As many of you may know, I work occasionally at a local riding school, I did my NVQ there and I also bought Henry from them. Their current rented site has been sold for redevelopment into a housing estate, so a site was purchased down the road with the view to moving the riding school there. The new site is far better situated as there is hacking directly onto a bridlepath, where as current hacking involves crossing a busy road. Anyway, despite some positive comments from the local council, the planning application has been deferred. By the time the decision comes though that gives BVEC three months to build and move to the new site. IF they don’t agree to the riding school moving this will mean the horses needing to be sold off and rehomed, that’s about 40 horses, some of them with little quirks that could (or indeed have done in the past) cause them to be passed from pillar to post. The riding school is one of the last remaining ones in the local area and has been in the village for over 50 years, (you’d be hard pushed to find a horse owner in the area that didn’t learn to ride there!), it brings in tourists and employs local people, we can’t afford to lose this asset!
From a totally selfish point of view, without them I wouldn’t have my superstar horse, I’d have never been to a dressage competition, I’d have never been hunting, I’d have never lead a pony round the paddock at a P2P, I’d have never done a thousand and one weird, wonderful and totally enjoyable horsey things!
Facebook support group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/363359250348743/
Planning details:
http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2297&tt=cotswold&step=2&myID=11/04892/FUL
Local paper:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...re-plans-new/story-15155903-detail/story.html
If you could all please help support our cause by joining the facebook group or registering and commenting on the newspaper article that would be fantastic.
Oh and some pictures to help:
This is JB, he’s 18.2hh and a roar-er, he was due to go to the kennels, BVEC took him and he’s been there ever since, he’s worth nothing on the open market but is utterly priceless (possibly not my best choice for gymkhana games!):
Basil. The yard mascot, on loan to us as the owner has no room for him, his main role on the yard is lawn mowing:
Imp and Tally, two ex-racehorses retrained at BVEC that have now gone to private homes, here they are at a local (very wet!) riding club event:
Pony racing! This is at a local P2P but there can’t be many riding schools that took a team of three girls to Cheltenham racecourse! Can you imagine growing up knowing you’ve galloped over the finish line at one of the most legendary courses in the country?!
From a totally selfish point of view, without them I wouldn’t have my superstar horse, I’d have never been to a dressage competition, I’d have never been hunting, I’d have never lead a pony round the paddock at a P2P, I’d have never done a thousand and one weird, wonderful and totally enjoyable horsey things!
Facebook support group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/363359250348743/
Planning details:
http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2297&tt=cotswold&step=2&myID=11/04892/FUL
Local paper:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...re-plans-new/story-15155903-detail/story.html
If you could all please help support our cause by joining the facebook group or registering and commenting on the newspaper article that would be fantastic.
Oh and some pictures to help:
This is JB, he’s 18.2hh and a roar-er, he was due to go to the kennels, BVEC took him and he’s been there ever since, he’s worth nothing on the open market but is utterly priceless (possibly not my best choice for gymkhana games!):
Basil. The yard mascot, on loan to us as the owner has no room for him, his main role on the yard is lawn mowing:
Imp and Tally, two ex-racehorses retrained at BVEC that have now gone to private homes, here they are at a local (very wet!) riding club event:
Pony racing! This is at a local P2P but there can’t be many riding schools that took a team of three girls to Cheltenham racecourse! Can you imagine growing up knowing you’ve galloped over the finish line at one of the most legendary courses in the country?!