Charter Oak Pony Club

12/17/2024

Some tips for grooming your best equine pal this winter. ❄️🐴🥶

Grooming your horse in the winter takes a little more elbow grease than in summer. The routine and grooming steps are the same, but you must account for longer hair and no option to bathe if it’s too cold where you live. However, there are ways to deep-clean your fuzzy horse in cold weather.

12/15/2024

Celebrating 70 years of impact of The United States Pony Clubs!

Over the past seven decades, the United States Pony Clubs (USPC) has served more than 175,000 members and counting. For many, Pony Club is the start of lifelong involvement with horses. But the impact of the United States Pony Clubs over 70 years extends far beyond the barn. Read more about the impact of USPC here: bit.ly/united-states-pony-clubs-70-years-impact

12/08/2024

2024 Charter Oak Holiday Hobby Horse Show. These girls demonstrated their skill over courses for equitation over fences, equitation on the flat, hunter handy and jumper courses. Way to go ladies! We had a fun holiday gift exchange too!

11/25/2024

Congratulations to Charter Oak members: Paige, Sydney, Annabelle, Heiress, Sophia, and Nathalie who competed at the Fall Finale in Tulsa over the last four days! We had a great showing and a wonderful time! Our riders worked hard, supported each other, worked as a team, and rode their best! We couldn’t be more proud of these superstar horses and riders!

11/17/2024

You still have two more weeks of No Stirrup November! (Even though this applies year-round) 🐴🐎

The benefits of riding without stirrups include strong legs, suppleness, and a more secure and independent seat. It’s also good to practice riding without stirrups so that you’ll be prepared in case you lose a stirrup while riding. If you’re ready to drop your stirrups this November, follow these tips and exercises for intermediate level exercises here here: bit.ly/no-stirrups-intermediate

11/16/2024

Charter Oak Pony Club had the coolest experience tonight! Some of our members and their parents got an all-access, backstage tour of the horse races at Re*****on Park and we got to sponsor one of the races! We got to meet some of the many people that make the races possible, be in the sound booth as they called the race, try our hand at being camera operators, see the TV control room, and even sound the bugle call! How cool is that?!

11/15/2024

Curious about what happens during a rating? Check out these photos from our most recent D1/D2 rating at Charter Oak Pony Club. These kids works very hard to advance their horse management knowledge and riding skills and it certainly showed!

Next rating for C1/C2 December 15th!

11/11/2024

We had a successful rating at the Charter Oak Pony Club today. Congratulations to Sophia (D1 and D2), Hannah (D1), Harper (D 1) and Aubrey (D1) who all passed their certifications both flying colors. Nathalie, Paige and Annabelle offered fantastic support to our testing members. Special thanks to Mel, Tracy and Alison for making the magic happen!

11/11/2024

We hope that you will consider placing this flyer at your riding center to share the news of Charter Oak Pony Club! The QR code will lead potential members to an interest form that is monitored by Charter Oak leaders. Thanks for spreading the word!

11/11/2024

It's getting cold(er) here in Oklahoma! Learn how to best care for your best equine pal this winter!

Grooming your horse in the winter takes a little more elbow grease than in summer. The routine and grooming steps are the same, but you must account for longer hair and no option to bathe if it’s too cold where you live. However, there are ways to deep-clean your fuzzy horse in cold weather. With tips from the pros at Shapley's, you can master cold-weather grooming!
❄️bit.ly/winter-horse-grooming-tips

11/02/2024

Tips for hunt seat equitation from US Pony Club.

Hunter Seat Equitation is the basis for learning to jump and transition into Show Jumping. Learn from Christina Keim, USPC National Examiner, how to progress your Hunter Seat Equitation skills through the various Pony Club certification levels. You can find the tips here: bit.ly/improve-your-hunter-seat-equitation-skills

11/02/2024

We had a great time today at Shawna Doering’s barn! She carefully set up an activity for our Clubbers to identify and correct dozens of common incorrect and unsafe conditions in the barn. What a great way for them to practice and apply their knowledge in a real-world situation!

Thank you so much for having us out and for your time and effort putting this together, Shawna!

11/01/2024

Check this out to learn more about how horses learn!
(I don’t think that the US Pony Club offers the badges mentioned at the end)

10/27/2024

What a beautiful day for a Pony Club meeting! We are gearing up for D and C ratings and enjoying our time learning outside, with friends, and with some of our favorite horses! Many thanks to Mel and Alison for your thoughtful instruction! 🐴😍

10/27/2024

A big congratulations to Charter Oak member Stephenie for her amazing showing at the Red River Eventing Rally in Weatherford, TX! Stephenie got champion for her division and her team placed second in the rally! Way to go, Stephenie and team! 🏅🐴🐎

10/24/2024

This is such a cool idea!

Have you ever wondered why horses behave a certain way? Are you curious about how different approaches to horse care might affect your horse's health or performance? Do you have questions about how or why certain horse management practices are preferred over others? Are you interested in developing a strategy to learn more about a specific question you have about your horse? If you answered "YES!" to any of these questions, then the Pony Club Research Project Fair is for YOU!

Held during the USPC Convention, the Research Project Fair provides Pony Club members of all ages and certification levels the opportunity to expand their equine knowledge.

Applications for the 2025 USPC Research Project fair, presented by Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation with support from Kentucky Equine Research, Manfredi ENCORE Lab, and The Equestrian College Advisor are open until January 2, 2025
Learn more here: www.ponyclub.org/activities/comp-opportunities

10/11/2024

Pony Club shout out on the newest episode of The Great British Baking Show! 😀🐴