November/December Newsletter
Our Christmas preparations started early this year at the Hungerford Christmas Fair, having been invited to be the beneficiary of the entrance ticket and raffle ticket sales. A big thank you to the organisers and to all the help from our volunteers who manned the entrance both days. I know we all took the opportunity to make a start on our Christmas shopping and there was a steady flow of visitors making it a very successful event.
Once again, we are running a raffle to win a delicious home made Christmas cake – one large cake and four small cakes. Tickets are £5 and you can buy your tickets by emailing chair@lambournrda.co.uk. Good Luck.
We had a great autumn with full riding sessions, and the winter weather, so far, has been relatively kind. We do now have some places available at our non-riding therapy sessions on a Friday afternoon. If you are interested in finding out more about these sessions, please get in touch.
One of the ponies we had on trial is now a permanent addition to our equine team. Her name is Mary and she is a 13.2hh grey pony. She is ideal for our smaller participants and is also enjoying being part of our non-riding therapy sessions.
On the 3rd of December it is the International Day of Disabled People, so we will be celebrating by wearing purple socks! Special socks made by the bamboo clothing company BAM have been on sale and they will be donating 50% of profits to support D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent entrepreneurs.
There has been a lot to celebrate recently with some unexpected donations; Saffie Osborne, who was crowned World Pool Jockey’s Champion for 2026, kindly decided to split her charity prize between us and another local charity HEROS. Lyssie, a nine year old, who met us at the Lambourn Horse Show in September, decided to have a cake sale at her riding stables to raise funds for us, and we were delighted to meet her at our yard to show her around and to accept the cheque. We are overwhelmed by such generosity and support. Thank you.
We are delighted to have found a temporary replacement for our Yard Manager, who is on maternity leave, and we are looking forward to getting to know her over the next 6 months. We have also found someone to manage our ‘Adopt a Pony’ scheme, so if you would like to adopt a pony as a Christmas gift, please get in touch at info@lambournrda.co.uk.
To find out more about the group, or if you would like to volunteer with us or help with fundraising, please contact Frances Lochrane, the Chair of the group, on 07798 941229. Alternatively, you can email us on info@lambournrda.co.uk. For more information, visit our website www.lambournrda.co.uk or social media pages on Instagram, Facebook or X.
