Multi-Activity Weekend 5th 6th 7th October 2012 at Oxley

The Benalla and District Horse Driving Club is again scheduling its Multi-Activity Weekend around the Victorian School Holidays. This year it will be held on the weekend after the AFL Grand Final at the Oxley Recreational Reserve on Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October. Oxley provides a relaxing and picturesque environment.


The annual event is very popular as a warm up to the competition season. Drivers get to train and practice in a non-competitive environment. We get participants with horses ranging from Shetlands to Clydesdale Crosses from singles to pairs etc. The ever popular Mike Thill has been booked for the weekend for training sessions, so get in early if you want lessons. Lessons will be taken from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning. Remember lessons don’t have to be restricted to dressage or general horse movement and control. Mike will be happy to teach you how to attack a cones course or marathon obstacles as well. Just ask him. Cones and the 2 marathon obstacles will be available for use.

You can expect to have dressage tests judged for personal feedback, a cones course set up for practice and a navigation drive. Last year we trialled Musical Drive/Instruction with Mike Salmon, a former member of the Royal Horse Guards Regiment, which had great feedback from the participants, so we plan to do it again.

If they want to, there is a possibility for some to participate in a king or queen of the cones competition.

On Friday night there will be a Barbecue. Saturday night will have dinner in the Oxley Reserve Club Rooms. We can expect some light entertainment and perhaps an interesting speaker as well as the obligatory raffle.

Near the bottom of the blog you can see photos of previous weekends



Contact Bev Bresanello on 03 57662257 for further details.

Victorian Dressage Championships 24-25 March 2012

The Benalla Club hosted the Victorian Dressage Championships were held on Sunday 25 March 2012 at the Oxley Recreational Reserve. The Benalla Club also held a qualifer on Saturday 24th. A cones course was also set up for a bit of fun. The weather for the weekend was mild which added to a successful event. Friday night barbecue and Saturday night dinner was well received with a fund raising raffle and auction rounding off the event. Near the bottom of the blog you will find a set of photos provided by Ken Graves.