Events

SEPTEMBER 2010

We have the following events at Michael's property at Oakford during the Royal show Move out

4th (Sat) Last day of term 3
5th (Sun) – move out for Royal Show 
11th (Sat) – trail ride at Oakford
11th (Sun) – cross country training clinic at Oakford
18 & 19th – Fairbridge Event – Pinjarra
25th (Sat) –  trail ride
26th (Sun) – cross country training day

OCTOBER
2nd (Sat) – Oakford trail ride
3rd (Sun) – show jumping and cross country clinic  
11th (Sun) October –  Gymkhana  at Oakford

School Holiday Day Camps- October

These will be conducted at Michael's property at 434 Kargotich Rd Oakford.Transport will be available from Claremont if required

Week 1 school holiday camps - These start on Monday 27 September ( even though it is a public holiday)
Week 2 school holiday camps - Start on 4 October

Application Forms will be available here

General Lessons During the Royal Show Move Out

Private Lessons are available any time by appointment- please email or phone

Group Lessons will be held as follows - if you wish to join in please email or phone - cost is $60 per lesson

- Adults 6pm Every Wednesday commencing 8 September
- Children 5pm Every Thursday commencing 9 September
- Adults 9am Every Saturday commencing 11 September
- Children 2pm Every Saturday commencing 11 September

Eventing and Horsemanship Courses over Royal Show Move out at Oakford

 Four Week Horsemanship Course

Week 1 – Horse Management  including Saddling Up - correctly fitting the saddle - rugging
Week 2 – Horse Care  including  Feeding/ Hoof Care and Farrier
Week 3 – Muscle Manipulation and Horse Anatomy
Week 4 – Horse Health including diseases, worming, first aid, bandaging and grooming
   
The intention of this course is to provide  the  interested rider with sound horse knowledge and lessons .
   
The course will be for 1 hour each week and the first half hour will be theory on the topics above and the second half hour  will be a riding  lesson. 

Times

 The 4 week course will run at the following times and days .

 Wednesday 11am  

 The course will run at 11am on
Wednesday 8 September,
Wednesday 15 September,
Wednesday 22 September and
Wednesday 29 September. 

Thursday 5pm

This course will  run at 5pm
Thursday 9 September
Thursday 16  September
Thursday 23 September
Thursday 30 September

Saturday 10am 

The course will  run at 10am on
Saturday 11 September,
Saturday 18 September,
Saturday 25  September,
Saturday 2  October  

Cost 

The cost of the course is $ 75 per lesson  (if you want to book for just one or two of the lessons)  or if you book for all 4 it is $280 .

Four Week Introduction to Eventing Course

Michael's property has a large dressage arena, cross country course and Show jumping course to facilitate and assist in improving the rider’s knowledge about eventing.

The aim of the course is to introduce riders to eventing and enable them to learn more about the 3 phases of eventing namely Dressage, Cross country and show Jumping.   
      
The program for the course is as follows;

Week 1 – Introduction to eventing  
There will be discussion on  the eventing scoring system and the objectives of eventing and then a lesson.

Week 2 – Dressage Phase
Introduction to doing the dressage test,  including practising the movements of the dressage test and finally completing a short dressage test.

Week 3 – Introduction to Cross Country
Including understanding how to walk a cross country course ,  training over  different types of cross country fences and a completion of a short cross country course.  Please note we have a good variety of jumps and some very small jumps - so it doesnt matter if you havent done jumping before 

Week 4 – Show Jumping
There will be  a show jumping course  walk and then training over different show jumps and then riders will undertake a show jumping round.

The duration of the lessons will be 1 hour.

 Wednesday 5pm  

 The course will run at 5pm on
Wednesday 8 September,
Wednesday 15 September,
Wednesday 22 September and
Wednesday 29 September. 

Thursday 11am

This course will  run at 11am
Thursday 9 September
Thursday 16  September
Thursday 23 September
Thursday 30 September

Saturday 11am 

The course will  run at 11am on
Saturday 11 September,
Saturday 18 September,
Saturday 25  September,
Saturday 2  October  

Cost 

The cost of the course is $ 75 per lesson  (if you want to book for just one or two of the lessons)  or if you book for all 4 it is $280 .

July School Holidays

Week 1 - commencing Monday 5 July 2010

Week 2 - commencing Monday 12 July 2010

application forms now available

Term 3 Dates

Term 3 will commence on 19 July 2010
This will only be a 7 week term due to Royal Show move out and the last week - week 7 will commence on 4 September 2010

Easter 2010 School Holiday Camps

TheEaster School Holiday Camps are always very popular.

We are conducting day camps every day from:

Monday 5 April (even though it is a public holiday) to Friday 9 April (inclusive)
Monday 12 April to Friday 16 April (inclusive)

Term 2 2010 commences on Monday 26 April 2010

Application Forms due 19 April - This is a 9 week term instead of the normal 8 week term

January 2010 School Holiday Camps

The January School Holiday Camps are always very popular

We are conducting day camps every day from
--Monday 4 January to Friday 8 January (inclusive)
--Monday 11 January to Friday 15 January (inclusive)
--Monday 18 January to Friday 22 January (inclusive)
--Monday 25 January (Please note WE WILL OPERATE ON PUBLIC HOLIDAY  to 29 January (inclusive)

Term 1 2010 commences on Monday 1 February 2010

Application forms will be available shortly

DECEMBER 2009

Term Gymkhana - Sunday 6 December

Term 4 - last week (week 8) commences Monday 7 December

December School Holiday Day Camps commence on 14 December

January School Holiday Day Camps commence on Monday 4 January and go all through January

Casual Riding Lessons - available at any time through December at January at Showgrounds or Oakford

OCTOBER 2009

19th (Mon) - Term 4 recommences

Four Week Horsemanship Course

Over the Royal Show break we will be conduction a 4 week Horsemanship Course at Michael's property at Oakford

Week 1 – Horse Management  including Saddling Up - correctly fitting the saddle - rugging

Week 2 – Horse Care  including  Feeding/ Hoof Care and Farrier

Week 3 – Muscle Manipulation and Horse Anatomy

Week 4 –  Horse Health including diseases, worming, first aid, bandaging and grooming

The intention of this course is to provide  the  interested rider with sound horse knowledge and lessons.

The course will be for 1 hour each week and the first half hour will be theory on the topics above and the second half hour  will be a riding  lesson. 

Times

 The 4 week course will run at the following times and days

(Wednesdays at 11am)
The course will run at 11am on
Wednesday 9 September,
Wednesday 16 September,
Wednesday 23 September and
Wednesday 30 September. 

(Thursdays at 5pm)
This course will  run at 5pm
Thursday 10 September
Thursday 17  September
Thursday 24 September
Thursday 1 October

(Saturdays at 10am) 
The course will  run at 10am on
Saturday 12 September,
Saturday 19 September,
Saturday 26  September,
Saturday 3  October  

Cost 

The cost of the course is $75 per lesson  (if you want to book for just one or two of the lessons)  or if you book for all 4 it is $280.

Four Week Introduction to Eventing Course

Over the Royal Show break we will be conduction a 4 week Introduction to Eventing Course  at Michael's property in Oakford. 

The property has a large dressage arena, cross country course and Show jumping course to facilitate and assist in improving rider’s knowledge about eventing.

The aim of the course is to introduce riders to eventing and enable them to learn more about the 3 phases of eventing namely Dressage, Cross country and show Jumping.   

The program for the course is as follows;
Week 1 – Introduction to eventing  
There will be discussion on  the eventing scoring system and the objectives of eventing and then a lesson.

Week 2 – Dressage Phase
Introduction to doing the dressage test,  including practising the movements of the dressage test and finally completing a short dressage test.

Week 3 – Introduction to Cross Country
Including understanding how to walk a cross country course ,  training over  different types of cross country fences and a completion of a short cross country course.  Please note we have a good variety of jumps and some very small jumps - so it doesnt matter if you havent done jumping before 

Week 4 – Show Jumping
There will be  a show jumping course  walk and then training over different show jumps and then riders will undertake a show jumping round.

The duration of the lessons will be 1 hour.

(Wednesdays at 5pm)
The course will run at 5pm on
Wednesday 9 September,
Wednesday 16 September,
Wednesday 23 September and
Wednesday 30 September. 

(Thursdays at 11am)
This course will  run at 11am
Thursday 10 September
Thursday 17  September
Thursday 24 September
Thursday 1 October

(Saturdays at 11am)
The course will  run at 11am on
Saturday 12 September,
Saturday 19 September,
Saturday 26  September,
Saturday 3  October  

Cost 

The cost of the course is $75 per lesson  (if you want to book for just one or two of the lessons)  or if you book for all 4 it is $280 .

September/October 2009 School Holiday Camps 

Week 1 Monday 28th September (we will be operating on the public holiday) til Friday 2 October

3rd (Sat) – Oakford trail ride

4th (Sun) – show jumping and cross country clinic


Week 2 – Monday 5th October til Friday 9th October

11th (Sun) October –  Gymkhana  at Oakford

SEPTEMBER 2009

5th (Sat) Last day of term 3

6th (Sun) – move out for Royal Show  until 12 October 2009 

12th (Sat) – trail ride at Oakford

12th (Sun) – cross country training clinic at Oakford

19 & 20th – Fairbridge Event – Pinjarra

26th (Sat) –  trail ride

27th (Sun) – cross country training day

 
 

 

 



 


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