Manawatu Riding For Disabled

15/11/2024

A load of delicious hay making its way to the haynets at MRDA. Many thanks to Jill, Jerry and Otis Holdgate for this! We are very grateful for all hay donations 🙏🤩

14/11/2024

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We are on the lookout for 5-6 keen people to join our newly-established fundraising committee.

If you’re keen to share ideas, help organise raffles and events all for a good cause, please get in touch via messenger or comment on this post.

28/10/2024

Over Labour Weekend, some of our riders competed in Special Olympics Te Whanganui a Tara tier two competition held at Hutt Valley RDA.

Carter Foot, Sarah Lawrence and Lydia Judd were apart of our team of five who travelled down to Hutt Valley and competed in the three events - dressage, working equitation and working trail. All of our riders did Manawatu Equestrian proud with everyone placing and Sarah, Lydia and Abi (MRDA volunteer) winning gold medals in their division.

The riders only had 15 minutes to get to know their horse before heading in to the competition ring so this was a massive achievement for these riders to be able to do in such a short time.

We are so incredibly proud of each and every one of them and thank you again to the Manawatu RDA horses who taught them, the support crew of the riders and Melanie Judd for managing the team so well.

16/10/2024

The lastest newsletter is now on the website. Despite having no lessons, we have been busy working with the ponies, running volunteer training, organising fun events and more! Read about it here 👇
https://manawaturda.com/pdf/NL_T3_24.pdf

15/10/2024

This is coming from the president but unfortunately because of Facebook protocols, it looks like a self congratulations.
A huge shout-out to Leah who conceived of and then built the set-up that has had so much positive feed-back last week. It is obviously an offering we need to repeat.
We only exist because of our volunteers, in various roles. Even those who have remunerated roles, that does not cover the hours they put in. Thank you to each and every one of you.
Also thanks to those who come and enjoy our wonderful facilities.
Any ideas for generating revenue to help pay our bills, please reach out to someone you know in the team or go to www.manawaturda.com/directory for other contact details.

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13/10/2024

Just popping on to say a huge ✨THANK YOU✨ to everyone who came along to our fundraising pony rides and obstacle days during the holidays. We hope you enjoyed your time playing and/or riding and we will definitely be doing more in the future.

10/10/2024

Some of the obstacles set up and ready to go for tomorrow!

There’s still spots available both days, use the booking system on Facebook to book.

Remember, only pay the arena fee of $20 to enjoy an exciting challenge for you and your horse. 🐴

23/09/2024

Our second exciting event is an obstacle day that we are hosting during the second week of the school holidays.

Held in our undercover arena, it’s a good chance to get out of the mud and come and have some fun with your horse. Try your hand at some new obstacles including a bridge, balls, tarps and more.

Unmounted combinations most welcome, just come along and have some fun!

This is bound to be popular so get your bookings in quick. Friday and Saturday time slots available to suit most.

23/09/2024

** Due to overwhelming demand, this is pre-bookings only. Both days are FULL. **

We have TWO very exciting events coming up in the school holidays.

The first event is pony rides 🦄

Not sure what to take the kids to during school holidays?

Manawatu RDA is once again offering pony rides at Manawatu Riding for the Disabled - 248 Awahuri Road Feilding.

Held in our undercover arena, the event will be on rain or shine. Helmets will also be provided to the riders. It will be a little bit different than last time with more ponies, two dates and two riding course options.

Cash or internet banking on the day is also welcome.

We look forward to seeing you there ☺️

The shorter course is about 5 mins on the pony, focusing on finding balance and going over some poles, around cones etc at one end of the arena. The longer course is about 10 mins on the pony and goes around the entire arena. It has a few more challenging activities so is suited to kids who are feeling confident.

17/09/2024

It's that time of year again! Mud glorious mud and shedding ponies. Luckily we have some wonderful volunteers who have been coming to our Pony Pamper days to give them a spruce up. There was a lot of brushing and a lot of hair - Brian had the right idea wearing non-stick clothing! Ngaba felt wonderful after his bath so of course he had to have a good roll 😁

12/09/2024

Knit and Natters have whipped up another lot of gorgeous winter woollies for us! Our riders are so grateful for these warm hats and gloves on a cold morning in the arena. Thank you Knit and Natters!

08/09/2024

Part 2 of the Equine Bodywork sessions was all about legs. Kay from Bodywork & Behaviour Equine Services came back to teach us how to stretch the ponies' leg muscles, and it wasn't just the ponies getting a workout! We were all practising our lunges and squats as Kay showed us how to position ourselves in a safe and stable stance to carry out the exercises.

Another productive session learning how to help our ponies. Thanks so much, Kay! 🙌