left to right:- Wendy Findlay on Lady and Alice Gorman on Möshe at
Tollymore Forest Park on 16th July 2006
It was a fabulous day and we all enjoyed it thoroughly. The natural
ditches and logs were great cross country practise and we all got a
little distracted by these resulting in a slower time! A great chance to
make new friends and enjoy the scenery on horseback. The course was
extremely well set out testing the riders abilities and the stamina of
the horses and i know they enjoyed it just as much as we did! A great
chance to view Tollymore Forest Park from horseback and at a much faster
speed!
Alice Gorman
Tour de France Hits ILDRA Ride
It has been a busy few weeks for ILDRA's Northern Branch with rides
on two consecutive weekends.
Sunday the 16th saw the first ride which was a very social event with
tollymore forest park hosting a time trials competition and a barbeque.
The time trials was very popular with 20 entries, and as usual there
were many members and non members taking part in Pleasure Rides. This
ride also proved popular with the non riding supporters, who came along
to support family and friends and also to enjoy the craic.
Castlewellan forest park was the venue for the second event, which
hosted Pleasure Rides and CTR's of up to 30 miles. It was nice to
welcome a new member , (Jade Sherwin) to the competitive trail rides,
she did very well in completing her first CTR of 24 miles on one of the
Perry's many homebred endurance horses; Skylight Crusader. It was also
nice to see many of the Irish team members who are heading off to
Scotland for the Home Internationals and Celtic Challenge, turning out
to take part, (no doubt getting in last minute training for the big
event).
Good luck to all who are heading to Scotland, we hope you have a very
successful and safe trip.
Results; 24 miles
Ruth Sedgeman, Questhill Endeavour; Robyn Catterall' Holly's Dream
Flight; Jane Bruce, Holy Smoke; Michael Parker, Dory; Jade Sherwin,
Skylight Crusader
32 miles; Suzanne Perry, Skylight Crusade.
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