This exercise shows RDA Riders performing a complex exercise, to music, at a recent RDA Open Day.

An interesting story arises - the 'tail-end-charlie', riding like a professional jockey in the trot down the arena - came to RDA as a 5yo, hiding behind mother's skirts - would look at nothing/nobody. By gentle persuasion he started to look-touch-approach & eventually ride Brandy, the pony - and you see him after about six months - a dramatic demonstration of the value of RDA. The end of the story is happy, but also somewhat sad - he didn't appear for the next session after the holidays - on inquiry, we were told that 'he is now doing so many things that he doesn't have time for the RDA' - a dramatic example of the benefits of riding at RDA Coleraine 

You can see more action at RDA Coleraine if you click

this link to RDA's Biggest Lesson,

this link to the Open Day 2009.

this link to the National Championships 2009 at Hartpury

Riding for the Disabled Association (Coleraine & District Group) Ltd
Registered Company No in Northern Ireland NI068236 – trading as RDA Coleraine
N I Charity/HMRC No XN45690/1
A Member of Riding for the Disabled Association incorporating Carriage Driving.
Registered under Charity Number 244108.
President: HRH The Princess Royal KG GCVO