Essex Hunt North Pony Club - Area 8 B test training

Team Berwick XC fences and the course is looking fantastic so we are really grateful to them for allowing us to use this great venue! This will run 10am -4pm. There is a lunch break in the middle so please bring a picnic and hay and water for the ponies.

What to wear Please dress smartly: a hacking jacket with white shirt and pony club tie,( whilst it isn’t compulsory for you to do so it may help you prepare for true test conditions). Beige jods For XC: Body Protectors: The Level 3 blue BETA 2018 standard will be required when riding at any pony club Cross Country, Long sleeves are preferred but as a minimum shoulders must be covered. We recommend either a long-sleeved shirt/EHNPC skin/EHNPC sweatshirt. Please ensure your hats are tagged with a PINK PC hat tag – if not please let a committee member know. For Cross Country a skull cap must be worn, fixed peaks are not allowed. Hat silks – plain black, navy, no pom poms! Hair must be neatly secured preferably in a hairnet – long hair must be tied up. Short jodhpur boots, short jodphur boots and chaps or long riding boots in black or brown No jewellery (watch acceptable) Gloves, if worn, brown, black or navy No hooded clothing or PC Sweatshirts for Tack and Turnout. Ponies should clean and well turned out, in plain tack with dark coloured, plain numnahs, black, brown or navy. If boots are bandages are worn they should be in plain dark colours. Ponies should be PLAITED to prepare for test conditions. Tack must be well fitted and clean. Remember to check your stirrup irons, there should be 7mm clearance either side of your boots which is about a thumb width. Please see Dress and Tack rules on main PC website www.pcuk.org

ARRIVAL If you have not been to a rally before, come and say hello and we will be pleased to show you where the notice board is so that you can find out whose ride you are in and which arena to go to, so that you can be tacked up and READY FOR TACK & TURNOUT INSPECTION AT 10.00am. A special rosette is awarded to the best turned out combination in each ride during the lunch break.

Please note Berwick Farm operates a one way system on these events, please enter from London Road end (the A113) and exit the Berwick Farm XC by turning Left.