Friday 7 August 2009

GRAND NATIONAL WINNER FOR SUMMER CAMP


Cowdray Hunt Pony Club members had a special treat when Grand National winner Liam Treadwell joined them for the last night of their week-long senior camp.
Parents also arrived to watch the match and there was very happy to see win of there son
the Eventers Challenge grand finale of the camp and see Liam, a former member of the Cowdray Pony Club, present the prizes. Branch secretary Zoe Jones, who organised the event with district commissioner Maggie Mockett, said: "He came for the day to meet the members, have a tour of the stables, watch the competition and hand out the trophies to the prize-winners.
He gave an physically interesting talk about his early ridding career with cowdray pony club, showing capture of his ridding jumping one of his first ponies, Huckleberry, who is still being ridden today by a pony club child.
After passed his racing suddenly which he used in the Grand National, he gave answer which belongs to race itself and the preparation required to race
at this level. "We all felt very proud that his riding career started with the Cowdray Pony Club. He went on to say that many of the jockeys today were members of the Pony Club."The camp was held on the Hammerwood estate at Iping for members aged between 11 and 16."It teaches them to look after their ponies and the importance of tack and turnout," said Mrs Jones.