Spring – 2009
Build a Bond Beyond Belief
This newsletter contains:
- Multi day riding
- Open Day Mt Lyford
- Holiday programmes
- Saddle Club
- Livery
- Discounted rides
- Becoming a Horsey Parent Course
- Clinics coming up
- Handy to know Horse riding hint
Hello Everyone
Welcome to the Spring Newsletter. Spring has come early it would seem and with it the threat of drought. From complaining about the mud to fearing the dry. Isn’t that how it goes living with nature. The great character building mother.
With the wonderful warm weather comes more riding opportunities. Read on!
Multi Day riding-Mt Lyford
These rides open on 1st November, and are available through to 30th April. I have a lot of interest in these wonderful riding trips beginning from Mt Lyford. They seem to hit the mark with the right mix of affordability, scenery, ease and adventure. While a group of two or more can book any time I have some existing rides you may join. I suggest anyone interested in these rides book soon as they are proving to be popular.
I have been building in a warm up half day the day before as it sets us all up so well making the ride safer and giving riders more independence and capability with their horses. Cost for warm up half day $100.00pp. This can be done at Otahuna.
You may bring your own horses on these multi day rides. Fee is the same.
Upgrades for linen and alcohol are available from Sherwood Lodge.
Fees include all food, accommodation, horse gear and guiding, transfers of overnight gear, digital photo service and half day warm up session.
Mt Lyford to Hanmer Springs – Rustic Adventure 4 to 7 days
This includes an afternoon for the warm up session
Places available on existing rides:
November 2009
Back ride from Hanmer Springs to Mt Lyford -November 3,4,5,6th (Warm up afternoon Free for this trip)Total cost $895.00pp. Six spaces available.
Mt Lyford to Hanmer Springs -November 8,9,10,11th.
Cost $995.00 Five spaces available
Hanmer Springs to Mt Lyford -November 12, 13,14,15th Cost $995.00
Five spaces available
January 2010
Mt Lyford to Hanmer Springs – January 4,5,6,7th
Cost $995.00pp Two spaces available
Hanmer Springs to Mt Lyford -January 8,9,10,11th
Cost $995.00pp Four spaces available
Over and back on this trip January 4th to 11th with rest day in Hanmer Springs. Cost $1,145.00pp
Sherwood Huts to Mt Lyford February 25th One day
Here is an opportunity!! There is a one day ride from Sherwood to Mt Lyford for 7 riders on going for half price as we have to bring horses back from Sherwood. Why not ride them back! 5 to 6 hours riding.
Cost $100.00pp Bring your own lunch and enjoy a day out.
Sherwood Huts – Mt Lyford
Mt Lyford to Sherwood Huts and return via different trails. 5 to 6 hours riding a day. Karen has cut a fantastic new track through the native forest taking us down into the lottery River! I haven’t seen it yet and she assures me it is her best track yet.
Cost $395.00pp
Dates planned are:
November 21 and 22-Six spaces available
December 12th, 13th- Six spaces available
The Over the Top Ride at Otahuna
This ride has a remote and spectacular feel while right on your back door!! (if you live in Christchurch that is.)And with the snow on the Alps it is views, birdsong and horse’s rythm all the way. Please someone book this so I can guide it and do it again soon! It runs all year round, except during Spring lambing. We begin this ride again at the beginning of November.
Cost $320.00pp Min two riders Accommodation in Governors Bay and food extra. We supply lunches, Gear transfer, horses and guiding, digital photo service.
Existing bookings you may join are:
November 19, 20 – 8 spaces available
December 19, 20 – 8 spaces available
December 21, 22 – 8 spaces available
Riding Weekends
We have Adult, womens and family Riding Weekends at Mt Lyford all year round. Let me know your dates and we can add others to it or you can fill your own two days with 6 riders. Cost $320.00 includes riding, accommodation, spas at Mt Lyford Lodge, lunches and photos ie everything except breakfast and Sat night dinner
Lead rides, half day and all day rides can be enjoyed by everyone at any time.
Open Day at Mt Lyford Horse Riding-October 4th
This is an opportunity to show case our natural horsemanship skill, lovely horses, rides on offer and for you to meet the staff at Mt Lyford, and take in the incredible scenery at our mountain riding resort.
Day begins at 11.00 am. We have two demonstrations showing you what is possible with horses. We have lead rides, raffles, gear sales, and lunch available from Mt Lyford Lodge.
Directions to Mt Lyford can be found on the website, www.lyfordtreks.co.nz. Travel time 1 3/4 hours from Christchurch. It will be a great day out. Join us if you can.
Saddle Club and Holiday Programmes for Everyone
With the next school holidays round the corner we have prepared these comprehensive riding programmes suitable for adults and young riders. These are being run at both Mt Lyford and Otahuna Horse Riding.
Here are some words from Zoe’s mother describing the effects of saddle club on her daughter:
"Hi Abi,
Thank you for giving Zoë such an awesome time in Otahuna, she LOVES being there and every time I drop her of I am touched by the spring in her step that suddenly comes forward. It is great to see the side effects of Natural Horsemanship in her overall development and I credit that to Basil, you and the special feeling that you and Kate create there. You are amazing!"
Otahuna:
Two day holiday programme- 29th, 30th September and 5th, 6th October 5 spaces available in each
Overnight Camp – 1st, 2nd October 5 spaces available
One Day Holiday programme- Saturday 3rd October 4 spaces available
Challenge Day -Monday 28th September 6 spaces available
The next set of 6 sessions of Saddle Club will begin in the week of the 19th October. Please send your enrolment in promptly with payment; places will be allocated on a first in first choice basis. E mail Kate or Abi for enrollment forms.
Mt Lyford:
September 28th one day programme open to young riders Spaces are available for bigger kids who can ride our horses.
October 1st one day holiday programme 3 to 6 spaces available
There is a glimmer of a regular riding group beginning at Mt Lyford on Tuesday mornings for others to join. Lets see if we can make that happen. The riding groups or natural horsemanship groups are for adults to learn to ride or continue to ride in small supportive groups. We have three running at Otahuna with huge success. Perfect way of getting back into that saddle.
Saddle club runs at Mt Lyford in the same way as it does at Otahuna. Request enrolment forms from Kate.
Livery
We offer full livery for those of you who have your own horse, or wish to purchase one, and haven’t the lifestyle to be out tending to your horse each day.
At both Mt Lyford and Otahuna Horse Riding we have spaces for 6 more livery horses. We offer daily checks, hay, natural hoof care, worming, exercising if you wish, cover care, and annual dentistry all for $80.00 per week. Daily hard feeding $20.00 extra. Owners pay for vet bills.
Your horse is kept with the main herd in a free range environment with creeks, native forest, grassy open areas and hillside.
You have the opportunity to join our treks and activities, taking advantage of our support and instruction, knowledge and equipment and using our trails where we are able to offer unguided riding. Both our operations are off road, sheltered and have access to rides right from the base. There is room to park a horse float and store gear in a locked container.
We can help you find the right horse for you as well.
Call us on 3290160 if you or someone you know of is interested in this offer.
Discounted Horse riding
We rides available for 10% less if purchased at our stall at the Riccarton Market. We have a stall there most Sundays.
Rides purchased at the Open Day at Mt Lyford are 10% less.
The Ride to the Maxxx card enables you and anyone you invite to a $20.00 discount on all half day rides and Natural horsemanship Clubs.
Look out for our specials and discounted rides eg Feb 25th Sherwood to Mt Lyford and back ride Hanmer to Lyford November 3,4,5,6th November. See above.
Natural Horsemanship Presentations
Some of you have approached me to run a Natural Horsemanship presentation (or a Come Riding Presentation) at schools, at home with firiends and other interested riding buddies, which is really great. The host for these presentations is eligible to receive 10% of the money from rides I sell at the presentation. And rides are discounted by 10% if they are purchased at the presentation. It is a great incentive and a good way to raise funds for yourself to ride or your group.
A Natural Horsemanship Presentation is a presentation that I give with a stunning slide show that teaches the audience about the horse human interaction using natural horsemanship and how it effects us as people in many aspects of our lives. I talk from one to one half hours about the definition of NH, how it effects horses and people, what we do in our business to enhance this connection between people and horses, the effects on some of our riders and what we offer to those interested in riding with us. The purpose of the session is both for interest about this subject and promotion of our horse riding business, Kate Tapley Horse Treks Ltd. The presentation is free, no one is obliged to buy rides.
How:
Call Kate on 3290160 or email kate@katetapley.co.nz I require a DVD player and TV in a warm room that is all. I come free!
So see what you can all do to make a Natural horsemanship Presentation happen, and I look forward to sharing with you the magic of horses.
Becoming a Confident Horsey Parent
Now is a good time to be looking at a parent’s course to be ready for the Summer. Babs takes these groups and with two horse crazy girls of her own she knows all the stories. These courses are simple, short, and enable parents to equip themselves to be involved in their children’s dream to be a horse rider! There is a special emphasis on safe handling. Take a look at the flyer on the Otahuna website. Cost $145.00pp
Clinics
We have a 4 day clinic with Ken Faulkner running at Mt Lyford. Cathy and Mel are organising this event on 25th to 28th November. Contact Cathy on 03 3156668.
Our annual Ken Faulkner clinic is being held near OtahunaHorse Riding on 19th to 22nd February 2010. Contact Kate on 3290160 or e mail kate@katetapley.co.nz to enroll.
Handy to know horse riding hint
I observe that a lot of us get stuck when our horse asks us to be two things at once or to have a balanced response to him/her. For example going through a creek they aren’t sure of, we need to be focussed, sure, solid, with positive unwavering intent and belief in our horse, and at the same time be noticing a try and rewarding it with softness, then straight away being stronger when the horse tries to avoid the situation. Our horse in this siuation takes us up and down the rung of firmness, softness, firmness, softness. Not only in our physical expression to the horse but also emotionally, and mentally. So we need to think our horse can do this, we need to feel positive and courageous on our horse’s behalf as well as applying pressure and focus as we coax our horse into something scary or something where just a bit more effort and leadership on our part is required. In other words our horse teaches us to be exactly the leader they require to become braver, stronger, and more supple with their body. How about that? Where else do we get such a competent consistent teacher in leadership?
From the team at Kate Tapley Horse Treks
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