Mounted Games
Mounted Games at Northside
Mounted Game are aimed at giving horse and rider a fun day out, while improving their co-ordination and confidence. This phase is for the rider with the average horse, the person with the trail horse and the highly competitive horses, who would like to have a day out and some competition. The games and challenges will help you and your horse develop agility, co-ordination and confidence in different situations.
Mounted Games were the inspiration of H.R.H. Prince Philip. When Col. Sir Mike Ansell was Director of the Horse of the Year Show, Prince Philip asked if he could devise a competition for children who could not afford an expensive, well-bred pony, and in 1957 the Horse of the Year Show, then at Harringay Arena, staged the first Mounted Games Championship for the Prince Philip Cup - it was an immediate box office success.
There will be a selection of sporting games and races that will require or improve the agility of both horse and rider. You may have already participated in some of these games in pony club, for example the Barrel race, the Flag race and bending. The games will be varied for each competition. There will be the opportunity to practice on specific practice days and before a competition. Find out more about the competitions and practise days.
There will also be a “Rider in Action” class. This involves the horse and rider working together to complete a variety of challenges. These challenges will be mounted and unmounted. They will include carrying objects, walking over and through obstacles.
Who do I contact?
Erin Nield email or 0403 081 526 (evenings and school holidays)