Chigwell Riding Trust For Special Needs

21/11/2024

20/11/2024

It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you our latest addition to the yard. I know we have only just acquired the lovely Gryffin but this pony has been waiting in the wings for many, many weeks. Let me tell you all about her……

She is called Poppy and is very kindly on loan from Susan Mullaly Poppy is Welsh, she’s 14.2hh and she is 10yrs old. She only arrived on Sunday but I quickly knew she would be a great addition to our team.
We now have our full complement of equines 😃

19/11/2024

Morning everyone, here are your signs for today 🙂

17/11/2024

👏👏Another great day with the final results of the 2024 RDA Virtual Championships. We had three riders competing in their respective classes. So in the order that they rode we had….

2nd place…Emilija Szpytma-Kellman on April

1st place…Harry Trewartha on April

1st place…Jessica De Lissandri on Buster

Well done riders and of course to the ponies too.

What a wonderful weekend we’ve had with dressage and our regular lessons taking place too. 👏👏

17/11/2024

Good morning folks, I hope you’re all well. Unfortunately we are going to be short of volunteers this afternoon. If you could help from 1.45 onwards that would be great. Our fingers are crossed 🤞🤞

16/11/2024

Following the good news of Opal and Ruby earlier I just felt I had to post today’s photos. Richard A Watson gave some lovely lessons today which produced some great riding. Well done one and all 👏👏👏

16/11/2024

I am delighted to say that Opal Lycett riding Bilbo and Ruby Lycett riding Paddy won their respective dressage classes today in the RDA Virtual Championships. We could not be more proud of the girls or of Bilbo and Paddy. Well done indeed Team Chigwell 👏👏👏👏

There are three more riders competing tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞

16/11/2024

If you would like to cheer on our riders at the Virtual Championships today and tomorrow, then log onto Facebook and go to RDA. The Virtuals are being broadcast live !
Here are our riders times. Log on and support them and even leave them a message in the comments!

Saturday
Opal class 11 @ 16.39
Ruby class 12 @ 16.59

Sunday

Emilija class 15 @ 16.19
Harry class 17 @ 17.04
Jessica class 18 @ 17:16

Good luck everyone !!

Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)

15/11/2024

After a a dull week weather wise, we were blessed with sunshine this afternoon. It brings the best out of everyone. Well done to all our riders and many thanks to all you volunteers.

13/11/2024

A great time was had by all today. Well done everyone and a big thank you to the volunteers. Here are just some of our riders today. Well done coach Emma Bonham 👏👏

12/11/2024

Sorry to let you down but no BSL signs today. I am not firing on all cylinders 😔

10/11/2024

As always CRT likes to remember not only those who gave their lives in conflict but the horses and dogs too. They are in alphabetical order 🌺

09/11/2024

Hi folks, it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Gryffin. He is our latest addition to the team. I think you know we have been looking for a new horse for a long, long time. They are like gold dust to find and generally if you do find one it is sold before you even have a chance to look at it. Gryffin came by word-of-mouth, from a very reliable source, he wasn’t even advertised. Gryffin is much younger than we would normally buy. He is only five rising six. But we decided, by going down a younger route we can bring him on in our own quiet, steady way. He has only been here 10 days, but Richard and I just knew from the beginning that he was going to be the right person. You will all be able to follow his progress but do bear in mind he will not be doing RDA for sometime.

08/11/2024

Hi folks, your two signs today are🙂

07/11/2024

Your two signs for this morning with Bracken’s help 😉