Welcome to Muskerry Pony Club

If you want to have fun on ponies while learning and making friends then Muskerry Pony Club is the place for you.

Muskerry Pony Club is a branch of the Irish Pony Club. We currently have over 50 members, aged eight to eighteen. We are run by a Committee of parents, headed by our D.C. Linda Daly. The Committee usually meets once a month from October to June.

An AGM is held in November, which all parents are asked to attend. For details on our Committee members and how to contact us click here. The only qualification needed for membership, is that you need to be certified "pony-mad" and willing to learn and challenge yourself while having fun and making friends.

We organise training in various equine disciplines e.g. Show Jumping, Cross Country, Dressage, Pony Games, and Road Safety. We also run preparation courses for all IPC tests from D to C+ and Riding & Road Safety. We organise a show jumping league, Jumps Ahead, in October/November and a week long residential Summer Camp in July. We also have fun events such as Halloween and Christmas parties, and the occasional outing without ponies, to enable our members to get to know each other.

Muskerry Pony Club is one of the eight branches that make up Area Five of the The Irish Pony Club. There are just under 60 Irish Pony Club Branches in the Republic of Ireland, and these are divided into nine areas. The Irish Pony Club is a Voluntary Youth Organisation. It is the main equestrian organisation that provides training and competition in Showjumping, Dressage, Eventing, Mounted Games, Combined Training, Hunter Trials, Tetrathlon, other fun activities and stable management for young people. The Irish Pony Club endeavours to promote and encourage horsemanship, sportsmanship, citizenship and loyalty in a safe and fun atmosphere, for all its members and volunteers.

OBJECTIVES OF THE IRISH PONY CLUB

  • To encourage young people to ride and to learn to enjoy all kinds of sport connected with horses and riding.
  • To provide instruction in riding and horsemanship, and to instil in members the proper care of their animals.
  • To promote the highest ideals of sportsmanship, citizenship and loyalty, thereby cultivating strength of character and self-discipline.

You can visit the Irish Pony Club website here.