Friday, June 29, 2012

Ireland Horse Riding Adventures

By Heather Toms


As a visitor destination, Ireland is highly regarded due to its gripping natural beauty and its people's liveliness and usually friendly, welcoming and happy nature. Travel, music, song and dance and drinking are all a unchallengeable part of the Irish culture, as is pony riding. The Irish have always had a strong bond with their horses, to a significant extent due to their agrarian history, but other incidents like 3 successive wins at the Grand National for Irish jockeys have just added to the general keenness for horses and pony riding.

Ireland also has a large amount of horse exhibitions/sales events such as Goffs, where the best of Irish horses are featured. There are also one or two pony carnivals like the Dublin Horse Show. Though this actual show is the biggest, several far smaller shows are in no way inferior in the range of their offerings. One of Ireland's horse-related landmarks is the Dartfield Horse Museum, where exhibits and interactive events throw much light on the human-horse relationship.

Eire has some stunning natural views, from lush coastal mountains and stormy seas to even more lush and low inland fields. The country is perfect for viewing from horseback, whatever your level of riding experience is. Novices are just as welcome as veterans, and you'll be able to find an equestrian holiday package that is going to fit your particular needs from a big variety available, all offered by stables working on their own unique interpretations of holidays with horses. Some package offers target particular classes of clients, but otherwise most packages serve people of all levels of experience, age and budget.

In the last twenty years, many Irish horse riding establishments have teamed to set up an entire in depth touring circuit. They have done marvellously, and are now internationally acclaimed. The units that comprise this circuit cover pretty much all counties and offer an in depth variety of pony and touring-related activities.

Some faculties offer English lessons for non-English speaking foreign clients of age 12 years or more. Instructors are professionals at communication studies and are TEFL certificated. Some stables focus solely on beginner adults of 30 years or more in age, offering them the possibility of acquiring a new ability. These stables handle a restricted number of clients per batch; sometimes the whole thing is done on an one-to-one basis.

Other packages include mixed golf// pony riding packages. You are given access to some truly prestigious golfing courses where play can be pretty challenging. Ireland's natural topography makes for some very interesting golfing courses and pastures for riding. Yet other packages take clients to vacation farms where aside from horse riding, clients are put through varied other activities that may be particularly pleasing for folks with a liking for farm life and for youngsters with a liking for animals.

The world is full of truly amazing horse riding holiday spots, and Eire is right up there at the head of the list.




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