Wedge Joins Horse Team
Wedge
is a beautiful 19 year old who has settled in comfortably to
RDA. He has already made lots of friends amongst his fellow horse
team, volunteers and riders.
Wedge has a positive temperament and has proven to be calm
under every situation that we have tested him in. He has been
enjoying his exercises with our designated grooms, who have all
spoken about him in glowing terms.
We have high hopes for Wedge, and look forward to the coming
months as he develops his RDA skills.
Wedge is pictures with Bonnie and Kaitlin who are both enthusiastic volunteers.
Jemma Wins "Shush" Memorial Award
Jemma is truly the epitome of an RDA pony. In the 8 years
she has been at RDA she has given her riders an absolutely
wonderful ride. Everything about her speaks RDA. She loves
being with people, and if the child is disabled she becomes
gentler in her movements.
Jemma really comes alive when she is working in the arena.
From the very first day her little hooves set down at RDA, she set
about her task as if she had been born into it. She just seemed to
know the riders who were fragile and that she had
to take her time and be very gentle .
Jemma has never given mixed messages and what you see is
what you get – a beautiful pony with good temperament, she is
quiet and tolerant both on and off the lead. In the paddock she gets on well with other horses, so easy to catch and is
entirely trustworthy and patient. Many years of being a family pony and numerous excursions to Pony club in her past have made her an ideal, all round RDA pony. Over several years she has taken RDA Riders to
placings in the Mounted Games, and appears at the Regional Dressage Days.
In early 2008 Jemma’s future was unknown when she came down with some unknown complaint. Jemma lost all her
beautiful coat– from the tip of her nose to her tail. But from spring in 2008, she is back to her normal self. Whatever it
was, let’s hope she doesn’t get it back – she’s such a beautiful pony in every way.
Jemma returned to the RDA arena after considerable time off with enthusiasm. Jemma is used as a lead pony with
many of our riders with severe disabilities. Sometimes it is Jemma who will let her leader know if there is a problem
with her rider, by stopping, even before the sidewalkers ask the leader to halt. This has amazed the coach and
therapist on more than one occasion.
Is it any wonder, everyone, coaches, helpers & riders at RT&LH Centre think Jemma is just a GREAT RDA PONY!!
Meet Our Horses
Meet the horses and ponies that work so hard at bringing therapy, friendship, freedom
and above all else Enjoyment to our riders...
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| Abby | Apache | Black Jack | Blue Velvet |
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| Bobby | Busy Lady | Chloe | Darcy |
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| Hero | Jemma | Josie | Nirvana |
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| Sudan | Suzi | Toby | Zane |
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