Just a reminder about our show on Sunday 6 May .. Brook Cottage Farm Riding School Show - Sunday 6 May 2018 10am Class 1 Walk trot dressage (BD Introduction A) Lead rein / off lead rein Rosettes to 6th place Entries £10 with one of our ponies; £8 on own pony 11am Class 2 Canter dressage (BD Preliminary 7) Rosettes to 6th place Entries £11 with one of our ponies; £9 on own pony Class split into rider age under and over 16 12.30pm Demonstration Ride - with some of our adult riders and helpers 1.30pm Show Jumping (Course walk 1.00pm) Clear round before each class Class 3 - mini (tiny cross poles) Class 4 - 45cm Class 5 - 50cm Class 6 - 60 - 70cm Entries £8 with one of our ponies; £6 on own pony 3pm Class 7 Countryside Challenge Suitable for children of all ages - navigate a course both on and off your pony, in the manege and around the field. Both on / off lead rein allowed. Entries split into groups and timed around the course - rosettes to all competitors. Entries £10 4pm Class 3 Best Turned Out Rosettes to 5 place Entries £3 4.30pm Charity Dog Show Please bring your dogs along and take part in the dog show - lots of classes, lots of rosettes! All proceeds to the RDA (Riding for the Disabled Association). Drinks and cake sale Refreshments and lunch provided throughout the day by our own cafe, Springs. Please let us have entries by Wednesday 2 May. Entries will be limited in classes 1 and 2. Thank you

Brookfest Saturday 30 June 2018 - tickets are now available - either on-line (address in pic below) or from the riding school or cafe. Prices are £17.50 for adults, £10 for 13 - 17 year olds, £5 for 5 - 12 year olds and under 5s are free. Please come and enjoy a great day of fantastic live music, food and drink, entertainment and activities for the children. We're a charity festival, raising money for our RDA (Riding and Driving for the Disabled) activities here at Brook Cottage Farm 🍾🎶☀️

Our Pony Pub Plod is in this week's Bishop's Stortford Independent xx

Brook Cottage Farm Riding School Spring Half Term Activities Tuesday 29 May 9.30am - 2.00pm Show Jumping Day £40 bring packed lunch. Suitable for children aged 6 and over. Spend the morning practising jumping a small course of jumps. After lunch there will be a mini clear round show jumping competition. Good practice for the show in at the end of August! 2 - 4pm Lessons - please book a private or group lesson or hack during this time ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 30 May 9 - 11am Lessons - please book a private or group lesson or hack during this time 11am -3.30 pm Own a Pony Day £40 bring packed lunch. Suitable for children aged 5 and over. Have one of our ponies as your own for the day - you will have to feed, groom, muck out and exercise your pony. Riding parts of the day to include a lesson in the manege and a hack around the field. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 31 May 10 - 12pm Pony Care and Ride £29 suitable for children age 4 and over. Spend time caring for your pony, grooming, tacking up and riding. Riding for around an hour - lessons in the manage and riding in the field. Please speak to Louise, Leanne or Caroline to book - 07919 888655 Saturday 26 May and Sunday 27 May- lessons as normal Saturday 2 June and Sunday 3 June - lessons as normal Please give us 24 hours notice if you need to cancel a lesson or pony day, otherwise there is a £10 cancellation charge. Thank you x

Brook Cottage Farm Riding School There will be a slight increase in lesson prices from 1 May: Price List (Instructors Louise, Sam, Jody, Rachael and Yasmine) 1 May 2018 Group Lessons 30 minutes - £20 45 minutes - £24 Private Lessons 30 minutes - £26.50 45 minutes - £32.50 Semi - Private (2 riders) 30 minutes - £23 45 minutes - £28 Hacking 1 hour - £30 1.5 hours - £45 On Own Horse / Pony Private Lessons 30 minutes - £20 45 minutes - £26 Semi - Private (2 riders) 30 minutes - £18 45 minutes - £23 Group Lessons 30 minutes - £16 45 minutes - £20 Many thanks, Louise

First lamb of the year - surviving the rain! He's called Storm! Fingers crossed for better weather over the next few days - Own a Pony day tomorrow xx

Just a reminder that we're closed today and tomorrow. Happy Easter everyone 🐣🐎🏇

Now the evenings are lighter we have lessons after school on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, term time only. Please message on here or text /call Louise on 07919 888655 for lesson groups and times. Many thanks 🐎🏇

Ah Berry was the donkey at the Furneux Pelham church Palm Sunday procession - a very pretty donkey ☺ Thank you Leanne for taking her x

Brook Cottage Farm Riding School Easter Holiday 2018 Activities Saturday 31 March lessons as normal - Sunday 1 April closed Tuesday 3 April 10.00am - 2.30pm Own a Pony Day £40 bring packed lunch. suitable for children aged 6 and over. Have one of our ponies as your own for the day - you will have to feed, groom, muck out and exercise your pony. Riding parts of the day to include a lesson in the manege and a hack around the field. Pony care badge awarded. Wednesday 4 April 9.30am - 2.00pm Show Jumping Day £40 bring packed lunch. Suitable for children aged 6 and over. Spend the morning practising a jumping a small course of jumps, cleaning tack and preparing for the show. After lunch there will be a clear round show jumping competition. Good practice for the show in May! 2.00pm - 4.00pm Lessons Thursday 5 April 9.30am - 2pm Dressage Day £40 bring packed lunch. Suitable for children aged 6 and over. Spend the morning learning about dressage and practising a simple dressage test, After lunch there will be a mini dressage competition. Good practice for the show in May! 2 - 4pm Pony Care and Ride £29 suitable for all ages. Spend time caring for your pony, grooming, tacking up and riding. Riding for around an hour - lessons in the manage and riding in the field and an Easter egg hunt! Saturday 7 April and Sunday 8 April lessons as normal Wednesday 11 April 10.00am - 2.30pm Own a Pony Day £40 bring packed lunch. suitable for children aged 6 and over. Have one of our ponies as your own for the day - you will have to feed, groom, muck out and exercise your pony. Riding parts of the day to include a lesson in the manege and a hack around the field. Pony care badge awarded. Thursday 12 April 10.00am - 2.30pm Pony care and Gymkhana. £40 bring packed lunch. Suitable for children aged 6 and over. Groom and care for your pony in the morning and then learn how to do gymkhana races and games. Gymkhana competitions after lunch. A fun session. Saturday 14th April and Sunday 15 April -- Lessons as normal Please ask in the office or text Louise to book - 07919 888655 Thank you x

So planting day tomorrow - please come to the stables at 12.30 with your trowels / spades. We'll be very pleased to see you - we have 440 trees to get in the ground. They are very, very small though 🌱 Many thanks xx

The great Pony Pub Plod was fabulous today. A huge thanks to all the riders and walkers for joining us and raising a fantastic amount of sponsorship. With still some money yet to come in we've already raised over £1,000!! Thank you for all your hard work getting sponsored! The horses and ponies were immaculately behaved (apart from lots of droppings whilst in the pub car park ) and the riders all behaved themselves too ☺ Thank you to Colin Woodward for setting us off on our way. Thank you to Ron and Yvonne for lovely sandwiches and a warm welcome at the pub. And a final thanks to the dream team that is Brook Cottage Farm Rda and riding school staff ❤ (including spouses and children who were fab stewards today) A few pics below... xxx

💬 . quito today! managed to get a canter out of him & he was a good boy for me today x💗

💬 . Such a lovely pony x

💬 . tabasco was really good today. a nice canter and good listening although he was a bit of a gelding sometimes😂💛💨

💬 . Such a big softie ♡♡

💬 . Percy is such a great riding ponio, i love him to the moon and back x💗

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I'm hoping he doesn't look too traumatised. Thanks Paddster from favourite boy xx I must also thank Louise Seddon for giving me encouragement and opportunity, for Rachael Pitt for the briliant lesson, Issy Blakeman for leading and putting up with my uselessness and a special thanks to old school friends Heidi Hateley Latham, Sheryl Squirrell and Samantha Reed for giving me the horse bug all those 100s of years ago. I did it!!! Bugger me my legs are shaky now!