Bush Capital Training Ride – Sunday 12 February 2012
Kambah Pony Club, Hake Street Kambah
40 km trainer, 20 km & 10 km social rides

Check this website in the days leading up to the ride for last-minute information

A big day out with your horse! If your horse is not ready, come along anyway and help out. Helpers are always welcome!

ACTERA is holding a training ride carnival to suit all riders! An official 40 km training ride, and social rides of 20 km and 10 km, will be run under AERA* rules. All horses are checked by a vet before and after each ride.

Ride entry

Entries for all rides start at 7.00 am on Sunday 12 February.
Pre-ride vetting starts at 7.30 am.
Maximum ride time for the 40 km trainer is 5 hours.

All riders must either be 2012 members of the NSW Endurance Riders Association (NSWERA) or pay day membership.

Entry fees

Led riders are welcome in the 10 km event.

All riders must attend their pre-ride talk 15 minutes before the start of their ride. Be mounted and ready to go!

All riders who complete within the required time and whose horses are passed ‘fit to continue’ by the vets will receive completion awards.

Pre-nominate

Pre-nominate to ride secretary Roz Edmunds 0403 150 476 or email redmunds@netspace.net.au.

Note

• No camping at the pony club grounds except with permission of the organisers.
• No dogs allowed.
• Please take your rubbish home.

New to endurance? Want to know what to do?

If you are new to endurance, here is some information to get you started:

• If this is your first ride... information sheet (PDF 13 kb)
• Why not give endurance riding a go? (NSWERA website)
• Feeding and training your horse for its first endurance ride (AERA* website - follow the link to 'Starting Out')
• Rules of endurance riding (AERA website)

Getting to ride base

Ride base at Kambah Pony Club is listed on the Google Maps feature linked from the NSWERA website at www.nswera.asn.au/ridebasemap.htm. Look in the list for ‘Canberra – Kambah’.

Alternative PDFs of road directions to ride base at Kambah Pony Club on Hake Street:

• from Yass via Barton Highway (PDF 752kB)
• from Sydney and Goulburn via Federal Highway (PDF 634kB)
• from south coast via Kings Highway and Queanbeyan (PDF 556kB)
• from Cooma via Monaro Highway (PDF 435kB)

*AERA is the Australian Endurance Riders Association Inc., the national body for endurance riding in Australia.

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