Lads Lodge

16/08/2024

Hi, someone has taken my size L long Aubrion coat and left their size S coat. Can you please check ?

15/08/2024

Remember Dressage competition tomorrow:

Beginners leadrein
Novice group
Intro A
Intro B

15/08/2024

Reminder, dressage tomorrow from 3 pm:

Beginners leadrein
Novice group

Intro A
Intro B

14/08/2024

We still have spaces to enter! Please send us a message to let us know which classes you are attending!

14/08/2024

Some action shots from Chase Me Charlie from the last night of summer camp!

11/08/2024

11/08/2024

COMPETITION DATES:
Friday 16th August: DRESSAGE
Monday 19th August: SHOWJUMPING
Please message us to confirm what classes you’ll be attending.
Remember these competitions can all go towards your league points!

08/08/2024

Successful pony day today with the weather being in our side!
Still got some spaces available next week!

07/08/2024

1 hour trek on Saturday , still
Some spaces available

06/08/2024

Still some places left tomorrow for our teddy bear’s picnic!
10am - 1pm
from 3 years old.

31/07/2024

Some fab photos from our competition today! Fab to see everyone coming on!
Dates for our next competition will be released shortly!

29/07/2024

What a fab day for Lads Lodge’s first competition of the season!
Super effort from everyone involved! ⭐️

27/07/2024

Still some places left on our next camp 12th August to the 15th August . Come and join in the fun, making memories that last a lifetime

27/07/2024

Don’t forget our 1st competition of the year :

29th July :
Beginners leadrein
Novices off leadrein
Intro B

Starting at 1pm

31st July
Jumping
Leadrein
X poles
30cm
50cm

Look also out for vaulting barrel competition coming up in August

Contact Sabine on 07375598710

26/07/2024

To all my riders, who are participating in the Commonride in Langholm today. Have a fab day , enjoy every moment. 😀

26/07/2024

Time for BD and the FEI to step up and act now!

I know what Charlotte has done is wrong and I think she has paid her penance and will continue to do so.
That aside, we all know this goes on, at the top. We all know professionals are under pressure to produce better, quicker, more movement and it all comes down to money because the quicker the training the more money you get. This is not an excuse. This incident needs to bring about change and although, devastating as it is, what Charlotte has done needs to bring some good by spurring (excuse the pun) a big shift.
British Dressage and the FEI need to step up now and make BIG changes.
- Scrap young horse classes, OR judge them as YOUNG HORSES, reward the ones that are unbalanced, wobbly and weak and behaving as 4 year olds should.
- spot checks on clinics and training sessions and professional yards
- ⁠judges need to stop marking highly for the extravagance tense hollow horses and start rewarding the harmony higher. (This was a hot topic at Christmas at London International, how has nothing changed yet)
- ⁠if judges stop rewarding that way of riding, riders will stop riding like that and the training will be better.
- ⁠organisers of shows need to have the power to eliminate competitors if there horse is stressed, or ridden harshly in the warm up or test and this practice NEEDS to be used. A precedence needs to be set. Excessive grinding of teeth, excessive sweating these are all (for the most part) big signs of tension an unhappy horse and the rider shouldn’t be happy to compete their horse if this is how they are presenting in the warm up. Go home and step down a level, train a bit more, give the horse a holiday, get the physio… withdraw or face elimination, if the horse is being ridden harsh in the warm up of a competition venue then how is it ridden behind closed doors.
- ⁠the question “would you mind if I video you and put it on social media” should be on everyone’s minds and if the answer is remotely towards ‘errr maybe not’ then you are ridding / training wrong and incorrectly and should be eliminated or withdraw.
- ⁠a harsh stance needs to be taken across the board, not just at high profile, premier leagues, regionals or nationals. Everyone should have the power to say ‘that’s not rite’ then hopfully if people start using this power everyone will start training their horses in a kinder better PROPER way as there will be no where to hide.

Come on BD! Where are you on this. We need to save our sport and have ITV breakfast talking about what big changes have come about following this incident. We need action now while it’s in the general publics eye and we need the general public to see what we are doing to bring about change and show that we do love our horses and train them through kind rewarding methods.

25/07/2024

Last day of our first Summer Camp this year! 🏕️
Finshed off with a Vaulting session! If you fancy joining us our next camp is the 12-15th August. (Day places are also available!)

23/07/2024

Fabulous Day 2 at camp, with valkyrie_mounted_archer doing Mounted Archery with the ponies!
Spaces still available for our August Camp 12-15th! (Day places also available!)

03/07/2024

We are starting our Lads Lodge competition league again. Please collect your forms with details from Sabine.

Here are some dates:

26th July Dressage
29th July Jumping

15th Aug afternoon Jumping
16th Aug Dressage

22nd Sep afternoon Jumping
23rd September afternoon Dressage

October to be confirmed

Provisionally booked 8th December for Christmas party and presentation

03/07/2024

Ride and dine night was fab, unfortunately I was too busy to enjoy myself , so didn’t get many pictures, except for one, how NOT to work your horse in hand 🤣🤣🤣 thanks for posing Margaret and Marlon.
Planning another one on the 18th July.
Would anyone be interested in a beginners night ? Please message me for more info or booking

03/07/2024

Great day for our development squad at the dressage competition at Greenlands. Everyone rode so well, very proud of all . Great results with plenty of rosettes.

03/07/2024

Spaces left on 1hour hack on 12thJuly at 12:30

25/06/2024

Ride and Dine

26th June, 45 min groundwork and riding , a talk by Capontree vet about her more interesting cases followed by dinner, £40 . Starting at 6 pm .

22/06/2024

Vaulting horse turned dressage . What a superstar Ambrose is. Great result with really high scores and qualified for Trailblazer Championships in Addington 😀had fun today . Thank you to my helpers and to Adrienne , who looked after the yard and did the lessons for me.

21/06/2024

19/06/2024

Great lesson today with Harry Payne, Ambrose is coming on so well. What a star, now we just need to crack the loading! 🤣🤣

17/06/2024

GIVEAWAY!
Want to win a £30 voucher to use at Lads Lodge?
All you have to do is like, follow our page and tag a friend in the comments, the more tags the higher your chances!
A winner will be picked at random from the comments when our page reaches 2.5k followers!
(Please note age and weight restrictions will apply).

17/06/2024

Anyone fancies a hack this week? Can do after school/work or Sat /Sun afternoons.

14/06/2024

Looking for gymnastic coach to train equestrian vaulters , ideally once a week , but fortnightly would be ok. Thank you