What is Mounted Games? Mounted Games is a team sport that combines a love of ponies and friends with various races. Teams of four or five riders and ponies take part in a series of exciting and exhilarating races that involve a mix of turns, handovers, skill, vaulting and galloping against other teams.

Mounted games is a fast-paced team competition that showcases the rider’s athletic ability, agility, precision of riding and general horsemanship. Riders must navigate their way through a number of obstacle races, which can include bending poles, stepping stones and a stacking race.

Scoring is done very simply. If 8 teams are competing then the winning team gets 8 points, the second place gets 7, and so on. Scores are accumulated during several qualifying sessions, each of which may have several heats.

Members range from 4 to 40+. There is no upper age limit for doing the games.

21st January 1984

Norman Patrick

Pony Club Branch Membership is open to anyone under 25 years of age. Members should have access to a horse or pony, by ownership or loan, and have the means to transport the horse or pony to and from rallies and events.

Membership is open to anyone up to the age of 25. There is no national minimum age to join The Pony Club, although some Branches/Centres may have their own lower age limit depending on what they offer. It is advisable to contact your local Branch/Centre to see what ages they can cater for.

Pony Club is moderately expensive—about $500 per child, but this covers lunch, six hours of tuition a day, and all the hay their horse can eat—but not prohibitively so. It is also ‘public’ in that it is open to anyone—well, anyone who can get their hands on a pony.

Long sleeved plain shirt with collar and Pony Club tie or stock. Four Burrow (or plain) rugby shirt/sweatshirt – or a riding jacket. Pony Club membership badge with colour test felt under the badge. Plain jodhpurs with black/brown jodhpur boots or long boots.

Centre membership currently costs £29 per year. Centre Plus membership (for those who have their own horse or pony, but join in activities at a Pony Club centre) costs the same as branch membership. There are additional fees for training and competitions, but these are kept to a minimum.

There are 22 Mini Achievement Badges, 35 Equine Achievement Badges, 14 Non Equine Achievement Badges, 9 Introduction to Competition Badges associated with each Discipline and 9 Competition Badges associated with each discipline.

Tacking up takes 5mins if we’re riding out (need full reflective stuff on) or two minutes if I’m schooling. If pushed I can have them in, groomed and tacked up and be on the horse within 15mins of arriving at the stables.

Tacking up a horse for English riding involves placing a saddle, saddle pad, stirrups, bridle and possibly a martingale on the horse.

The saddle and pad go on before the bridle, and you remove the halter after you put on the bridle. Before you saddle up the horse, do the following: Tie the horse securely by his halter to a hitching post using a quick-release knot or cross-ties.

How to Tack Up a Horse for English Riding

1. Step 1: Groom Your Horse. Grab a brush and brush every part of the horse, including the tail.
2. Step 2: Put Saddle Pads and Saddle on Horse.
3. Step 3: Put on and Tighten Girth.
4. Step 4: Put on Bridle.
5. Step 5: Get on Your Horse and Ride!