A huuuuuge thank you to all who took part in the charity ride at Thoresby in May this year. We are pleased to have donated £1084 to the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance and thank Gregor and Katherine Pierrepont for most kindly allowing us to undertake the ride on the Thoresby Estate. Thank you to Karina Maria for photographing the event on the day a...
EMDG are excited to announce that we have four incredibly hard working members (Becky, Emma, Abigail and Donna) who are taking part in the Quadrille competition this year! Here are a few thoughts from them… we cannot wait to see it! "We all feel very privileged to be to be able to represent EMDG as part of their first ever Quadrillie. Hopeful...
Unfortunately due to increased costs for the EMDG we have had to make the decision to alter payments made available to our team members at BRC Area 16 championships. The club is unfortunately running at a loss this year and a huge bulk of our costs relate to Area 16 events. Therefore, from 1 January 2024, we will continue to pay the entr...
Unfortunately we are having to increase the cost of our clinic fees for the first time in many, many years. We do feel we are still very competitive at £25 per session for our members (£30 for non-members), but due to an increase in our costs, it has necessitated for us to alter our charges. This will take place from 1 June 20...
Last year, our members and friends enjoyed a wonderful ride across the beautiful parkland of Thoresby. A huge thank you to Gregor Pierrepont and his wife Katherine for allowing us this opportunity. We hope to arrange another couple of charity rides again this year. Well done and thank you to everyone who took part.
Novice Show Jumping Qualifier held at Arena UK on the 5th and 6th November. Plenty of great jumping at all levels, from 70 cm through to 110cm. We had 2 Teams in the 70, all jumping nice rounds with the odd poles, Joes Sayles, Tina Oxby, Nikki Thackery, Ali Johnson, Rachael Redmond, Sharon Stones, Grace Miller and Sally Beedham. Rachael winning the...
Fantastic results from the dressage qualifiers at Arena UK this weekend! Saturday Katy Wright won Novice 24 with a huge 76.74% and came 2nd in Prelim 12. Qualifying for the championships! Anna Griffin came 2nd in Novice 27 with Jesamine Corran close behind in 3rd. Anna has also qualified for the championships! Jesamine was also 5th in the nov...
A great day out for our EMDG combined challenge teams on Saturday 22 October 2022. We took six teams to Speetley EC. The first to compete was our 100 team, followed by the 90. Two 80 teams, followed by two 70.Great results all round with two teams taking first place in their competition and qualifying for the 2023 combined championships at Aston le...
Dressage Round Up A huge well done to all of the riders at Arena UK this weekend. We had lots of success in the dressage arena with a number of individuals qualifying for the championships at Lincoln!The prelim team of Laura, Lynne, Sarah and Becky came 6th and the open team of Fiona, Helen, Sally and Tom came 3rd! Well done to Laura who won the pr...
Sad news to hear that Ian Youdan a longstanding friend, supporter and past Chairman of the EMDG passed away recently. Many of you may recall the events held at Saundby Park years gone by, courtesy of Ian and Judy and the many hours work they kindly put in to enable the EMDG to provide wonderful events for our members there, including the ODE. Our t...
Wonderful news. With the change of direction at the Osberton Estate and equine events no longer able to be held for the foreseeable future, we are pleased to announce that Lisa Renshaw has very kindly offered the service of Speetley Equestrian Centre to the EMDG which will be a wonderful collaboration for both sides and we thank Lisa and her team a...
Our dear friend and committee member Anne Varley has relinquished her position on our Committee due to other commitments and time constraints, but will continue to assist our club whenever she can. Anne has given a tremendous amount of time to the EMDG over many, many years and we thank her most sincerely, words cannot really express how thankful w...
Our dear friend, committee member and huge supporter of our club, Dave Daykin passed away last week. Further details in due course once arrangements are known. Update - funeral arrangements are 22 February at 2.15pm at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium. Donations for charities information to follow.
Flu Vaccination Update 10 September 2021 As part of the BHS, welfare of the horse is obviously paramount, however in the current climate the risk of a flu outbreak is at this time minimal. BRC are therefore comfortable to remove the requirement of a vaccination within 6 months and 21 days of a qualifier or championship. This will be with immediate ...
To celebrate the East Midlands Dressage Group's 60 years as a British Riding club, we are holding a special evening in a marquee at the Osberton International Horse Trials on Friday 1st October 2021. This is for members past and present and there will be 100 tickets available. Tickets are £35 each (discounted) to include a three-course meal (vegeta...
Last weekend saw the BRC National Horse Trials Championships at Swalcliffe. Two teams had qualified one in the 90 and one in the 100. The 100 Team of Tracy Brown, Nikki Thackeray and Sara Lees performed brilliantly to finish 4th with good individual placings of 3rd place to Tracy, 7th Nikki and 8th Sara. Unfortunately it wasn't the 90 Te...
We are greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Rodger Wright, one of the founding members of our wonderful club. Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time.
It is with great sadness that the EMDG learnt of the passing of Mr G M T Foljambe, our founder member and President, who has been our most ardent lifelong supporter. He will be very sadly missed by members and friends of the EMDG. His passion for the EMDG so generously allowed us to use his estate at Osberton over the years for which we are hugely ...
British Riding Clubs (BRC) offer exciting opportunities to BRC members competing with BE. New for 2021 we will be running a league for all levels from BE80 to BE Intermediate. A cost of £5 per combination will be charged for the year to enter this league. This fee will cover all heights and can be paid over the phone or via the entry website ...