We are a small, friendly club & welcome anyone to join us! We provide training & competitions in the areas surrounding Ludlow. We offer flatwork, jumping and cross country training, as well as ground work sessions at a range of venues. We cater for all levels with enthusiastic and encouraging instructors. We also run a yearly weekend camp for our members which is always a lot of fun. We also run a summer series of dressage & clear round jumping, which is very low key, our main priority is that everyone has fun!
If you are interested in competing there are lots of opportunities, as LDRC compete in a range of competitions including Mercian, Area and unaffiliated.
Meet the LDRC Committee
I am Operations Manager for a Shrewsbury based company called Dulson Training Ltd. We provide driver training for all categories of vehicles from cars (Category B) to Class 1 HGV’s (Category CE). If you need some trailer training or your lorry licence then please don’t hesitate to contact me. I have been riding since I was 11, and enjoy training and I’m competing my wonderful mare Molly in most disciplines
Sarah Madeley – Treasurer
Sarah Grew up in Coverdale and was obsessed with horses. I had a 25 year break from riding and worked as a cook in London. After marrying a farmer I now live a farmers wife life near Rushbury. I enjoy riding my mare Marron and I am looking forward to riding club activities this year with her.
Georgia Hoskins – Fundraising
Hi my name is Georgia, I started riding at about 10 years old, working on riding yards with the RDA and young kids. Now mother of 2 at 30 and have 2 ponies. Mazie is my main pony, we excel at dressage and are hoping to go up the levels this year with lots of training and going out more.
Hoping to meet more people and make friends and enjoy doing lots of stuff with the club.
Wendy Woodward – Mercian Team Manager & Organiser of Aston Munslow Events
I’ve been a member of the committee since the start of the club and have been Mercian rep since then. I also love running the friendly, low key dressage competitions at Aston Munslow in the summer evenings. It’s lovely to see people progress over the 5 months we run.
Myself I have a horse called Liffi, I’ve owned him for 6 months, we love going and doing all disciplines at grass roots level.
Sarah Stilliard – Area Dressage Team Manager
I started riding when I was 6 and have had the bug ever since! I bought my first horse at 18 and Ted is now my fourth horse, having owned him since 2016. We love to jump, having competed at Mercian when we lived in Worcestershire, before stepping up to Area competitions. We took up dressage year, having previously only tolerated it as part of unaffiliated eventing, but he seems to love it! I look forward to encouraging more members to join me in Area dressage competitions in 2024.
Heather Blythe – Venues & Catering
I have 6 horses, with three enjoying their well-earned retirement and three in work. I’ve recently returned to riding after a year’s break so I’m taking things steady but looking forward to competing in amateur small hunter classes this year with my grey Ozzie and watching my middle-weight hunter Arthur compete with Matthew Ainsworth again. I’m always more than happy to share the ups and downs of competing on the county circuit with members if they feel it would be of interest! In the meantime I’m looking forward to joining in some of the clinics and having fun with fellow LDRC members.
Sarah Alderson – Bow House Clinics
I have one horse, Polly, who I love doing a bit of everything with. We hack, jump, and just have fun. We aren’t very good at flatwork but we will get there !!
I struggle with my confidence competing but I am looking at doing a few competitions this year. I enjoy clinics and training and meeting people. I hope to encourage people to come along to lessons and enjoy them at whatever level they are working at. If you want to share a lesson if it’s flat, pole or jump I’m always happy to fit in wherever!
Lisa Berrey – Health & Safety Officer
Julie Tustin – Training
I fell in love with horses as a young girl & started riding at the local riding school age 9. My parents could never afford to buy me a pony. I must have broken their hearts, I asked for a pony every birthday & christmas. But after a break, I eventually got my own horse age 30 & have had horses ever since. I have 2 horses, a coloured mare called Tilly, who I love to hack, do clinics & lessons with. Also, Boxer a chestnut loveable companion pony. Always enjoy abit of company whilst out hacking.
Karen Keeling – Camps and clinics
Karen worked in various yards such as breaking, jumping and racing. Karen was also located in locations such as Hickstead and Ascott. Karen moved to Wales and bought Glen as a colt and have backed him and produced him. In 2024 Glen did some SJ with LDRC in hope of eventing this year.