Welcome to the Cotswold Hunt Pony Club

The Cotswold Hunt branch of the Pony Club helps educate children in caring for and riding all types of horses and ponies, from the tiniest trotting Shetland to a polished and glossy eventer, everyone is welcome.

Our branch was formed in 1930, which makes it one of the oldest Pony Clubs in the country. We are part of Area 9 of the Pony Club and we are one of the larger clubs with about 160 members.

Many of our members are keen participants in teams, competing in Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing, Tetrathlon and Polo as well as Horse and Pony Care and we regularly send competitors to national level championships in these disciplines. Our aim is to have lots for fun along the way, so whilst we have a spread of talent in our members, you don’t have to want to compete to enjoy the activities that are on offer. We host several competitions each year and lots of fun activities for all ages and also for those who don’t want to compete. We hold camps for Minis (3-6 years roughly), Juniors (6-12 roughly) and Seniors (12 and upwards) each year in the Summer Holidays and many social events as well.

If you are interested in joining our branch take a look at our Membership page in the Information section for more.

Latest News

Walk/Trot Mock Hunt and Hunting Camp

Information and booking details are now up on the Main Rally Programme page. Click here for a link: Hunting Camp 2018

Tetrathlon Championships round up

We had a bumper crop of tetrathletes representing us this year in all the age groups and everyone did us proud round a very technical XC, which produced few clear 1400 ride scores. See our Facebook page for full results, but in particular congratulations to our three top 10 placings: Cressie 2nd Intermediate Girl, Susie 6th Junior Girl and Ellie B 9th Open Girl.

The Intermediate team won – Cressie, Ellen, Alistair and Tim, and the Area 9 mixed age team came 6th – Ellie B, Susie, Billy and Katie.

Huge congratulations – all that training has paid off!

FOXCOTE Mini/Junior Horse Trials with Regional Qualifier classes

Scores are on our Results page

Key Rules Changes for 2018

There have been significant changes to several aspects of Pony Club Life including:

Hat Standards and tagging
Vaccination Rule introduced for all competing at Area level (including grassroots)
Spurs
Body Protector – new standards proposed

Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the new standards and rules as they affect EVERYONE!

Click Here for more details

Team Registration 2018

If you are thinking about competing for our branch it is important that we know! We ask that everyone who is interested completes our Team Registration so that we have details of what you are aiming for, you will benefit from squad/team specific emails about competitions, training and opportunities coming up. Go to the Teams page for more information and follow the link to register by March 1st please!

Download Renewal Form

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