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Welcome to our official page, for more info please visit us at www.rdequestrian.co.uk

21/09/2026

To contact us, please use the WhatsApp link on our page

16/09/2026

📣We now have some spaces becoming available. 📣
Contact on WhatsApp for more info.

09/09/2026

We are now ready to take bookings for OHS show.

Please note that class 6 is the last class we will be competing in on the day.

Just a reminder, it will be first come first serve and the Ponies are limited to the number of classes they are allowed to compete in. I will try and accommodate you all as best I can.
Bookings will be taken via WhatsApp message to make it easier to manage.

07/09/2026

Forsale:

The gorgeous Romeo 😍

12hand 8yr old gelding.

Romeo has done a bit of everything. From lead rein to hacking cross country.
He will give it all a go.

Kick along type.
He has been with us for 2years and sadly over stocked.

Contact roisin
07709846447

£4800 Ono

26/08/2026

Just a reminder, we are closed from tomorrow 26th August until the 4th of September

20/08/2026

Our last show of the summer starts 11am tomorrow
Everyone welcome
Ponies available to hire

16/08/2026

Photos from today’s Ecclesville 30th Anniversary Show are uploading!

Link to photos - https://kyragriffinphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/ec8369f3-6036-4a9c-8dc5-5dee1ee99d9c

14/08/2026

🐴 A child with autism sits on a horse, and something shifts — not just in their posture, but in the way they're paying attention to the world.

Hippotherapy isn't a riding lesson. It is a clinical practice that uses the horse's movement as a therapeutic tool. The horse walks, and the rider's body responds — pelvis, spine, and core muscles all engaging to stay in balance. That rhythmic, three-dimensional motion closely mimics the movement of a human walking. For children with neurological differences, that movement does something measurable.

Research published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that hippotherapy significantly reduced irritability and improved social responsiveness in children with autism spectrum disorder. The vestibular system — which governs balance and spatial awareness — is stimulated in ways that are genuinely difficult to replicate in a traditional clinical setting. Add the sensory richness of the horse, the warmth of the animal, the need for focus, and the absence of screens or social demands, and you have a therapeutic environment unlike anything else available.

Parents who've watched their nonverbal child make eye contact with a horse for the first time — and then say something — understand this at a level no study can fully capture.

The horse doesn't ask anything of the child. That, somehow, is exactly what the child needs.

Have you or someone you know experienced hippotherapy firsthand?

04/08/2026

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