ABOUT THE RIDING

Style of Riding: English.

Type of Riding: Centre-Based. Morning trail rides and afternoon equestrian lessons. The flatwork mainly concentrates on outline, transitions, lateral movement and flying changes (depending on your ability). High School work on stallions is available for advanced riders, although a supplement will need to be paid locally for a private lesson. Jumping lessons are also available.

Type of Tack: English

Hours in the Saddle: About 3 hours riding in the morning and a minimum of an hours instruction in the afternoon

Riding Ability Required: Beginner upwards. Epona is an Approved BHS Training and Examination Centre and are used to training people of all abilities, from beginner to advanced High School work. They are, therefore, happy to split rides and adapt their programme as necessary to suit both experienced and less experienced riders and have the horses, ponies and staff to cope.

Maximum Weight: 100kgs (15st 10lbs)

Number of Guides per Ride: 1 or 2 per group. Maximum number of riders per guide is 6.

Minimum/Maximum number of riders in group: 1/16

Looking after the horse: Guests are not required to groom or tack up their horses but are more than welcome to assist.

ABOUT THE HORSES

Epona have over 60 horses of different breeds, shapes, sizes, levels of training and temperament, so they can match each guest with the ideal horse for the trail rides, dressage and jumping lessons.(Please note that although they have so many horses they keep the groups of guests small).Most of the horses are Andalusians or Andalusian cross breeds but there are also lots of others breeds such as Warmbloods (Hannoverian, Holsteiner and Oldenburg), Anglo-Arabs, Thoroughbreds, different breeds of ponies and others. Most importantly, they are good natured and willing. Epona have no kickers or biters and besides their training and work, they are all special in their own way; they are all individuals and so they are treated as such. Epona's horses are a part of their family.