Spring to Summer

Hello, it is my turn to report on what has been a very busy time for the ponies.

Magic

We had a very successful open day at the centre in May.
I joined Midnight, Robbie and my best friend George in a drill ride. Emily mixed some music together and instructed the volunteers on how to teach us to learn the demonstration.

From left: Kirsten on Magic, Ellie on Midnight & Scott on George

Lily on Robbie

Scott on George leading the drill ride 

Circling to music

Some of our RDA riders had a chance to show off their skills too.

Gayle on Lucca

There was a demonstration by Para Dressage rider, Gayle Bloomfield on her new horse Lucca...  

Gayle demonstrates dressage moves on Lucca

Louise on Ralph

and Louise Fox rode her horse, Ralph, to music.

From left: Louise on Ralph & Gayle on Lucca

In the conference room, there was a table top sale, raffle and cake stall.

Morpeth RDA Group Chairman Malcolm Haigh enjoying tea & cake

It was a fun day, and we had brilliant support from everyone. Thank you!

During half term, a group of children from Useful Vision came to the centre. This is a charity that provides events for visually impaired children and their families in the North East  www.usefulvision.org.uk

Volunteers help Monty's rider to hold her reins

Gilly and his rider wait to hear a 'beep-beep' before moving on

They all had a fun day too!

Last weekend was Belsay Horse Trials, who kindly chose to support us again this year.

We had an event tent which stayed up despite the windy conditions...

Emily leads a rider on Magic   

and I was there with Domino, Midnight and Rusty to raise funds by giving pony rides.

I loved being at Belsay...

they have the best grass!

Finally, the latest news is that we have a new addition at the Pegasus Centre. And it is not a pony...

it is a very tiny kitten called O'Malley...

who belongs to Sophie and Emily. Sadly O'Malley has no mother, so Sophie is bottle feeding him and hopefully he will grow to be a big strong cat.

But at the moment he is still small enough to sleep inside Emily's shirt collar!