experience themselves, being part of a small rural volunteer committee can be equal parts rewarding and challenging. Especially when the past 2-years have placed significant pressures on everyone with regards to the ever-changing environment in which we live.

Our committee is the same volunteer committee who also help organise our annual race day which is held in January (you may have heard we had an unfortunate fire incident this year), and our Good Friday Rodeo which is obviously fast approaching, amongst others that use our grounds all throughout the year. The Pleasure Ride is one our favourite events though and we like to give it 110% every time we do it. The tough realisation for us this year is that we're a little weary, and simply don't feel comfortable giving you 50% when we know we can give more.

Our website has been updated with the 2023 dates and we'll be sure to post updates over the coming months when we start planning things. So many people have been joining us in Great Western for many years now and all we can hope is that you'll keep in touch and put our event on your radar next year. Your ongoing support and patience means so much to us, because after all, we wouldn't have an event if it wasn't for you ❤️

31/08/2021

We have some really sad news friends 😭

In light of recent circumstances, and in consultation with relevant authorities following the Premier's message earlier this week regarding the lockdown period being extended "indefinitely", the committee has made the difficult decision to cancel this years' event. Those who have registered will be receiving full refunds from today. A full statement can be viewed on our website here - https://www.gwpleasureride.com/2021-event-update.

We would like to thank you for being such a wonderfully understanding & supportive group of people and look forward to hopefully seeing you sometime soon. Please keep yourselves and your loved ones safe during this difficult time and remember this isn't forever. And whilst it can be a difficult conversation for some, the message is a simple one - please get vaccinated so we can hopefully have an event in 2022 🙏

An update on our event plans and preparations.