We are please to announce that Simon Laurens, Dressage World Champion, Paralympic gold medallist and BD judge will be holding dressage clinics at Redlands on the first Tuesday of every month. Simon been teaching a number of our members for over a year and they have seen great improvement in their test riding skills. If you would like to attend one of his training sessions please contact Sarah Crookenden on 01892 870349.
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The sessions are open to Sevenoaks Riding Club members and non-members – SRC £45, Non Members £50. 

The Bottle House Inn will be sponsoring the Sevenoaks Riding Club Annual Show again in 2019. The Annual Show will take place earlier in the riding club calendar on the 9th June to incorporate the Sunshine Tour qualifiers for a number of showing and showjumping classes. The top 4 of each showing and jumping qualifying class will qualify for the championships that take place at The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead from Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th September 2019. 

The Bottle House Inn is owned by Mike Aiken who is an active member of the riding club. The Bottle House Inn is located in the beautiful Kent countryside about a mile from the centre of Penshurst village. It is a traditional country pub serving a comprehensive range of local ales, fine wines and an extensive menu focusing on local & seasonal produce. To find out more information please visit their website - www.thebottlehouseinnpenshurst.co.uk

The Sevenoaks senior team got some great results to finish 2nd as a team at the Intermediate Dressage qualifier just 1 point behind team winners Battle. Georgie Siggers won the Prelim 13 section with a score of 71.92% to qualify individually, Caroline Sheridan came 2nd in the Novice 28 with 70%, Emma Whittington came 6th with 64.76% in the Novice 34 and Jenny Smith finished 7th with 64.69 in the Elementary section. Rosie Sharpe was our only junior member representing Sevenoaks and finished on a fab score of 66.53% to take 2nd place in the Prelim 13 #SRC 

Congratulations to the junior team of Katie Clyne, Evie Kerry and Tillie Woods who had a great weekend at Aston Le Walls for the Junior 80cm Arena Eventing Championships. The team finished 11th and unfortunately just outside of the rosettes due to some fast clear rounds that were slightly over the optimum time! Katie Clyne finished with just 6 time faults to finish 11th individually and sadly just outside of the placings.

Arena Eventing is a new championship for 2019 and combines a course of show jumps with cross country fences at heights of 70cm - 110 cm for junior and senior riding club members. The last fence of the course consists of a joker fence that is set 10cm higher than the rest of the course. If you are interested in taking part next year look out for the qualifier in the late Autumn #SRC

We are delighted to announce that Roughway Arena Hire will be sponsoring the Evening Dressage series this summer at Redlands. Roughway Arena is situated in Tonbridge and has a 30x60m sandschool for hire with a Combi-Ride all weather surface. For more information contact Julia on 07977 195903 or visit www.roughwayarenahire.co.uk

Our evening dressage series runs from May to August at Redlands and offers SRC members the chance to win a Sash in either the Intro, Prelim or PYO points league. The events will take place on Wednesday 15th May, Thursday 20th June and Tuesday 13th August. The informal evening events are open to members and non members of Sevenoaks Riding Club and allow competitors to compete in a relaxed atmosphere whether this be in the dressage or clear round jumping.

In 2019 Sevenoaks Riding Club will host a number of qualifying classes for the Sunshine Tour Championships at The All England Jumping Course Hickstead from Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th September 2019. The Championships are for unaffiliated and amateur competitors in Dressage from Intro to Elementary, Show Jumping from Lead Rein to 1.05m; Showing for lead rein, in-hand, ridden, working hunter, veterans, plus many more. 

Qualifying Shows:
28th April - Dressage qualifier for Prelim & Novice 
15th May - Dressage qualifier Intro to Elementary 
9th June - Showing Family horse/pony, Lead Rein, Best Rider 16& under, Veteran Ridden,                       Riding Club horse/pony, Working Hunter Horse, Working Hunter Pony, Handy Pony
                 - Jumping 45cm, 60cm, 70cm, 75cm, 80cm, 90cm qualifiers 
20th June - Dressage qualifier Intro to Elementary 
14th July - Dressage qualifier for Prelim & Novice 

Qualification - 1st - 4th in each Dressage, Showjumping & Showing classes. Rules and restrictions apply, please check the website www.sunshinetour.co.uk for Terms & Conditions.

In 2019 we will be offering members & non members the chance to enter our training and competitions online. Unlike other clubs and organisations we will not be using an external site to take the payment with the addition of a booking fee on top of the entry costs, alternatively we have chosen to accept direct bank transfers as payment. 

When entering online please fill out the online entry form for the particular event/clinic that you would like to participate in as this will be sent directly to the secretary. Please tick all the required fields and transfer the correct amount of money to Sevenoaks Riding Club - 30-97-49 // 36577068 with your surname & date of event as a reference. 

If you have any queries please contact the event organiser. #SRC