Home Farm Equestrian Centre

Father Christmas has limited space in his sack, so he has asked if we could ask Parents who are bringing their children to this show to help him by bringing  a small present for their child.  If the present could be wrapped and clearly marked with the child’s name and handed into the office, then Gary & Jill and their helpers will store them until Father Christmas arrives. He is looking forward to seeing you all and hopefully there will also be some children and ponies in fancy dress (safe secure dress only) so he can view them all. Remember this show starts at approximatey 10.30 am and we provide a copy of the schedule below: Children Christmas Gymkhana Day held 16.12. 2012

Due to the death of Jill’s Mother on Friday 7th December we have closed the arena on Tuesday 18th December as her Mother will be buried on that day. Jill wishes to thank everyone who has sent to her their kind words of condolence at this sad time.

Please could competitors note in their diaries that our 6th Anniversary competition for dressage will be held on Saturday 19th January 2013 and our show jumping competition will be held on Sunday 20th January 2013. To celebrate our 6th year we will be awarding cups to the winners so put these dates in your diaries. We provide the schedules below: HFEC 6th Anniversary show schedule for Dressage HFEC 6th Anniversary show schedule for Show Jumping

Once a year we arrange a Children’s Gymkhana and are pleased to advise that this Christmas show will be held on Sunday 16th December 2012.  We can also confirm that Father Christmas is also booked so please put this date in your diaries and we hope to have a fun filled day.  Feel free to wear some fancy dress and you can put some decoration on your ponies / horses as long as it is safe and secure. Please remember to call Jill at least 4 days before the event so she can discuss with you the ‘surprise’ being arranged for the children. We have added this schedule to ‘Kids Corner’ and on our ‘schedules’ page for download. We provide a schedule below for the event: Children Christmas Gymkhana Day held 16.12. 2012

We are now into our  September to December 2012 series of points and we include the points recently gained from our October competition. We look forward to seeing you all and others at our next show to be held on Sunday 4th November. The points for both led and unled section are provided below: Childrens show jumping points_-September-December_-_UNLED Inc October_.2012 Childrens show jumping points. SEPTEMBER to DECEMBER-_LED. Inc October.2012 All future updates will be provided in our ‘Kids Corner’ – so have a look!

We have now sold our remaining stock of last years hay and now offer only good quality hay cut this year at £3.50 / bale.  This hay had been sprayed in April this year  for weed control, and is appears good quality. Should anyone be interested in purchasing from us this hay, then please call Gary on 07887 400239 or ask for Ken on 01242 573754 who can advise you direct on the current situation for collection. All our  bales are the small sizes prepared for easy transportation and storage in tack rooms etc.

We are pleased to advise that as from Saturday 29th September we are incorporating Class 1 and 2 as children classes in our popular HFEC unaffiliated dressage shows.  These shows will then be held on Sunday 28th October, Saturday 24th November and Sunday 30th December. All adult classes from class 3 will be ‘open to all (including children)’ with no restrictions and classes 4, 5 and 6 will be Hartpury Qualifiers. We are trying both Saturday or Sunday dates to establish which is the more popular with riders. We hope these competitions will become popular with riders. We provide a schedule below for reference and assistance. Hartbury Qualifier Dressage Shows – Sept to Dec 2012

We still have places for the BHS Stage 3 short course (20 hrs over 4 weeks) in Horse Knowledge & Care from Thursday 1st November 2012.   Should anyone be interested then please contact Gary Rickards on 07887 400239 who would be happy to provide further information and place your enquiry on a list. We provide details on the course below: BHS_STAGE_3 BHS Complete

We have decided that in the interest of offering competitors more choice of venue to compete at, that as from September 2012, our unaffiliated dressage competitions will be held on a Tuesday evening as opposed to a Wednesday evening. We hope this will prove popular with competitors and we provide a link below to our first schedule for our Tuesday evening series of unaffiliated dressage competitions which will commence from 18th September 2018. NEW DAY – Tuesday Evening Cricklands Qualifier Dressage – Sept to Dec 2012

We are pleased to be able to offer to competitors and visitors to our venue from today, 5% discount vouchers to be used against purchases from Sydney Free Saddlery Limited in Cirencester.  Also they have introduced a loyalty card which equates to a further 1% cash back to a customers reward account. When you are at our venue just see Gary or Jill and we would be pleased to provide you with a voucher written out with your name on. We attach below a sample of the voucher for your reference. Sydney Free 5% discount voucher We hope this voucher will become popular and we are pleased to partner with Sydney Free Saddlery Limited.