Sunday the 3rd of June you are invited to be part of our first Horse Agility day at Kilroe Stud in Woodend.

We will be doing groundwork and clicker training with our horses on and over obstacles. We will have a platform to have your horse stand on, a tarp, streamers to walk through, a float to walk into, a water jump, a normal jump, a big horse-soccer ball and anything else I can think of in the mean time, all for you and your horse to play with. All levels welcome, ages from 7 to 97 welcome. Lunch will be provided.  10 am till 4pm  Bring your own horse, pony or donkey or use one of our horses. The more people the merrier. I have 5 horses available that LOVE clickertraining! If you like agility you can join Horse Agility Australia and work towards gaining certificates for different levels.

Full day including lunch 90,- per person (Members of HAA 5,- discount)
Please ring or email to book in 0419785064 or amber@yggdrasil.com.au

Seventeen of us went to Mansfield on the weekend for a two day ride with Sally and Michael at Watson’s trailrides.

A group of us went up on Friday afternoon in two cars and we spent the night at Mansfield Valley Motor Inn to start our ride fresh. The Motor Inn was great! Big, clean rooms and the breakfast delivered to the room in the morning was more than we could have wished for both in quality and in size!

After our sumptuous breakfast we had a short drive to Watson’s where we were welcomed by Michael. He asked us about our riding experience and what we enjoyed riding and allocated horses accordingly. The horses were great! Well looked after, well trained, and very well matched to our abilities. The first day we had a 2 hour ride before lunch at “The Dungeons” which sounds ominous but was a lovely hut in the bush. After lunch we had another 3 hour ride with lots of creek crossings and we finished the day at Howqua Valley Views. Marg, Leonie and I decided to sleep in swags on the lawn under the beautiful starry sky and the others slept in a number of bunk rooms. Even though we had to relocate to the verandah in the middle of the night due to a thunderstorm we had the best night in our swags!

The next morning we had a barbeque breakfast and by the time we were ready to leave the rain had stopped! Another 3 hour ride past beautiful views and the place where the descend in “Man from Snowy River” was filmed (Mad!!! you must not like life much to ride down that hill!!)  We had a great time, nice quiet pace for most of the ride but some good gallops as well!! Have not gone that fast on horseback for a while!

I can highly recommend Watson’s Trailrides! We will make it an annual event!

We had a great time at the camp! Very proud of you all, you did a marvelous job! Ready for your lessons without having to be told to get ready, cleaning your yards looking after your horses without having to be prompted. Being helpful to each other (and to us!) It just made the difference for us ( the adults) we were able to have a great time too! We went to Werribee to see Emily get a fouth place in the Elementary Freestyle at the National Young Rider Championships and to see the Pas de Deux. We did clicker training (Milly is almost ready for the National Equine Soccer Squad I think!) and groundwork and of course your dressage lessons in the morning. But I can keep writing but it is probably better to just give the link to the pictures, that’s what you are all waiting for of course!

I’m itchy all over, even a shower and complete change of clothes does not help! I clipped Hullabaloo today and the miniscule bits of hair are everywhere! Although I did somehow manage to not get too many in my eyes this year. Hullabaloo was great, amazing really if you think about it… She snorts and carries on about the most mundane things but the clipper machine sound and vibration did not seem to be a big deal. Go figure…

There is now an opportunity for an approved person to part-lease Neala.

Part-lease means that Neala will be used as a lesson pony on some days and that you can ride 3 to 4 times a week and take her to Pony Club and/or competitions. All feed/hooftrims/tack/one lesson a week and cleaning of paddocks included in lease price.

For more information please contact Amber.

And what a great time we had! Could not have asked for better weather, good group of people, great food and beautiful horses. I am amazed by the advancement people made in three days, some had only had about twenty lessons peviously, other had not ridden for a while and all went so much better after the three days. What was most amazing though is that all were still able to walk by the end of it and not too stiff and sore after riding twice a day for three days!

Here some pictures, more to follow so make sure to check back so you don’t miss out on the jumping pictures!

Fred Sterling and Doobie arrived in Woodend today, Fred had a show-off session for the foal! He looked like a silly foal himself for a while! Arena is harrowed, tackroom in order, stables and yards are cleaned and the rooms are all nice and neat. Even my power-point-presentation that had me procrastinating is done! All ready and waiting and now I only have to look forward to the weekend!  So nice to have a tick in all the boxes of my To-Do-List. Jean has been seen pouring over her trusted Frankie Dettori’s Italian Family Cookbook so we will be very well fed if last camp was anything to go by. Just checked the weather and even that looks like good riding weather around 20 degrees and mostly sunny.
See you soon everybody!

It’s time for a pony camp again!

Second week of the school holidays, Monday 9th of April to Wednesday 11th of April 2012. More info on the “Riding Camp” page!

Only 2 places left!

ONLY 2 PLACES LEFT!!

Would you like to have a weekend of good food and a great time with your horse and nothing to worry about except giving your horse a groom and a feed and finding a good spot to watch the sun go down with a glass of wine in your hand?
Join us in March for the Labour Day weekend.
You can bring your own horse or you can call one of our horses your own for the three days.

Have a look at some of the pictures of our christmas riding camp on Facebook

Saturday the 10th of March 2012 we start at 9.30 (you can arrive on Friday afternoon if you don’t like an early start) till Monday the 12th of March 2012 when we will pack up after 4pm and you can make your way back home.

Total of 6 places BUT ONLY 3 PLACES LEFT!! Booking form here

Tuesday the 24th full day pony day, 9am till 4pm. Only 3 school ponies left, own ponies/horses welcome. Ring Amber on 0419785064 to book. Or amber@yggdrasil.com.au 100,-per rider morning and afternoon tea and healthy lunch provided.

The Pony Day is now booked full. See you all on Tuesday. Weather forecast looks like you will need to bring a waterbottle and a hat!