By Alison Mchenry*
Horse people are definitely mad.
In the very early morning of Mothers Day, in cold and wet conditions, we had approximately 84 horse and rider combinations attend the Pakenham Pony Club Combined Training and Dressage Jackpot held Sunday 8 May.
With the help of all our members, parents and friends we were able to run a very successful event combining two dressage tests and a show jump round.
Conditions were less than perfect, but the kids and the grown ups riding in the open classes had a great day.
The grounds looked amazing and I thank all the volunteers who attended prior to the event to get them up to scratch.
We are so grateful to all the sponsors who came on board to make it such a successful day. These included Pakenham Produce and Saddlery, Markfi Gates, NRG, South East Caravan andFloat repairs, Hairy Pony, Green Valley Grains and Dawn till Dusk Coffee.
Our members had great results with Melissa Gulen winning the Grade 5 Dressage on her young TB Scarlet Warrior, Tiyana Trang winning the G4 CT on Tahiti Creek Gingerbread, Jade Barrett second on Silver Hills Smokey Quartz. A second for Lily Rose, third for Isabel Micallef, fourth for Paige Langdon and sixth for Ella Reynolds.
It’s been a difficult couple of years for the club, with the council taking over the ground maintenance, Covid-19 shutting the grounds down to our members, and the cancellation of our major fundraising event due to the grounds not being up to scratch in February.
However, I’m very proud of all our members for pushing through and the wonderful efforts of the committee to get this comp up and running in such a short time.
Thank you to Capturemystrides photography for capturing some wonderful memories for our members.
We look forward to running a few more comps in the near future.
We run a rally on the fourth Sunday of every month and that we welcome people to come and look at we offer.
*Alison McHenry is the secretary of the Pakenham Pony Club.
