The 2008 Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs will be held on Sunday 10th August 2008.
The Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs is a major horse show and equestrian festival held in Aberaeron, in west wales. This is an annual event providing a wide range of equine and cultural displays, including Welsh ponies and cobs being ridden, driven and shown in hand.
Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs features carriage driving, welsh cobs ridden and in-hand, and exciting displays of horse riding in beautiful west Wales. This is equestrian tourism at its best in Wales, showing the wide variety of equestrian life in Wales.
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Horse show dates in Wales: Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs is one of the most popular events in the horse shows and equestrian events of west Wales calendar.
This is a shining example of a magnificent equestrian festival held in scenic west wales and a major date in the equestrian calendar of Wales. The Aberaeron Festival is a perfect chance to see stunning welsh cobs in-hand and ridden in west wales, and to admire the versatility of the Welsh Cob in a display of carriage driving in Wales.
Whether you live in Wales or you are visiting Wales for a horse riding holiday, the Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, west Wales is a fine example and display of horse riding in the UK at its best, showing all that the Welsh Cob and Welsh pony has to offer, in-hand, under saddle and in harness in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, west Wales, UK, Europe.
Llanrtyd Wells offers the Man v Horse festival, plus eleven other (non-horse) events annually.
This is one of THE most unique events in the equestrian - and running - calendar - a fantastic spectacle.
www.man-v-horse.org.uk
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Llanwrtyd Wells information.
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The Red Dragon Ride is an endurance riding festival and competition held in Wales.
This year's ride will be held on 3rd, 4th and 5th October 2008, starting at the Royal Welsh showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells.
There will be Non Competitive Rides (NCR), Competitive Rides (CR) and Endurance Rides (ER) over various distances, for novice and advanced partnerships.
Endurance riding is a fun, competitive horse sport involving covering designated distances on horseback at a set speed. It demands excellent horsemanship skills as well as mere fitness, in ensuring that horse and rider work together.
Red Dragon Endurance GB Ride, Powys, mid Wales.
Endurance riding, long distance riding, Wales, UK, Europe.
The South and West Wales branch of Endurance GB, providing information on Endurance riding in Wales, and organising fun and competitive endurance rides in south and west Wales.
South and West Wales Endurance GB group
Dates for Endurance Rides in Wales can be seen at South and West Wales Endurance Group activities.
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The Welsh are particularly fond of rugby, and when Wales score, the noise from the Millennium Stadium is just awesome.Though smaller in number, the enthusiastic supporters of the Welsh Cobs raise a decibel or two at the Royal Welsh Show when the highly competitive displays of Cobs and ponies hold centre stage in the main ring. Some people travel to Builth Wells in July simply to witness that event only. It is a magical annual moment.
During August, the idyllic painted seaside town of Aberaeron hosts the Aberaeron Festival of the Cob, a great jamboree of events, attended by thousands It just goes to prove the high value attached to this popular breed, and why sales and news of events are watched with fanatical attention all over the globe.
Some of the largest sales are again held at the Builth Wells Showground. The Royal Welsh Spring sale is held in May, while the Fayre Oak sale, reputed to be the largest sale in the world of registered Cobs and ponies, is held in September.
Another selling event not to be missed is the Hay on Wye Breeders Sale in October, a far different occasion to the Literary Book Festival associated with this intriguing town.Aberaeron Festival: www.aberaeronfestival.comTregaron Festival: www.tregarontrotting.comWelsh Festival of the Horse: www.wec.org.uk