Access Equestrian Pony Club Riding Center

07/18/2024

Our Pony Club team is representing at the USPC 2024 Festival! All our riders achieved Outstanding Turn-Out inspection. Day two starts now! .

07/15/2024

AEPC dressage riders are all packed up and headed to Lexington, KY to represent at Championships! We are also sending two Quiz competitors! See you in KY!

06/24/2024

06/02/2024

Congratulations to two AEPC teams for bringing home 1st and 2nd in both Horse Management and Overall at today’s Show Jumping Rally! We had a great time and everyone enjoyed the experience and spending time with teammates.

05/13/2024

Another amazing day at ! AEPC had riders in the Adult Advanced Beginner, Intermediate and Medal classes. Everyone did some of their best riding of the season. Congratulations to Amanda for 8th place and for 9th in a very competitive Intermediate class and Reserve Champion in the Medal! #

05/12/2024

Day one of is in the books and our riders all had great rides! So proud of how much progress this team has made this year! Congratulations to .on.coursez for Reserve Champion in the Novice 9th-12th grade division!

05/04/2024

AEPC’s first ! We’re so excited for Josh and Maggie!

04/19/2024

Entries are open for AEPC’s Horseless Rally! Open to both Pony Club members and nonmembers who want to learn more! DM your email address for more info.

04/14/2024

AEPC hit the trails this morning to help out with the annual trail cleanup! Members cleared rocks and branches, trimmed back overgrowth, raked trails, and earned their Land Conservation badges. It was a beautiful day to get outside and give back to our community!

04/13/2024

Amazing turnout at today’s Metropolitan Region Quiz Rally! Although we were sadly down two members due to illness, our AEPC teams put in a strong performance with our Novice team finishing 4th and our Senior team taking 1st in their respective divisions. Everyone showed amazing teamwork and several members qualified for Championships!

04/12/2024

Two AEPC teams will be putting their horse knowledge to the test at tomorrow’s Quiz Rally. Good luck to all!

04/07/2024

AEPC teams are ready for next week’s Quiz Rally! We had our last prep today and ran through practice of each phase. Looking forward to the competition!

03/28/2024

03/14/2024

Are you a student looking to complete volunteer hours? Do you know someone who may need volunteer credit for school or work? We are looking for afterschool volunteers to help in our growing lesson program.

Minimal experience is required and training is provided. All it takes is two hours a week to make a difference in our community. For more details and information please visit our website. Volunteer sign ups are happening now! Register for our spring volunteer program today.

www.accessequestrian.org/volunteer

03/10/2024

AEPC members took some time before diving into Quiz prep to help clear rocks from one of our paddocks. Great work everyone! I’m sure the ponies will appreciate it!

03/04/2024

Check it out! The website for the 2024 USPC Festival is available now! 🎉 Find information for all things USPC Festival and start the registration at bit.ly/2024-uspc-festival

02/26/2024

Our latest Quiz prep was all about jumps. After discussing some of the different stadium and cross country jumps, we headed to the arena to build a pretty intimidating Swedish oxer! Then we did a little Quiz practice with a matching game.

02/11/2024

Our D-level members met today for a Quiz Rally prep all about tack and grooming.

02/05/2024

Let USPC help you with your college journey! Applications are now open for the college scholarships offered to USPC members. You can find the complete list of scholarships, qualifications, and applications on our website. All applications and required documents must be completed online before the April 1 deadline.
Apply here: bit.ly/uspc-available-college-scholarships

01/27/2024

We had an opportunity to explore the Anatomy Lab and Horse Management room this afternoon. These are always fun to walk through and learn something new.

01/27/2024

This year’s Research Fair is full of interesting equine research. Excellent work by all those who entered their projects!

01/26/2024

Our Center Administrator and Asst Ctr Admin of our Access Equestrian Pony Club are learning at the National Convention this week and are excited to be learning how to better include PC in all that we do!!

01/26/2024

BY LAUREN MAULDIN It kills me every time. You see a lovely photo of a beautiful horse posted on social media. The rider is beaming next to their horse that’s well groomed with a sleek coat, but the noseband of the halter is hanging down, down, down.  Proper fitting tack isn’t about aesthetics; ...

01/26/2024

Day 1 of the has been full of engaging discussions on how we can improve the Pony Club experience. Several exciting changes and new programs are on the horizon!

01/21/2024

Feeling the winter riding blues? Stay safe in the cold this winter and enjoy these cold-weather riding tips and exercises from the USPC National Youth Board.
>bit.ly/cold-weather-riding-exercises

01/21/2024

Matteo took time out of his busy schedule of napping and eating hay to be the best Parts of the Horse model for our first Quiz prep of the year.

01/19/2024

In honor of International Hoof Care Week, we want to bring back this article from Zoetis Equine, offering some great tips to help prepare for successful hoof care visits! Find the article here: bit.ly/tips-to-prepare-for-successful-farrier-visits and remember to thank your hoof care professionals for taking care of our equine friends!
Photo courtesy of Zoetis Equine

01/06/2024

Fun day out at a schooling show for AEPC riders and horses. Kiki, Matteo and Coco were rockstars. Thank you for hosting !

01/05/2024

Our monthly Zoom meetings are the best way to keep up with all the latest Pony Club news!