Merrivale Arena Hire

01/08/2024

As effective as any purchased equine fly spray …

30/07/2024

28/07/2024

The event site owner nor organiser does not insure the rider, your horse, your tack or your equipment. You are strongly advised to have in place your own adequate insurance at all times

04/07/2024

📢 Shout out 📢

Please see attached the schedule for the 14th of July. Entries will be open very soon! 😄

03/07/2024

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07791 795989

Thank you xx

13/06/2024

In light of some reported strangles cases in an area in Cornwall, please note that I am open, but I do expect extra vigilance and respect, if you have any of the following concerns:

1/ Been in contact with any horses/persons from yard concerned. Please cancel and rebook when you know all is ok.

2/ Please cancel your hire or lesson (last minute is fine in this case, with no charge) if you are concerned about your horse/pony.. from being a bit off to lethargic, head down and sad looking, has a temperature, over 38.5°C (often the first sign), a cough, off feed or drink, or has a thick nasal discharge.

Please also be considerate and do not allow any contact/snogging with any of Merrivale equine residents or drinking from any of my troughs.. Please do bring your own bucket to fill.

Thank you so much 😊 xx

Thoughts with the yard concerned.. I had 1 case with strangles many, many years ago (asa teenager) and remember it well, apart from the worry of the horse being so poorly and the nursing, it’s hard work with lots of washing, changes of clothes
and disinfecting.

13/06/2024

07/06/2024

06/06/2024

Due to a recent late addition to the calendar of a GOBE, from your second favourite venue in Devon 😉, and after much deliberating, we and the organisers from Torrington Farmers have decided to change their original ODE date to avoid a clash.

Sadly, this does mean we will clash with other local events on the new date, however, it was our only other choice of date with all our events set at the start of the year. We hope the change will not cause too much trouble and all events get good support.

We work very hard at Southcott XC to put on the best events for our organisers and riders; having good ground, new courses and all at a reasonable price. We try our best to fit around local BE, Cotswold Cup and PC/RC events. This can be very tricky and we hope all venues in the Southwest will work together in the future to ensure we have a good coverage of events in the area.

05/06/2024

Launceston is a nice inviting, well presented course right on the Devon/Cornwall border. It is ideal for the more experienced and first timer alike. Improvements and changes are continual, and our river crossings and wooded areas adds variety to the course that has been well received. The show jumpi...

04/06/2024

📣No Day Time Closure of the A30 during the Royal Cornwall Show📣
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⚠️UPDATE⚠️
There are still overnight closures of the A30 between Chiverton and Mitchell, 8pm to 6am on Wednesday night and Thursday night.
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Following discussions, the Royal Cornwall Show is delighted to be able to confirm that there will now be no planned daytime closures for the new A30 project during the three days of the Royal Cornwall Show on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.

It has been confirmed by the relevant authorities that the previously planned daytime closures will no longer be in place for the duration of the Royal Cornwall Show.

Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association, Chris Riddle commented ‘We are very happy to hear that in this instance common sense has prevailed, and disruption to traffic heading to the Show during the day will be mitigated. We still advise that anyone visiting the Show this week gives themselves plenty of time for their journey, and have a wonderful time while they are here’

The Royal Cornwall Show takes place at the Royal Cornwall Events Centre near Wadebridge on the 6, 7 & 8 June. Tickets are available online and on the day. https://royalcornwallshow.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/

04/06/2024

Weather is looking pleasing for the

🐑Royal Cornwall Show.🚜

Looking ahead at the weather for the Royal Cornwall show.

Thursday will be largely dry to start the day, with a mixture of sunny spells with variable amounts of clouds around. When that sun does come out, the UV levels will rise, so please remember to slap on that sun cream and stay hydrated! It's also looking like the pollen levels will be high too, so bring some tissues and anything else that may help you.

The temperature will feel slightly cooler at between 13c and 16c. However, in direct sunshine, it'll feel much warmer. The winds remain coming from a Northwesterly or westerly direction, blowing at around 10-25mph.

During the small hours of Friday morning, a low-pressure system over Scotland, will push a weather front towards Cornwall, meaning a possibility of early morning mist and patchy light rain, but by late morning on Friday, it'll become more of a Southeasterly direction, and become a dry afternoon, plenty of long sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud.

(We are keeping an eye on the low pressure I mentioned and will keep you updated, in case this changes the weather conditions.)

Temperatures will sit between 14c and 17c, with moderate to high UV levels and pollen levels looking to be moderate. The winds remain on a Northwesterly flow.

Friday also sees a big area of high pressure starting to build from the west for Saturday, and this will help keep the rain away for now. It's looking to be a largely dry day with sunny spells and cloud amounts differing during the day. Please remember that the UV will moderate to High with High pollen, too. Temperatures will sit between 13c and 16c, although in direct sunlight, it'll feel much warmer.

Have a fantastic time at the Royal Cornwall show, and keep an eye on the page for daily updates.

Kind regards,
Dave
KWT

04/06/2024

Get your big girl pants on!
😂

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27/05/2024

A Show Jump course is up if anyone wants some practice before the weekend? 🏇🏾

24/05/2024

Plenty of arena hire and training slots available in half term next week!

Do you need help teaching your horse groundwork exercises? Is lunging or long reining a struggle?

Do you have a youngster that you are wishing to start doing some ‘age appropriate’ exercises with prior to backing?

Perhaps you have an older horse who’s spacial awareness is lacking and you need some guidance of how to fix it?

Or you may be looking to improve your canter, jumping technique, course/line riding skills? with the help of poles and gridwork..

Drop me a message as I’d love to help!

We can arrange a suitable time for you to pop over.. 1-2-1 Lessons or bring your friend/s along and share an hour’s fun lesson.

Many thanks
Karen

DM, WhatsApp, ring or text thank you

07791 795989

08/05/2024

Calling all walkers, runners and riders 😂

Poles are set up for ridden, young horse, young rider, in hand or long reining training…

Create focus and improve rhythm, suppleness, straightness, flexion through joints, proprioception, confidence.. the benefits from polework are limitless..

Message to book a hire slot or a lesson and I look forwards to seeing you soon. 🐎🏇🏾🏃🚶🏻‍♀️

Karen
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