We’re thrilled to be lending our assist to the Driving for the Disabled Affiliation’s ‘digital’ Nationwide Championships going down this coming weekend – 18 – 19 November.

This follows arduous on the heels of our sponsorship at RDA’s Nationwide Championships in Hartpury throughout the summer time, which I totally loved attending . An official RDA highlights video is obtainable right here . On each events, Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence and Court docket of Safety groups sponsor the energetic Countryside Problem occasions.

The digital championships – first developed on account of the pandemic – supply one thing totally different for riders and spectators alike and are the largest equestrian occasion of their form for disabled rivals. The occasion is accessible to all the 413 RDA member teams countrywide.

Rivals undertake numerous occasions of their native using centres, with the highest three in every class being reside streamed, mirroring the ‘actual occasion’ and dropped at life by reside commentary.

Riders take part in a variety of disciplines, together with Vaulting, Carriage Driving, Dressage, Countryside Problem and Musical Journey and Drive. It’s a fantastic alternative for riders impressed by the summer time championships to have the ability to compete of their residence area with out the associated fee and logistical challenges in any other case concerned. No rider has to overlook out.

The digital championships will be considered on the RDA fb web page and on YouTube at @RDANational. They entice viewers from world wide, not solely permitting extra riders to compete but additionally hundreds of individuals to view the occasions.

Countryside Problem

The Countryside Problem is a enjoyable occasion, requiring expertise drawn from dressage and present leaping, which is a agency favorite amongst individuals. The occasion course consists of obstacles for riders to navigate, with totally different actions at every level alongside the best way, equivalent to stopping to retrieve a letter and publish it in a publish field, pictured. 

Right here you may watch Lily discuss her expertise of collaborating within the Countryside Problem at Hartpury this summer time and the good sense of accomplishment she felt by way of competing. Now, I stay up for following the thrill of the competitors this weekend.

Equine therapies

At Kingsley Napley, we’re enthusiastic about supporting the work of the RDA and the good worth that equine therapies can carry to these with a variety of disabilities. Our earlier blogs setting out the advantages of hippotherapy and the way this will likely relate to our purchasers, will be discovered right here and right here.

Curiously, it isn’t solely using and hippotherapy that’s supplied by the RDA. For instance, it has some 50 teams providing ‘tea with a pony‘ periods for these residing with dementia or different related situations, the place using is probably not appropriate however there will be actual profit from contact with horses.