Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre

Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre Equestrian centre featuring race track, show jumps, cross country course and dressage arenas for hire. Lessons by appointment.
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Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre is intended for amateur and professional riders alike. Our newly designed and built cross country course is inviting and exciting, with a range of obstacles to suit green horses and riders as well as more experienced combinations. Our show jump course and pole work area are sited on well-drained turf. Our dressage arenas are state of the art, with beautiful Martin

Collins Australia waxed surfaces. Our 700 m sand race track, complete with running rail, has a gentle incline which means horses can do important fitness and cross training work with ease. Clients can train with their own instructors, or take advantage of in-house lessons. Future plans include regular dressage, jumping and showing protocol days, as well as clinics hosted by some of the best visiting instructors available.

19/02/2025

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12/02/2025

Well, last night saw the last of the 2025 Summer Series Dressage, held in conjunction with Sydney Dressage Club.

All the thanks go to SDC and the most amazing Gail Benson and Karen Lever, the powerhouses behind the scenes. Just the best people who make it a pleasure to do business!

Thanks to the judges, steward, and the pencillers - especially the Ballodair Park staff who put their hands up to go extra hours after long work days. And also for how hard they work every comp day to make sure the place is ready for visitors. Outstanding. Team work makes the dream work, every time.

To all the competitors, thank you. We appreciate so much you trusting us to host you here. It's been wonderful seeing you on your young horses, giving them a taste of competition and bustle.

It won't be too much longer before construction here is completed, and then we'll be expanding our competition repertoire. I'm really looking forward to it!

See you again soon, I hope!

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11/02/2025

So lucky Lyndal understands all this technical sh*te. Here's our boy Dean doing his thing. Bless.

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Well, a great day in the office overnight for Lyndal and our two big black boys Dean and Odie. They both won their tests...
11/02/2025

Well, a great day in the office overnight for Lyndal and our two big black boys Dean and Odie. They both won their tests, with 70% and 76% respectively. Lots of 8s, and hugely encouraging remarks from the judges.

I sound like a broken record but I am just so proud of Lyndal and what she's achieving, and I'm so proud of our boys who are working their socks off and trying their hearts out.

And, of course, I continue to be just awed and humbled by the stupendous Gareth Hughes, who ... well. He is one in a squillion bajillion.

This is Dean (Ballodair Park Dauphin). No shots of Odie (Asterix) this time. Next time!

Ugh. Some people. Stay wary!
10/02/2025

Ugh. Some people. Stay wary!

01/02/2025

So FB is doing weird stuff, arbitrarily encrypting message strings so suddenly there is no way to communicate. If you've messaged us for an arena booking (or any other enquiry) and you haven't heard back at some point that day, please assume I've been locked out of answering you and check your messenger encryption status.

In particular AMBER JOY I haven't replied because I can't contact you in any way on FB right now. I can't even locate your personal page.

Sigh.

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02/01/2025

Dean and Lyndal doing their homework. He's such a good boy!

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01/01/2025

Welcome to 2025! From all of us at Ballodair Park, wishing you a safe, happy and successful year - no what your endeavours. See you soon!

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16/12/2024

Well, apologies for taking so long to get this finalised, but now it is so phew!

Ballodair Park will be hosting a Summer Dressage Series early in the new year. Full details to come, including how to enter etc, but for now I can give you all the dates (subject to judge availability, and we're working on that now):

Wednesday Jan 22
Friday Jan 24

Wednesday Jan 29
Friday Jan 31

Wednesday February 5
Friday February 7

Wednesday February 12

All comp dates will be choose your own test, and we'll be alternating between EA and FEI level tests, so everybody gets a chance to prepare for Willinga Park at the end of February, as well as earning qualifying scores for the big shows later in the calendar.

Please hold off on asking for details right now, we'll be back with all the skinny ASAP!

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14/12/2024

Ten days until the big day. Yikes, where did this year go?????

Ok, so just to let everyone know we're closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day and New Year's Day, all other days we're open if you're looking for somewhere to ride.

Please remember, as often as you can, to give us at least a day's notice for a booking. This is because sometimes FB plays silly buggers and holds up delivery of messages.

I got complacent recently and stopped taking my surefire immune booster cocktail so of course now I'm fighting a bug, but once I'm 100% again I'll organise some photos of the new arena area. That will be completed in the new year and then things around here will really get exciting!

In the meantime, the happiest of holiday seasons to everyone. Please take care, drive safely, party merrily, spend the holiday season in the way that best suits you, no excuses and no apologies, and we'll see you when we see you!

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11/12/2024

I don't understand why this isn't scheduled to be tabled and read at the Dressage NSW meeting. But here it is anyway.

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04/12/2024

Being noticed is a very strange feeling. It's a huge compliment, but it makes you feel very very exposed as well.

So proud of Lyndal, so blessed to have Odie, so beyond blessed to have the support and guidance of a truly genius coach.

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13/11/2024

And here's the boy in action. I don't think we could love him any harder! He's got a heart as big as Australia.

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Another overnight comp in the UK, this time for Odie (Asterix). And a big challenge for him, first time indoors with all...
12/11/2024

Another overnight comp in the UK, this time for Odie (Asterix). And a big challenge for him, first time indoors with all the big scary sponsorship signs.

Despite being a bit shocked and unnerved, he tried his heart out (as always!) and took home the win with 71%.

So proud of him and Lyndal. The adventure continues!

09/11/2024

Another proud morning! Lyndal and Dean dancing their way through an Advanced test in the UK. He tries his heart out, this boy, and never disappoints. Next up is Odie, on Tuesday. Fingers crossed he has a good day!

Interestingly, Lyndal is now qualified for FEI Prix St Georges and above. In the UK once the rider is qualified, that's it. I think we should do that here, because it's far less complicated than having to qualify every horse every time.

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101 Geakes Road
Wilberforce, NSW
2756

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So excited to see the progress being made on construction at Ballodair Park Equestrian Centre, so we thought we'd share...

Reasons we love Lucas #67 When he says “There’s nothing wrong with that... and when you have some, big 6’4 guy telling you, there’s nothing wrong with that, I want you to listen” 😂😂 He may be one of only a handful of men that could get away with that 🤪😂 Seriously though. Loving my Friday training sessions with this awesome human. Riggles working towards pirouettes, tempi’s and passage and with very little sass 💁🏼‍♀️

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