New season, new ideas, same great value, sponsors and facilities
With 2012 and all the weather problems associated with it behind us everyone is now looking forward to the competition season ahead. This is certainly the case at Ravensdale Lodge where a packed schedule of all the usual events and a few new ones await in the weeks and months to come. Last year may have proved very difficult for scheduling events due to the foul weather however the superb all weather facilities at Ravensdale Lodge meant that all competitions ran as scheduled. The new outdoor fibre sand, all weather grass and in particular indoor arenas proved their worth in 2012 and it is indoors that the new season begins on January 24th with four weeks of indoor horse training shows which have a start time of 11am. These shows are being used as a build up to the O’ Reilly Wholesalers Newry sponsored HSI / Bluegrass Spring Tour Grand Prix on Sunday 17th February and the Crowne Plaza Dundalk sponsored SJI registered horse & pony league which commences on Thursday 21st February and runs weekly to 25th April. The centre is sticking with the same format which has worked so well over the past few seasons of horse & pony training on Friday evening, indoor arena eventing on Saturday afternoon and dressage on Sunday afternoon. Once again competitors are guaranteed some fantastic prizes as all leagues are sponsored with Horseware Ireland kindly slotting into their regular Friday evening spring indoor horse & pony training league which starts Friday 25th January running to 26th April with usual classes from X poles to 1.10m and a start time of 5pm. Mackins Horse Feeds Newry sponsor the spring indoor arena eventing league once again and there will be some well fed animals with bags of feed being put up for each class over the course of the league which starts on Saturday 26th January and runs to 27th April with a start time of 3pm and usual classes of 60cm, 70cm, 85cm & 1m. The Cemac Group are new sponsors at Ravensdale Lodge and they take the mantle of the spring indoor dressage league which commences Sunday 27th January and runs to 28th April, classes can be found on the Ravensdale Lodge website and this competition has a start time of 3pm.
In addition to good sporting fun, many competitors have found the schedules at Ravensdale Lodge ideal as preparation for larger events and training for young horses and the addition of a combined training league this spring will tick all the boxes for many people. A simple concept where points from the Horseware Ireland indoor horse & pony training league on Friday evening, the Mackins Horse Feeds indoor arena eventing league on Saturday and the Cemac Group’s indoor dressage league on Sunday will be added for anyone who competes in one or more of the leagues from Friday 25th January to Sunday 28th April. There will be four individual classes, 60cm / any dressage test, 70cm / any dressage test, 80 or 90cm / any dressage test and 1m or 1.10m / any dressage test with an outright league winner for each division. There is further good news for competitors as 2012 prices will hold the same for all spring leagues. Further details of all, shows, events and league rules can be found on the Ravensdale Lodge website, www.ravensdalelodge.com or from the office on + 353 (0) 42 9371034, + 353 (0) 87 2306603 or email info@ravensdalelodge.com
Category: Dressage, News, Other, Show Jumping
