Trot Up Pony Centre

04/06/2024

29/05/2024

We need the rain,but hope the weather holds out. Lucky we have the fabulous undercover arena

15/05/2024

Winter is nearly here!
Our undercover arena is available for individual or group hire.
Trot Up Pony Centre - Lindenow South, Victoria

09/05/2024

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Whether you belong to a Pony Club or Accredited Riding Centre, ALL Pony Club members receive personal accident and public liability insurance through our insurance partner, Gow-Gates Group.

Just another great reason to join Pony Club!

⭐️Club members receive 24/7 cover.
⭐️Accredited Centre members receive cover while participating in Pony Club activities at their centre.

Find a club or centre near you: https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au/join-us/find-a-club/

08/05/2024

Just for a Wednesday giggle …..

07/05/2024

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03/05/2024

✔ Trot Up Pony Centre is hosting a
🌟❄️WINTER OPEN DAY❄️🌟- Entry is FREE...
Saturday 1st June 2024 - 10:00am till 3:00pm
🐴 Contact Sharon on 0468 387 524 or email [email protected] to reserve your booking.

19/04/2024

✔ Trot Up Pony Centre are proud to announce we are a Pony Club Accredited Centre.

🐴 Contact us on 'Trot Up Pony Centre' page or Phone Sharon on 0468 387 524 to discuss further and to reserve your booking.

For further information on Accredited Riding Centres follow the link below:-
https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au/about-us/pca-accredited-centres/

16/04/2024

✔ We are pleased to announce that we are a Pony Club Australia Accredited Centre.

🐴 Contact us on 'Trot Up Pony Centre' page or Phone Sharon on 0468 387 524 to discuss further and to reserve your booking.

ACCREDITED RIDING CENTRES:- To view details relating to Pony Club Australia, follow the link below.

https://ponyclubaustralia.com.au/about-us/pca-accredited-centres/

02/04/2024

EM INTRO TO EQUINE FASCIAL RESCUE
2 day event, 27-28 April 2024

Follow the link for further information:
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Contact for course bookings - Tara Conway 03 5155 9313, email [email protected]
Contact for enquiries - Robyn 0431 387 787

27/03/2024

Things I've Learnt About Horses.
From a Husband/Partners view

Stables are not full of ultra-fit young ladies in white jodhpurs & show jackets despite what adverts/film/TV would have you believe.
I can now tell the difference between a cheap pitchfork & a decent one.
2 tonnes is the daily amount a horse p**ps.
A bucket that costs 99c at Bunnings will cost $9.99 at a horsey shop.
6 months ago a horse bared its teeth, flattened its ears & went for me. I filled my pants with p**p. Now it just gets a slap & shouted at.
If a horse stands on your foot no amount of pushing will shift it.
The horse is perfectly designed by nature to convert $$ into poo. Literally.
If a horse can do something stupid it will do it.
Horses like to knock over wheelbarrows piled high with poo.
June at 5am is an awful time of day to be at a stable so I let Her do this.
A saddle. An item crafted out of the finest leather & costing upwards of $1k that never fits your horse.
You can ACTUALLY wear out a pair of gumboots in 6 months.
A decent pair of gumboots that last 6 months cost around $100.
The vet. A nice man who turns up regularly & empties your bank account.
Grooming. It takes hours & is the green light for your horse to then go and roll in the mud, grass & poo.
Horse dentist. A barbaric man with steel toe cap boots, and a bucket of big rasp files who turns up & empties your bank account.
Farrier. A really nice bloke who turns up & empties your bank account every 6 weeks in exchange for putting bits of metal on your horse's feet which fall off within 10 minutes of him leaving.
Horse Walker. A giant electrified hamster wheel for horses.
Wheelbarrows. I can now tell the difference between a good one & a bad one. A good one has a low center of gravity. A bad one falls over as soon as a horse so much as farts near it.
Water bucket. A container holding fresh water into which a horse must play in at the first opportunity.
Horse Teeth. Giant chisel-like things that the bastards like to grab you with the instant you're not looking.
Being run over by a horse feels exactly the same as being run over by a car. I've done both & can confirm this to be true.
6 months ago, watching my beautiful girlfriend, riding a demented, bronc'ing, rearing fiery horse filled me with dread. Now I just accept it's what happens.
4 hours is the time it takes to use a foot pump to inflate a 7.5-tonne horse truck tyre to 85lb PSI with a foot pump.
Stock fencing. An object that any horse treats as a challenge. It's to be jumped, kicked and leaned against until it snaps at any opportunity.
Electric fencing. Decorative tinsel for ponies!
Horse worms. Jesus!!!! They're HUGE! A ball of grass snakes just fell out of your horse's bum. Apparently, this is because the previous owner used a 'herbal remedy' & not a proper medication.
Don't wrap the lead rope around your hand. Because a dangerous empty chip bag, which are well known for attacking horses, will blow past in the wind causing the horse to bolt in panic & pull your fingers out of their sockets. This hurts enough to make you vomit.
Horse rugs. Why do we always need another one? What does this one do that the other 76 don't do?

25/03/2024

How true is this!!!!! lol

13/03/2024

And so the question that needs to be asked is …. why, Teddy? Why!!!

08/03/2024

Growing a tall hedge (3.5 m high and 2.6–4.2 m wide) and trimming it every three years is good for the environment and for the health of your horse.
Good for the environment because a hedge this height/ width stores the most carbon in the soil underneath it and contributes to the biodiversity of the soil. Over trimmed hedges have a reduced ability for both.
The best hedge plants, ie those that store the most carbon and are impressively good for the health of the horse in order …
1. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) the highest ability to store carbon, full of antioxidants and phytonutrients to help with metabolism, inflammation and arthritis.
2. Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)- high in flavonoids to reduce inflammation, support metabolism and give strong protection against free radical damage.
3. Bramble (Rubus corylifolius)- strong immune system support and improves metabolism.
4. Spindle (Euonymus europaeus)- an important plant for the horse to nibble, contains antimicrobial compounds active against many pathogens, its also anti- fungal.
www.equibiome.org

08/03/2024

EOI - DENTAL DAY AT TUPC!

We are planning a Dental Day early April with Olivia from OTEquine Dentistry .

Olivia can chat with you about your horses dental needs and provides a top class dental service.

If you would like to book your horse in for dental work please drop us a messsge. We are situated in Lindenow South.

Olivia has kindly offered a discounted fee for a group of 10+ horses - we already have 5 booked in!!

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Qualified Equine Dentist
*Routine Treatments*
*Extraction*
*After Care & General Advice*

03/03/2024

Sparty, Douglas and the general riff-raff out at the farm 🙂

24/02/2024

Such a deep connection between horse and human. Truly beautiful to see ….

13/02/2024

Great resource to consider adding to your “tool-box” !!

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03/02/2024

DAN CHIPPERFIELD CLINIC AND PRIVATE LESSONS - LINDENOW SOUTH
18 Feb - Private Lessons
23 March - clinic
24 March - Private Lessons
28 April - Private Lessons

***Edited 2:27pm Sunday 4th Feb 2024 - ALL PLACES ARE NOW BOOKED FOR FEB 18th PRIVATE LESSONS.

Bookings now open for
MARCH 2024
CLINIC (Saturday 23 March) and PRIVATE LESSONS (Sunday 24 March)

APRIL 2024
PRIVATE LESSONS (Sunday 28 April

Please shoot us a message to secure your place.

In a private lesson work 1 to 1 with Dan (he can help you in with ridden, ground-work, float training etc. )

Or if you prefer to work in a group the Clinic is open to 10 participants with horses. Held in our under-cover arena in Lindenow South.

Camping available, overnight stable or yard hire for horses also available.

(** Photo from our January 2024 clinic with Dan)

03/02/2024

Now that her maternity leave is over our lovely GCx mare DAKODA is ready to come back into work. Looking forward to watching her progress over the next couple of months. She was up to prelim dressage level before getting in foal so fingers crossed it’s still there for her.

03/02/2024

Looking for a YETI owner!
Found down on the arena fence after the clinic. Hoping we can reunite with its human!!

29/01/2024

So proud of our ponies/horses - Sophie, Hector, Tobi, Murph and JinJin and their handlers/riders on the weekend.

We hosted another awesome clinic (Saturday) and private lessons (Sunday) with Dan Chipperfield.

What a fantastic weekend it was.

As usual Dan put on a brilliant clinic and it was great to see how everyone was supportive and encouraging towards each other. Such a lovely group we had.
Sundays private lesson day was also very successful.

Thanks goes to everyone who attended or assisted to make the weekend happen.

We have more “Dan Days” coming up in Feb, March and April 2024. Febs is nearly full already!

02/01/2024