The winning horse is a year older than the Jockey!

[Chief Stipe]

 

[nomates]

Put a rather large smile on my dial .

[Freda]

Just brilliant.!        

And the kids all looked the part too...!

[curious]

What happened to that initiative here where they were teaching ponyclub kids etc. to ride to time?

[Freda]

1 hour ago, curious said:

What happened to that initiative here where they were teaching ponyclub kids etc. to ride to time?

Fell over. 

[Freda]

Just now, Freda said:

Fell over. 

Think it kept going other regions but nothing here.

[curious]

There were some earlier in the year but they seem to have stopped.

https://loveracing.nz/Events/Featured-Events/Ride-to-Time.aspx

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, Freda said:

Fell over. 

Were they over hurdles?

[curious]

2 hours ago, Freda said:

Fell over. 

Hard to figure why. They were almost all marked 'closed (FULL)' on the website so no lack of demand and with 2 masters in NGH and Walshy doing the tutelage I can see why. There's more than one or two going round on raceday at the moment that would have benefited.

Edited October 20, 2021 by curious

[Freda]

12 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

Were they over hurdles?

Idiot.

[Freda]

10 hours ago, curious said:

Hard to figure why. They were almost all marked 'closed (FULL)' on the website so no lack of demand and with 2 masters in NGH and Walshy doing the tutelage I can see why. There's more than one or two going round on raceday at the moment that would have benefited.

I'd say more than one or two.      I've got a delightful clip of a wee girl doing a cross-country course on her Dartmoor pony,  just gorgeous to watch, hell, some kids like that to start with, and there might be some talent unearthed.

Don't know how to put it up though, and it's not racing related anyway.

As for the tutors, I can't comment about Harry, but there's nothing doing down here.  And it was popular when first started.   The C.D has Kim C., doesn't it?  what does she do?

[curious]

Yes, I think Kim is still the CD Riding Master but I'm not really engaged enough to know what she does. I think the Riding to Time programme was plaigiarised from Oz.