since 1972
Adult's Ride - Abbotts Ann and Frenches Farm
Ride Leader: Penny Wilkins
Coach: Maureen Wood
Riders: from a variety of settings​
The ride is held on Mondays from 1pm-2pm at Monxton from April – October and Frenches Farm, Little London from October – March
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Adult Ride 2025/2026
After the autumn half term three of the ponies moved to spend the winter grazing at Harroway Stables, Penton Mewsey by kind permission of Cindy Sims, so we moved our adult ride there too and held seven sessions in the indoor school there. After Christmas, we continued our sessions at Frenches Farm indoor school. We are planning to hold eight sessions there before going outside to Five Acres, Monxton after Easter.
Sadly because we lost our two weight carriers, Jack and Boots, in October, we had to tell two of our riders that they can’t come until we find replacements. We have bought one new horse called Elvis, who we hope will be a success once he has learned to stand still at the mounting block and hopefully we will find another horse soon.
The Rachel Plumbe Cup
John-James (J-J) from the Adult group was awarded the RDA Rachel Plumbe cup.
Rachel Plumbe was an RDA volunteer for over 30 years and the cup is awarded annually in her memory. The Award recognizes outstanding progress or improvement in difficult circumstances. Groups from across the South were invited to nominate a rider whom they thought would be worthy of this Award.
Andover RDA nominated J-J who, despite being blind, only riding once a fortnight and being coached in a group situation, has made huge progress due to his positive outlook and ‘can do’ approach to everything. His answer to anything he is asked to do is ‘I’ll give it a go’ or ‘I’ll try’.
He is indeed a worthy winner – congratulations!