Come and Meet Us at Scone Palace Horse Trials – Supporting Our Scottish Members

We’re excited to announce that the ABRS+ will be sharing a stand with HorseScotland at the upcoming Scone Palace Horse Trials, taking place from 21st to 24th August.

Book a 1:1 coffee meeting with our Chair Jane Williams

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to connect with our Scottish members, hear your thoughts, and find out how we can better support your riding schools and centres. Our Chair, Jane Williams, will be there in person, and you can click to book a one-to-one coffee meeting with her to discuss your needs, ideas, and priorities.

Free Goodie Bag for ABRS+ Members

All ABRS+ Members visiting the stand will receive a free goodie bag, designed to help you run a successful riding test for up to 8 participants.

Each bag includes:

  • 8 Rosettes
  • 8 Certificates
  • And a ready-to-use lesson plan

Free for attending members!

Promote Your Centre

We’re printing a short-run leaflet that will automatically include contact details for all our Scottish members. If you have any special offers, events, or promotions you’d like featured, please get in touch — we’ll be happy to include additional details.

Contact Anne Clarke at anne.clarke@abrs-info.org to submit your info.

Could You Be Our Next Scottish Representative?

We’re currently looking for a new Scottish Representative to help strengthen and shape our work in Scotland. The role description will soon be available online, and printed copies will be available at the show. If you’re interested — or know someone who might be — you can also book a one-to-one meeting with Jane at the event to talk through the role and what it involves.

We can’t wait to see you at Scone — let’s continue building a strong and supportive ABRS+ community across Scotland!

Whether you’re a long-time member or just curious to learn more, come and say hello – we’d love to meet you!

We’re looking forward to reconnecting with familiar faces, meeting new ones, and sharing more about the work we’re doing to support riding schools, trekking centres, and livery yards, and to promote equine wellbeing across the industry.

ABRS+ Conference 2025 Save The date!

We are thrilled to announce the date and venue for our annual conference this year! On Monday the 20th of October we will be at the Brooksby Campus, Melton Mowbray. A day centred around ‘Equine Wellbeing at the Heart of Riding Schools‘ looking at the 5 domains. More details to follow soon!

CIEC Course Dates 2025

We are thrilled to release the dates for our CIEC Courses for 2025, some are already fully booked so if that was the location of interest please get in touch with the office to register interest for future courses.

We’re hoping to announce additional Level 1 courses soon, and a final Level 2 for this year at Four Winds is in the pipeline… Stay tuned and follow us on social media for the latest updates!

The Equestrian Coaching Certificate pathway endorsed by UK Coaching and provided by 1st4Sport is a standardized approach across equestrian disciplines and focuses on the coaching craft in the context of equestrianism.

It usually contains a course with a taught element – both in the classroom and practically alongside the development of a coach portfolio based on clients you are coaching – and an assessment which looks at the your coaching skills (whilst coaching elements from the technical syllabus at each level) and also requires the submission of a portfolio.

It does not assess knowledge or expertise in relation to horse care and welfare albeit demonstration of an appreciation of equine health and welfare is necessary as a requirement to register for these qualifications either demonstrated through experience or previous qualifications.

 

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