Pony Racing Summer Camp
If you're a budding jockey or know of one then take a look at our video all about this years Pony Racing Camp held at The British Racing School in Newmarket. This is a chance for girls and boys from 11-15 to take advantage of the facilities and learn from the experts at this Centre of Excellence for training in the racing industry. It covers everything a wannabe jockey would want to know-from tack and turnout to riding skills and race craft. Add to that trips to top training yards and a bucketful of fun-what more could you ask for!
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Sarah Brown And Lorraine Kelly Take On Pentathlon Challenge For Charity.
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| Sarah Brown with Lorraine Kelly (right) |
At
Trot ON we're always inspired by people who are willing to step outside their comfort zone and set themselves a challenge. Well,
Sarah Brown (wife of ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown) and Lorraine Kelly (ITV presenter) have definitely done that. They are going head to head in a modern pentathlon, to raise money for Sarah Brown's Charity
PiggyBankKids which she founded in 2002 to help give babies and children the best chance to live happy and healthy lives.
The
modern pentathlon is called the ultimate Olympic Challenge as it is made up of five disciplines-fencing, swimming, running, shooting and of course our favourite part, riding and not just any old riding, but show jumping.
They've already started training for the event which will take place at the end of this month at Pentathalon GB's High Performance Centre at the University of Bath which is where Britain's top modern pentathletes are currently in training.
Their progress is being charted on Lorraine Kelly's ITV morning show Lorraine but you should also take a look at
Sarah Brown's very entertaining blog. We can't believe how well she's doing in such a short amount of time especially as her only experience of riding has been sitting on a horse once or twice as a child.
Here are a few quotes....
"Something clicks today, and I understand what the fuss is about in the relationship between horse and rider ? there is a constant conversation mostly without words."" Before the session is over I have been trotting and cantering and finished off with some small jumps. Not bad for a total riding time so far of under three hours ? thank you Steve and Patchwork. "Support Sarah and Lorraine by donating on their Just Giving Page. This Olympic year will see some major sporting achievements but
we can all be a part of it. How will you be challenging yourself this year?
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