Competition for Riders and Volunteers ......   Paint or Draw your Favourite Horse or Pony. Please paint or draw your favourite horse or pony.   Details are - - Minimum paper size A5 - Any medium (eg pencil, charcoal, watercolour, acrylic ......) - Clearly write your name - and that of the horse or pony on the entry The closing date is 20th March 2012. Please give your entry to Irene. The entries will be judged by a local artist - Jane Denman. Her websites are www.skyblueartclasses.co.uk & www.janedenman.com . The overall winner will win a prize and their picture will be featured on the Sky Blue Art Classes' website and a future  Arundel Group RDA Newsletter. Please note all entries become the property of Arundel Group RDA and they will use them as deemed appropriate on the website and in other publicity material. Ideas please ................. Click here to let us know what you would like to see on your riders page. Or tell us when you see us on Tuesday.

Did you know ? ............ Today we still measure the power of our cars in horsepower. Measuring ................... Each term we measure ourselves  in metres and centimetres to ensure we have the right pony; and check that our stirrup leathers are the right length.  We measure a horses height in HANDS. A hand is 20 cms - about the width of a man's hand. Horse or Pony ? .............. So we measure a horse in HANDS.  We measure our height from the ground to the top of our head. We measure a horse from the ground to the top of their WITHERS. The withers are the shoulder just where the mane stops (in front of the saddle.) So is it a horse ? or a pony ? A horse is more than 14.2 hands high. A pony is 14.2 hands or less.

Maze Puzzle ......................

What can a horse see ? ...........................................