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🎺 Bookings are OPEN for this coming Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 🎺
📆 Link to book in bio.
🌦️ Although the weather forecast is looking promising, for the moment we are opening our bookings on a week by week basis until the ground conditions settle.
🐎 Lots of new fences for this season! We can’t wait to see you 🙌
📸 @pdg_event_photography
#lodgefarmxc #ridelodgefarm #equestriancommunity #xctraining
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📆 Link to book in bio.
🌦️ Although the weather forecast is looking promising, for the moment we are opening our bookings on a week by week basis until the ground conditions settle.
🐎 Lots of new fences for this season! We can’t wait to see you 🙌
📸 @pdg_event_photography
#lodgefarmxc #ridelodgefarm #equestriancommunity #xctraining
The workforce has been out in full swing today and the flags are going up. Fingers crossed the weather gets the memo and we can open soon! 🤞🐎
#lodgefarmxc #xctraining #ridelodgefarm #equestriancommunity
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***OPENING UPDATE***
Well wasn`t yesterday`s sun lovely while it lasted!
As you might imagine, the horrible wet winter has scuppered our plans to open on 1 March. We need a couple of weeks of drying weather to be able to move jumps and prepare the course, so it is looking like the earliest we will be opening our doors is mid-March. We`ll keep our website and social media channels updated so keep your eyes peeled 👀
Please note: When we do manage to open – and while the weather and ground are still so changeable – we will only be opening bookings 24 hours in advance to avoid large volumes of admin should we need to cancel at the last minute due to wet ground.
Looking forward to seeing you all here in sunnier, warmer climes soon!
#LodgeFarmXC #XCTraining #EventingUK #EquestrianLife #Britisheventing #RideLodgeFarm
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Well wasn`t yesterday`s sun lovely while it lasted!
As you might imagine, the horrible wet winter has scuppered our plans to open on 1 March. We need a couple of weeks of drying weather to be able to move jumps and prepare the course, so it is looking like the earliest we will be opening our doors is mid-March. We`ll keep our website and social media channels updated so keep your eyes peeled 👀
Please note: When we do manage to open – and while the weather and ground are still so changeable – we will only be opening bookings 24 hours in advance to avoid large volumes of admin should we need to cancel at the last minute due to wet ground.
Looking forward to seeing you all here in sunnier, warmer climes soon!
#LodgeFarmXC #XCTraining #EventingUK #EquestrianLife #Britisheventing #RideLodgeFarm
The ultimate #TBT for another gloomy day…
Where it all began…
30 YEARS AGO
We’ve been gifted these wonderful old photos by #westkentsevenoaksponyclub. They show some of the jumps that were built for the 1996 #ponyclubarea11 Horse Trials qualifier, which we hosted here for several years. Some are recognisable, some have most definitely been consigned to the history books!
Back in the day, Mike Etherington-Smith’s book, ‘Cross-country Course Design and Construction’ was our bible and our team of ‘course-builders’ was spearheaded by a wonderful villager called Dave Briggs, whose great talent was hedge-laying, but he was also a dab hand at fashioning jumps from fallen trees and spare timber. The brief for the PC Area was to build big and beefy – there was only one height back then, which was the equivalent of a very decent BE novice! Does anyone remember the coffin (pictured while under construction)? You had to approach it down a steep slope off a ninety-degree turn. It wiped out half the field 😱
How many jumps do you recognise?
#LodgeFarmXC #fromthearchives📷
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Where it all began…
30 YEARS AGO
We’ve been gifted these wonderful old photos by #westkentsevenoaksponyclub. They show some of the jumps that were built for the 1996 #ponyclubarea11 Horse Trials qualifier, which we hosted here for several years. Some are recognisable, some have most definitely been consigned to the history books!
Back in the day, Mike Etherington-Smith’s book, ‘Cross-country Course Design and Construction’ was our bible and our team of ‘course-builders’ was spearheaded by a wonderful villager called Dave Briggs, whose great talent was hedge-laying, but he was also a dab hand at fashioning jumps from fallen trees and spare timber. The brief for the PC Area was to build big and beefy – there was only one height back then, which was the equivalent of a very decent BE novice! Does anyone remember the coffin (pictured while under construction)? You had to approach it down a steep slope off a ninety-degree turn. It wiped out half the field 😱
How many jumps do you recognise?
#LodgeFarmXC #fromthearchives📷
As we near the end of 2025 we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us this season. It has been our busiest year yet with a packed calendar of events, clinics and schooling. We’ve welcomed lots of new faces this year, with riders coming from far and wide, and it’s been fantastic to watch everyone’s progress.
We have lots of exciting things going on in 2026 so please do christen your new diaries with our four key dates (others may be added)!
We can’t wait to welcome you back next year.
In the meanwhile, we wish you all a very merry Christmas,
Ellie, Nicky & Phil 🎄
📸 @pdg_event_photography
@thunderhooves.digital
@cookney_creations
#LodgeFarmXC #xctraining #kentequestrian #eventinglife #savethedates
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We have lots of exciting things going on in 2026 so please do christen your new diaries with our four key dates (others may be added)!
We can’t wait to welcome you back next year.
In the meanwhile, we wish you all a very merry Christmas,
Ellie, Nicky & Phil 🎄
📸 @pdg_event_photography
@thunderhooves.digital
@cookney_creations
#LodgeFarmXC #xctraining #kentequestrian #eventinglife #savethedates
December at its very best this morning ❄️ ☀️🫶
#LodgeFarmXC #XCTraining #EventingUK #equestrianlife #equestriancommunity
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And that’s a wrap! 🐎
A huge thank you to everyone who has come to train, compete and support us this year – what a fabulous one it’s been 🥳
We are now closed for the winter, but keep your eyes peeled for next year’s diary dates, plus some exciting new additions for next year courtesy of our absolute hero, Drazic @cookney_creations who does such a fantastic job keeping the course in tip top shape 🤩
Drop us a DM or comment below with your 2025 LFXC highlight! 🙌🏼
📸 @pdg_event_photography
📸 @thunderhooves.digital
#LodgeFarmXC #RiderTestimonial #XCTraining #KentEquestrian #EventingLife #RideWithConfidence
#LodgeFarmXC #FavouriteJump #CrossCountryFun #KentEquestrian #XCTraining #EventingLife #ridewithconfidence
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A huge thank you to everyone who has come to train, compete and support us this year – what a fabulous one it’s been 🥳
We are now closed for the winter, but keep your eyes peeled for next year’s diary dates, plus some exciting new additions for next year courtesy of our absolute hero, Drazic @cookney_creations who does such a fantastic job keeping the course in tip top shape 🤩
Drop us a DM or comment below with your 2025 LFXC highlight! 🙌🏼
📸 @pdg_event_photography
📸 @thunderhooves.digital
#LodgeFarmXC #RiderTestimonial #XCTraining #KentEquestrian #EventingLife #RideWithConfidence
#LodgeFarmXC #FavouriteJump #CrossCountryFun #KentEquestrian #XCTraining #EventingLife #ridewithconfidence
Your final #TestimonialTuesday of the season – thank you to Faye Smith, who absolutely nailed her XC round at RVRC Friends of Freddie ODE earlier this year! 🫶
“My pony’s second time here & second ever 70cm ODE, this year we didn’t get the big fat “E” in the cross country!” 🥳🦄🍾🥂
Lovely & inviting course for green horses 🐴
📸 @pdg_event_photography
Two more schooling days before we close for the winter. Book for tomorrow or Friday (link in bio) 🖊️
#LodgeFarmXC #XCTraining #EventingUK #RideLodgeFarm #EquestrianLife #BritishEventing #HorseEvent #FriendlyEventing #EquestrianCommunity
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“My pony’s second time here & second ever 70cm ODE, this year we didn’t get the big fat “E” in the cross country!” 🥳🦄🍾🥂
Lovely & inviting course for green horses 🐴
📸 @pdg_event_photography
Two more schooling days before we close for the winter. Book for tomorrow or Friday (link in bio) 🖊️
#LodgeFarmXC #XCTraining #EventingUK #RideLodgeFarm #EquestrianLife #BritishEventing #HorseEvent #FriendlyEventing #EquestrianCommunity