St Valentines Day ride out a great success
The snow-capped mountains of Mourne were the picturesque back drop to ILDRA’s Ulster Branch St Valentine’s day ride out. Love for horses was definitely in the air as 59 riders took off from the car park at Tollymore to follow the trails and paths through the forest and up the mountains. Greeted at the top by a fantastic vista of the surrounding countryside on what turned out to be a fine fresh spring day with blue skies.
Our CTR riders were out also with the following members competing over the 2 lap course.
The event was extremely well organised as usual by Neill and Tasha Anderson. Our vet for the day was David Nealham. Our next ride out is on the 28th Feb at Gosford Forest Co Armagh. All those wishing to enjoy a day out with their horse, or who would like to become members are most welcome. For more details and guidelines take a look at www.enduranceridingireland.com or look up ILDRA's Facebook page.
Results
32kms
Helen Mc Farland on Just C’Mall
Tasha Anderson on She Stoops to Conquer
Robyn Catterall on Arabella Blue
Hannah Catterall on Ellanora
Karina McVeigh on Cheyenne
Joey Hoey on Hollybawn
Dermot McGuinness on Chinnook
48km
Morgan Skillen on Mayo
Pony Club 16km
Tara Finlay on Susie
Vetting for CTRs from 09:30
Tollymore Forest Park is a beautiful venue for long walks on foot and on horse back along the Shimna river over bridges up hills all with lovely views out over the Irish Sea and over Newcastle and the Mourne Mountains. Great for a lovely Pleasure Ride.
This is also the venue for the Ulster Region's 1st Competitive Ride (CTR) and Pony Club Ride (PC) for 2015. Remember for CTR and PC rides you need to enter in advance - use the link below to download your entry form and send it to the ride organiser, details above.
This is also the first ride in the Ulster Region 2015 league open to competitive riders as well as pleasure riders. Details available from the ride organiser.
Ulster Branch
