Howe To Drive @ Bradbourne Carriage Driving Centre

The big day HAS arrived ! WE ARE OFF !

September 16, 2011
Well finally, the big day has arrived. 

The horse box has been washed and cleaned, everyone has packed and the ponies sorted.  Bless them, they think they are going to a party after all the pampering they have had in the last few days !   It's just that the party might take a little longer to get there than they anticipate .... I'm sure we'll be hearing plenty whinnying from the Gingers asking "are we nearly there yet?".

We only have 3 hours to go before we leave Bradbourne to catch a 6.40pm ferry to Calais.  We will be stopping overnight in Calais before the long journey to Slovenia.  Fingers crossed the croissants are decent and the coffee strong to keep us going. 

We will of course keep you posted on how things go.  Thank you once again for all your support over recent weeks.  It really has been a team effort, even to get to this stage. 

Lets hope we can bring back a medal !

Posted by Sara Howe. Posted In : The World Pony Driving Championships 

 

We're just about done - T minus zero days and counting !

September 16, 2011
Well its time and all the packing has started ready for the off on Friday and guess what as Big as my Lorry is  were not sure we are going to get it all in !! 

All the ponies are looking so good,  they were clipped on Monday and had a bath yesterday ,   Sara and Trisha were also clipped yesterday.  Thursday was also Vet's inspection day to make sure everything was fine and we were all fit to travel (obviously Sara and Trish didn't need an inspection!).

Arm bands packed  for all the ponies...
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16 days and counting ..... ! From Amble

September 2, 2011
Well folks, we're all quaking in our soon to be re-shod shoes.  We only have 16 days before we head for Slovenia.... can you believe it ?

All eyes will be on us, so we have plenty to do in two weeks.  We are off to Windsor Park on Sunday 4th to keep ourselves trim and to iron out any last minute issues.  We will be so focused on listening to Sara that we might even forget to doff our brow bands at the Queen, should she be there.

I was a very brave pony and had my flu jab yesterday. The vet said...
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Posted by Amble. Posted In : The World Pony Driving Championships 

 

A massive 'Thank You' to all of you with connections to Bradbourne ...

August 4, 2011
We want to give a massive thank you to everyone who has kindly supported us so far with the Gingers fund to the Pony Worlds.  The generosity of everyone at the Bradbourne has been overwhelming and we are extremely grateful to you all.

We will be keeping people posted about our progress when we go abroad via the website and will add a blog about our progress and include some pictures so keep checking the site. 

If you want to be kept informed, click on the RRS link on this page and you wi...
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Posted by Trish & Sara. Posted In : The World Pony Driving Championships 

 

Thank you to all of you who came to the Bradbourne One Day Event

August 3, 2011
What an amazing weekend?!  For those of you who came to the celebrations on the Saturday night, through to the One Day Event on the Sunday.


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Posted by Trish. Posted In : Carriage Driving Events at Bradbourne 

 

We've qualified !!! We're off to Slovenia !!!!

August 3, 2011
We did it !! We have qualified for the World Driving Championships, and Team Ginja is heading off to Slovenia in September.  We are all excited and really looking forward to showing the world what we are capable of.

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Posted by Trish. Posted In : The World Pony Driving Championships 

 
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