TopFacilities at
Houston Farm Riding School
The following facilities are available to our customers;
Outdoor Jumping Courses
A portacabin selling light refreshments.
FREE off road car parking.
A brief overview of what we can provide in relation to training is;
We have a Lecture Room which is used for training & courses.
Our range of horses and ponies enables us to offer children and adults riding lessons on the flat and over jumps to a wide degree of ability. We also have horses trained to carry side saddle. The horses/ponies range from younger animals to school masters covering riders ranging from novices to competition/exam riders.
We are an affiliated Pony Club Centre. Children can join the Pony Club through Houston even if they do not own their own pony. This enables them to join in with some of the pony club training that happens at Houston on one of our ponies.
The British Horse Society is a world wide recognised organisation. It still holds the torch for the most recognised exams that students can get to credit their ability, particularly towards teaching skills & therefore improve their chances of gaining employment in the horse industry. We offer training at Houston towards sitting these exams. We are ourselves not however an exam centre.
We are an approved centre for training students through their SVQ assessments up to and including level III training. Different to ABRS/BHS exams the SVQ assessment systems allow candidates to do course work as part of their daily work and be examined as ready. The assessor then has ample opportunity to view the candidate performing the task. This differentiates itself from the exam day pass/fail method.
The Association of British Riding Schools is an organisation catering very well towards the clientele of the Riding Schools. They have produced tests for weekly riders to work through and exams of a more practical nature for people wanting to gain acknowledgement for their work in caring for horses.