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Summerhouse is a family owned business set up in 1978 by Sheila and John Weston and run by their daughter, Helen Gallop and granddaughter, Sara Gallop. Helen holds the BHSI,
is a BSJA course builder, a BHS examiner, an internal and external verifier and a Pony Club Examiner. Sara holds the BHSII, is a BSJA course builder and has an excellent competition record in British National Dressage Championships. We have professional, fully qualified instructors including 1 BHSI, 3 BHSII's and 10 BHSAI's.
Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced rider, we have the horses to suit you. We offer the chance for you to loan or own a school horse. A great way of having the experience of your own horse without the outlay. We also have a Pony Club for children without ponies and run summer camps every year. Our birthday parties are very popular. The yard is home to 50 horses - ranging from Chester the 12hh lead rein pony, Porthos our 17.3hh Shire Cross to Vince, a 16.1hh warmblood, Adv Dressage and jumping, one of our exam training horses. We have horses to suit everyone's needs, whether riding for the first time or training towards BHS exams.
Facilities include 2 Indoor Arenas, 25m x 75m; an Olympic Size Outdoor Arena, Cross Country Course, heated viewing gallery, show office, 2 classrooms and Computer suite.
There are various activities held at the centre that range from lessons, competitions, clinics, to fundays and pony club camps. We pride ourselves in being a friendly, approachable yard whilst maintaining a very positive attitude to attainment and achievement.
We can help you train towards many qualifications as we are an NVQ training supplier and BHS 'Where to Train' centre for all exams up to BHSI. We hold training courses for each level every month.
We also run First Aid, Assessor, Internal Verifier and Transport Qualification Courses.
We are a competition centre for British Dressage and BSJA and we also run Unaffiliated dressage and show jumping every month. We have 2 competition sets of show jumps and a cross country course. The Olympic outdoor arena is available for hire for shows, rallies and all kinds of outdoor activities.
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