Ratabank Equestrian Centre

Ratabank Equestrian Centre Hello and welcome to Ratabank Equestrian Centres page. We are a small Riding school located just 15 minutes North of the Nelson CBD. Birthday parties!

Our aim is to provide a safe and fun enviorment to learn to ride in. We currently offer riding lessons to primary school ages and older. Group 1hour lessons max 4 riders: $40 per rider
Our Group Riding lessons run Monday to Thursdays During after school hours. Private 1 hour lessons: $60



Pony Pal Courses
These courses are a great way to gain more knowledge on pony health and care. Dates for th

ese courses will be put up on our page. open to ages 5+


School holiday programs are run during the term holidays. Please keep and eye out on our page for more information. Please message us to book your Pony Party. [email protected]
021 141 41 95
Hope to see you soon !!

Our first lot of holiday programs have been great! I still currently have some spaces for the 21st 😁🌈
11/01/2025

Our first lot of holiday programs have been great!
I still currently have some spaces for the 21st 😁🌈

03/01/2025

We are available for private lessons over the holidays!

Our term time lessons will start the 17th of February if your child would like to join a class during the term it is recommended that they come for a trial lesson first, a trial lesson gives us a good idea of how confident your child is on and around the pony. This then gives us a better idea of what group to place them in.
Please message us if you would like to book in for a private lesson or a trial lesson.

27/12/2024

January holiday programs dates as follows! I will add more dates if there is lots of interest.
7th 21st and 28th of January.
10am -2pm
$60 per person
Limited spaces available

Nelson A&P show done and dusted for another year. Our Star pony Zinzan (Cardonald Zinzan) Expertly piloted by Isabella h...
24/11/2024

Nelson A&P show done and dusted for another year.

Our Star pony Zinzan (Cardonald Zinzan)
Expertly piloted by Isabella had a fantastic show
Champion c Ring Pony
Reserve champion paced and mannered pony
And Supreme Pony of the show 😎 against some very strong competition.
So proud of these two, their hard work is really starting to show.
❤️

Rosa Tom Thumb (Tom)
Champion led purebred welsh
Reserve champion ridden welsh
2nd in the open saddle hunter class
1st novice paced and mannered lead rein pony
2nd in the lead rein open class doing a great job of looking after his little 5yr old rider Keanu.

Spider was a super good girl for only her second outing with us. 2nd in her open in the lead rein.

Ratabank jack Daniel’s (Jack) played show pony again and looked after his rider super for some seconds and thirds in the leisure ring on Saturday. Superb performance for their first outing as a combination 😍😍

The season has started and Isabella and ZinZan are on a roll! Supreme pony at Blenheim pony club show and supreme pony a...
22/09/2024

The season has started and Isabella and ZinZan are on a roll!
Supreme pony at Blenheim pony club show and supreme pony at Marshlands mini show. Looking forward to the rest of the season 💙💚💙

Something with this photo is not right but I just cant figure out what it is 😂😂 that’s definitely how you ride a horse!!...
12/09/2024

Something with this photo is not right but I just cant figure out what it is 😂😂 that’s definitely how you ride a horse!! 🫣🤷‍♀️
Fun and games

A week of hacking last week! Love getting out for hacks down to the beach 🌈
11/09/2024

A week of hacking last week! Love getting out for hacks down to the beach 🌈

10/09/2024

Pass wide and slow.

Over the past week we have been riding down the road. I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who passed our horses wide and slow!!
Unfortunately there were a few egg heads who didn’t slow down or pass wide!
If we wave our arm up and down it means we are trying to get you to slow down and we would really appreciate it if this was acknowledged.
Failing to slow down around horses on the road could result in a serious accident!!

Pass wide and slow 💚💚🐎🐎

The printing on these rugs came up great! Congratulations to all the winners who won them on the weekend at Emma's Memor...
18/08/2024

The printing on these rugs came up great!
Congratulations to all the winners who won them on the weekend at Emma's Memorial Show 🤩

Wow what a weekend!!!7 Ponies 8 riders. Emma’s Memorial show was a great success! Thank you so much to the organisers o...
18/08/2024

Wow what a weekend!!!
7 Ponies 8 riders.
Emma’s Memorial show was a great success!
Thank you so much to the organisers of the show. We all had a great time.
Some very tired ponies and riders.

Special hoodie for a special wee girl! 😍Love me some sparkle ✨ ✨Photos don’t do this justice!
13/08/2024

Special hoodie for a special wee girl! 😍
Love me some sparkle ✨ ✨
Photos don’t do this justice!

The New Zealand under 19 men’s under water hockey team in their tops I printed for them🤩 they are currently sitting top ...
25/07/2024

The New Zealand under 19 men’s under water hockey team in their tops I printed for them🤩 they are currently sitting top of the table in first place at the Age group world championship in Malaysia.!!!🥳 They play the Aussies tomorrow in the semi finals, 🤞 for a win which will put them in the Final to play for Gold on Saturday!
Good luck boys!

The arena getting a much needed fluff up today before lessons kick into gear
23/07/2024

The arena getting a much needed fluff up today before lessons kick into gear

Can’t wait to see this on 🤩
22/07/2024

Can’t wait to see this on 🤩

And to end all the holiday antics. A fun ride for all of my amazing helpers ❤️
18/07/2024

And to end all the holiday antics. A fun ride for all of my amazing helpers ❤️

Morning hacks to the beach 🏝️
17/07/2024

Morning hacks to the beach 🏝️

One of our superstar ponies Jack doing what he does best. Giving enjoyment to kids who love ponies and passing on his kn...
16/07/2024

One of our superstar ponies Jack doing what he does best. Giving enjoyment to kids who love ponies and passing on his knowledge to them!

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130 The Glen Road
Nelson
7071

Telephone

+64211414195

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Just some photos of my favourite one in a million pony and his rider 😍 of their fantastic season for 11 wides and 4 supremes! Looking forward to next season so we can smash out some more goals 🤩🤩🤩

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