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Gatcombe Musical Ride 2019

We had a fantastic day for the musical ride.  The ponies had been turned out to proper show standard by Zara, Paulina, and Anna.  Ellie and Nathalie arrived ready to show the crowd their stuff!  Smartie and Jess behaved beautifully and the audience loved the performance.  Thank you all the volunteers who came to assist on the day!  Well done everyone!

Gatcombe Musical Ride 2019

We had a fantastic day for the musical ride.  The ponies had been turned out to proper show standard by Zara, Paulina, and Anna.  Ellie and Nathalie arrived ready to show the crowd their stuff!  Smartie and Jess behaved beautifully and the audience loved the performance.  Thank you all the volunteers who came to assist on the day!  Well done everyone!

Gatcombe Musical Ride 2019

We had a fantastic day for the musical ride.  The ponies had been turned out to proper show standard by Zara, Paulina, and Anna.  Ellie and Nathalie arrived ready to show the crowd their stuff!  Smartie and Jess behaved beautifully and the audience loved the performance.  They all loved meeting Princess Anne who gave them a lovely rosette and sash for their efforts.  Thank you all the volunteers who came to assist on the day!  Well done everyone!

Gatcombe Musical Ride 2019

We had a fantastic day for the musical ride.  The ponies had been turned out to proper show standard by Zara, Paulina, and Anna.  Ellie and Nathalie arrived ready to show the crowd their stuff!  Smartie and Jess behaved beautifully and the audience loved the performance.  They all loved meeting Princess Anne who gave them a lovely rosette and sash for their efforts.  Thank you all the volunteers who came to assist on the day!  Well done everyone!

Gatcombe Musical Ride 2019

We had a fantastic day for the musical ride.  The ponies had been turned out to proper show standard by Zara, Paulina, and Anna.  Ellie and Nathalie arrived ready to show the crowd their stuff!  Smartie and Jess behaved beautifully and the audience loved the performance.  They all loved meeting Princess Anne who gave them a lovely rosette and sash for their efforts.  Thank you all the volunteers who came to assist on the day!  Well done everyone!

Thank you!

The Cirencester Park Polo Club very kindly held a raffle at The Barrington Ayre Committee Cup Final on Sunday 9th June 2019.

It was the 125 Year Anniversary Game, Hackett Army v CPPC Civilians and raised £300 for Watershed RDA. We would like to say a very big Thank you very much to everyone involved. 

Talk by William Redaway on Friday 26th April


We, at The Watershed RDA, were priviledged to listen to William Redaway talk on how he rode and led his horse, Strider, to the four corners of England and back visiting over 30 cathedrals on the way.

Cathedrals, as we all know, are in the middle of towns and he had to contend with many situations on his travels not least the trams in Sheffield city centre!! He was unable to take Strider through parts of London as the emergency sirens had just been recalibrated and the police horses had had to be retrained not to worry about them – this had taken the police two years so Strider didn’t stand a chance! 



William walked and rode for over 7 months and even when a serious saddle sore affected Strider he was determined not to give up. 


William told the story of his adventure with modesty, humour and under statement and illustrated it with wonderful slides. If you missed this talk it is well worth finding out when he is talking again as his ride was inspirational. Not only did he help raise funds for The Watershed RDA (over £300) but he has to date raised over £84,000 for Wormwood Scrubs RDA and The Family Holiday Association.


Thank you William and Strider for letting us share your adventure.

VWH Point to Point!

Lovely weather , large crowds, lots of pats for Ben and several close races made for a good day out at the Point to Point.


Many thanks to Jackson Stops, Estate Agents, for their invitation to join them on the day and for their continued support of our Charity.

Thank you!

The Watershed Riding for the Disabled Group is very pleased to announce thatThe Peter O’Sullevan Charitable Trust

has awarded our Group a considerable sum of money to go towards the care of our ponies.  We are extremely grateful to them for this funding and thank them. 

Watershed Mugs

These beautiful bone china mugs have been sponsored by The Rural Planning Practice.


They will be for sale at our 2019 events for £7.99.

If you would like to pre- order some, please contact Kate on

 07876 533322


A big THANK YOU to The RPP for their support and The Watershed RDA hope that you will all be drinking lots of tea from them!

Thank you!

A huge Thank you to Bourton Day Nursery for raising a staggering £1845 on their charity day for us!

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