Clinics and Training
We run a variety of clinics and training courses throughout the year. During the year we will normally be holding our Show Jumping Clinics at Felbridge Showground or Alder Lake Farm. Our Cross Country clinics at Bucklands Farm or Coombelands. Dressage training is normally with Robbie Carpenter at Belmoredean, but we also have Flat Work training with other trainers. From 2019 we have added Arena Eventing which will either be at Pyecombe, Hickstead or Coombelands.
If you wish to book an Area 13 or BHS West Sussex Clinic or Training you need to contact the organiser from Area 13 or BHS West Sussex as soon as the clinic is posted on this page, since places are limited and fill very quickly. Do not contact ARC in respect to these clinics and training.
To book an Ardingly Riding Club organised Clinic or Training you can now book and pay for the clinic or training online. Your place will not be reserved if you have not paid in advance of the clinic or training you wish to attend. Payment is via PayPal, but you do not need to have a PayPal account to pay using PayPal; they accept payments by Credit or Debit Card.
Refunds for clinics or training due to unforeseen circumstances or testing positive for Covid-19 will only be given if a replacement participant can be found and only then at the discretion of the club officials.
Clinics & Training:
When we are able to organise Clinics and Training again, the club will be enforcing the following protocols to prevent Covid-19 infection and spread:
Covid-19 Protocols for Clinics & Training
– Payment to be made in advance using the on line booking form. No cash will be accepted at the venue.
–No refunds will be given if you cannot attend after booking. You will be allowed to hold your payment over for a booking on another date.
– Organised sessions will include no more than 6 people, (including trainer and the organiser/club helper).
– Anyone displaying COVID-19 symptoms, however mild, should stay at home. Anyone who has been in contact with someone that is showing symptoms should stay at home. Anyone considered vulnerable should stay at home.
– Everyone attending should take their temperature before they leave home.
– Riders should arrive, complete their training session and return home. Arrive no more than 15 minutes before you’re allotted start time, and leave no more than 15 minutes after your finish time.
– When you arrive at the venue, please park at least 5 metres from other vehicles to allow you to tie your horse to the side of your trailer/lorry whilst still leaving at least 2 metres between you and other vehicles.
– Only 1 helper per horse permitted, who should preferably be a family member. No dogs allowed.
– Assume everything at the venue could be contaminated. So wash or anti viral gel/wipe your hands before you leave your vehicle. Touch as few external things as possible or your face.
– You must be able to tack up/mount/do your girth up etc. alone or with your helper.
– Please mount in the car park and ride to the arenas/training area. Only the organiser/trainer is allowed to open/close arena gates or handle any equipment, (i.e. change poles or fence heights), during organised sessions.
– During facility hire, you must ensure that you have anti viral spray/wipes with you to disinfect poles/cups if you change the fence height.
– When you load your trailer/lorry after your session, ensure you also load any loose hay and droppings. If you or your helper have been using disposable gloves, peel them off and into each other so that the outsides are not touched, (like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_kKVNrEMo), throw the gloves away into a plastic bag and take everything with you. Do not dispose of anything at the venue.
– Wash or anti viral gel/wipe your hands once back in your vehicle.
– Anyone who doesn’t comply with these protocols will be asked to leave the venue immediately.
Friday February 26th 2021:
Zoom Discussion – Are Supplements Necessary For My Horse?
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jo Woodman MA VetMB MRCVS
(Lingfield Equine Vets)
Organiser: Louise Bradley: louise@ridingclub.org.uk or mobile: 0777 5910615
This is a discussion session. We are very lucky to have this opportunity as Jo is an incredibly experienced Vet looking after horses at the very highest levels of competition, as well as having good personal experience of ownership and competing. She also has no bias to any provider of supplements. She will be concentrating on giving us useful information about the ingredients in a horse’s diet that really matter, not the brands, leaving you free to find what works for you and your horse.
Please submit your questions before the event, that would be extremely useful. This discussion is for Ardingly Riding Club members only.
Clinics & Training you might have missed in this ARC riding year!
Thursday November 5th 2020:
Arena Eventing Clinic
This clinic had to be cancelled due to the Government’s Covid 19 Lockdown 2.
Trainer: Russell Cooper
Venue: Brendon Equestrian, Pyecombe, BN45 7EG
Cost: ARC Members £33. Non-Members £38.
(Groups of 4 max. – 1 hour lesson).
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
Organiser: Allison Ingram.
This clinic is in the arena where the Area Qualifiers will take place.
An opportunity to jump the fences that will be used.
Sunday November 29th 2020:
Area 13 Arena Eventing Training
This training has been cancelled due to the Government’s Covid 19 Lockdown 2.
Trainer: Ken Spencer
Venue: Coombelands Equestrian, RH20 1BQ.
Cost: £40 per horse & rider.
(Groups of 4 max. – 1 hour lesson).
Times: 10:00 a.m. 75-85 cm.
11.00 a.m. 90 cm. +
Organiser: Jackie Oxley.
Sunday December 20th 2020:
Area 13 Arena Eventing Training
Trainer: Ken Spencer
Venue: Coombelands Equestrian, RH20 1BQ.
Cost: £40 per horse & rider.
(Groups of 4 max. – 1 hour lesson).
Times: 10:00 a.m. 75-85 cm.
11.00 a.m. 90 cm. +
Organiser: Jackie Oxley.
Saturday January 30th 2021:
Zoom Event – Loading and Travelling Horses
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Organiser: Louise Bradley.
All the questions you always wanted to ask….Caroline Arnold will be giving a short presentation on loading and travelling horses safely, followed by a chance for your questions to be answered. Whilst opportunities are limited at the moment to travel, this is a chance to find out about those things you didn’t know.
Thursday February 11th 2021:
Zoom Event – Pilates for Riders
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jo Lawrence
Organiser: Louise Bradley: louise@ridingclub.org.uk or on her mobile: 0777 5910615
This is a demonstration session. She will start with some general information about Pilates as a discipline, before showing us a few exercises for those dodgy lower backs and tight hips, which seem to plague many riders.
Let Louise know if you would like to attend and she will send you a zoom invite. If you can also please submit your questions before the event, that would be useful.