The Pennard Ride

12 miles of great riding through farmland and quiet lanes not normally available. Plus lead rein route. Field parking, loos, photographer and tuck wagon. By kind permission of Mr and Mrs Nurse. Field parking.

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The Great Greenscombe Ride

12, 6 and 3 mile routes through super countryside. Optional Jumps, Good parking. All usual ameneties . Great family day out.

Private Visit to Paul Nicholls’ Yard, Ditcheat

Members only, booking essential, limited places.
£6 members, £8 accompanied members’ friends. This includes a donation to a charity of Mr Nicholls’ choice.

MBBA Annual General Meeting (AGM)

MBBA AGM followed by a talk on the legal aspects and responsibilities of Rights of Way across or near to your land.

7:00pm, The Mane Event Tack Show, on the A37 at Pylle near Shepton Mallet.

Have a go’ Le Trec at Greenscombe

Try your hand at the obstacles, the controlled paces and Orienteering. Very low key. Bring a picnic and the family for a super day’s fun.

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A Visit to Horseworld, Bristol

MBBA has arranged a private visit to this first class charity, including a tour of the welfare unit, demonstration of their work and a guided tour of the visitors centre.

There will be time to have lunch in the restaurant and so this special visit could, if you wish, take up nearly the whole day, or as long as you would like to stay.

Massage and manipulation for your horse

The first of our ‘away’ fixtures. MBBA member, Catherine Howes, who is qualified in Equine Sports Therapy gave a ‘hands on’ demonstration of her work and show you simple exercises that will improve your horses’ well-being and mobility.

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A very special evening with Holly Davis – horse communicator

Wouldn’t it be helpful if you could ask your horse a question? Well on April 12th you can, when Horse Communicator and therapist Holly Davis is with MBBA for their April meeting.

Holly can, by using a photo of your horse, give you the answers straight from your horses’ mouth. Bring a photo of your horse and for £5 it will be put into the hat for Holly to pull out. She will only have time to answer two questions on each horse to allow for the maximum number of people to take part in the evening.

If you wish to take this experience further or would like to have a lengthy discussion with Holly she can discuss problems over the phone or via her website centaur-therapies.co.uk

A very entertaining, enlightening and informative evening.

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Have you heard about plaits in manes in this area? How safe is your horse?

There have been countless emails recently about owners finding plaits in their ponies’ manes, presumably as identification for some wicked person to steal away your horse during the night. Is this fact or fiction?? The Police say it is fiction. To find out more on this hot topic and also learn how we can deter the thief, Avon & Somerset Police will advise on precautions we can all take to safeguard our horses, yard, tack and trailers. There will also be an opportunity for your tack to be marked by the police with your postcode so bring along your clean tack.
The Old Mendip Inn, 7.30pm

The Cranmore Ride

The popular Cranmore ride around the quarries offers a great start to the season. 12 mile and lead rein routes. Click here to read the event write-up.

An evening with popular Equine Dentist, Wayne Abbott

Along with shoeing your horse, one of the most important professionals who will look after your horse is your equine dentist. Horses usually need to be seen by the dentist about twice a year. A check up will highlight any problems with the horse’s teeth and the appropriate treatment can be carried out. Unlike us, a horse’s teeth continue to grow throughout its life and left unattended, teeth can become sharp and uneven which will affect the horses’ comfort and ability to accept the bit. Like us, every horse is different and so an experienced and calm dentist is just what you need - we don’t like going to the dentist and neither do our horses. Wayne is renowned for his expert,gentle and patient work with horses of all sizes.

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MBBA Quiz Night

Mendip Bridleways and Byways started the new decade on January 4th 2010 with the annual quiz at The Old Mendip Inn near Oakhill.

Lynda LeRay compiled the questions getting the teams scratching their heads. The final winners were “The Maybees” with a result of 73 out of 75 possible marks Second were “The Peoples Front of Judea” with 69 points and joint third were “Just Us Plus” and “Fantastic Fourleg” with 67 points. Some team names were quite amazing, the winners won a bottle of wine each.

The next meeting is February 1st when Horse Dentist Wayne Abbot will give us an insight into the equine mouth at The Old Mendip Inn 7.30pm.

MBBA Annual General Meeting

followed by talk from local farrier.

Click here to read the minutes from the AGM.