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This spring we are so grateful to the instructors at CEEC and LWSC for facilitating our new approach to offering D and D+ Level Efficiency Testing in their regular lessons. This offers a neat solution to carry on with high quality efficiency testing during the pandemic while avoiding group gatherings.

Congratulations to all members who successfully completed their D and D+ Efficiency Tests at CEEC and LWSC in April and early May.

D Test: Eve Stamper, Furla Ng, Harry Savagar, Jeffrey Wong, Kate Lui, Lindsay Son and Skye Letcher

D+ Test: Eve Stamper, Furla Ng, Jeffrey Wong, Kate Lui and Kate Lui

Congratulations to everyone who participated and did so well in the first round of the Hong Kong Virtual Equitation Series (March 2021.) 

Thank you to our esteemed judge in the UK, Deborah Coulson, as well as the team at LWSC and all the other riding centres for making this series possible.

The results for March are now in! Check out our padlet to see all the winning entries and more...

Fantastic time had by all at Pony Club Easter Camp on April 5th and 6th. It was wonderful to finally be back at Tuen Mun Public Riding School! The kids had an amazing time vaulting, riding bareback (and backwards!), playing mounted games, painting the ponies, Easter egg hunting... and so much more. There is just so much fun to be had in this beautiful facility.

Big thank you also to Joelle, Jessica, Sing, Mo, Ivy, Vicky, Andrew, Shuen, Sarah, Ethan, Ashlyn and Oskar for instructing and volunteering.

More photos available on our padlet...

It's been a tricky year to organise group activities but we've finally managed to host another round of Pony Club C Testing. Congratulations to our latest batch of new C Testers and thank you to Louise Sanderson for conducting the examination at Clear Water Bay Equestrian Centre on Easter Sunday (4th April 2021.)

Well done to our new C-Testers (in alphabetical order): Chiara De'eb, Ella Legere, Eve Stamper, Leelani Neveux, Lilly Hirth and Lindsay Son

Fantastic time had by 15 lucky riders and ponies over the Easter school holidays at our first and second XC Experience sessions in a long, long while. Thank you Beas River Equestrian Centre and Lo Wu Saddle Club for making it possible. Looking forward for more to come!

Check out our dedicated padlet for photos and videos...

Thank you Neil for sharing your inspirational story... starting out from a non-horsey family background in Ireland and rising to the top of horse racing in Hong Kong. We look forward to the day that Jack fulfills his ambition of racing against you - nothing like a bit of family rivalry to add to the competition!

Thank you also Nicole Purton for guiding us through an hour of Q&A with Neil. It was a really enjoyable and informative "Get to know ..." zoom session. More to come!

Thank you Nicole for sharing your stories about riding in the old days last Tuesday evening. So delighted we had such an enthusiastic turnout from "Pony Clubbers" of all ages. We're rooting for you to resume training on your return to the UK and can't wait to see "Belle" in action one day ... fingers crossed for the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022!

Looking for something different to do this Saturday night? Why not enter as a family team in this Online Quiz hosted by Clearwater Bay Equestrian Centre? It is after all in aid of a great cause: The Horse Retirement Fund.

The quiz is non-equine themed to appeal to a wider audience, but still a great way to stay connected with our horsey community during this prolonged period of riding school closure.

Please contact CEEC directly to register. $100 per person (or your chosen donation amount.)

Email: booking@ceec.hk

For those with existing ties to riding in the United States (or interest in developing those ties in future), you may be interested to know that the United States Pony Club 2021 Virtual Equine Symposium and Convention starts today. This event is usually held in person but this year, for the first time, it's going online.

Check out the attached itinerary, which offers something for everybody (in the US context). There's a mix of live and on-demand educational opportunities. Note all live sessions are on Eastern Standard Time, which is 13 hours behind Hong Kong.

Registration costs USD 95 and sessions will be available on-demand for six months.