On a crisp and sunny day in December, we had our Christmas Party. Our guest of honour this year was Camilla King (High Sheriff of Bedfordshire) who welcomed our guests with a lively and lovely speech assisted by one of our Trustees, Nick Kier. Also present was Collen Atkins, the Speaker of Bedford Districk Council. Nick thanked our wonderful volunteers without whom we would not be able to operate. Camilla King High Sheriff of Bedfordshire After a nativity on horseback, the

Fundraising for our new clubhouse got off to a good start with a golf day at Woburn Golf Club in October.  27 teams took part in the competition.

Coming shortly to Bedford is an exhibition mounted by David Lewry, a local artist who has produced 36 hand-drawn coloured pencil portraits celebrating the working people of Bedford. This includes our very own Jean Bedford and Jean Mainstone a teacher from Bedford School who accompanied the Bedford School boys who actively helped us as volunteers on a Wednesday afternoon. David has kindly agreed to include a short summary of what we do at BDHRA and to host a donation box for

BDHRA hosted a family event day for children, their siblings and their parents. The morning was a collaborative event with BBC Early...

BDHRA finished this academic year with a visit from local girl Kate Parrish who raised £5,000 for BDHRA by cycling 870 miles from north...

This year's summer fete took place on Saturday 5 th  July and was well attended.  Luckily the recent high temperatures had dropped on the...

BDHRA is delighted to celebrate the wonderful achievement of Kate Parish, a vet and very keen cyclist, in her completion of cycling the...

BDHRA welcomed 6 young people from across Bedford Borough as part of their Bedford Opportunities Project for a five-week, bespoke weekly...

We are delighted that Kate Parrish who is very close to many of our volunteers has bravely decided to cycle across France to raise funds...

Last month we had our third race night primarily organised by the awesome family pairing of John Parrish and his sister Gill Smith.  The...

Last year we were so very pleased to obtain outline planning permission for a new clubhouse. Our old one, a reused portacabin, was...

It was a cold evening on December 19th when Daniel, also known as Santa Silson, toured the village in his motorised sleigh at the head of...

What a great Christmas Party we had! Our Guest of Honour this year was Judith Armstrong who helped us enormously with our planning...

One of our long-standing volunteers Pat Dawson is retiring from the BDHRA.  Pat and her palomino horse Gold started with us 18 years ago...

The sun shone for BDHRA for the annual Summer Fete which began by HM Lord-Lieutenant Susan Lousada kindly opening proceedings. The fete...

There are limited spaces available for our Thursday Riding Club which has two sessions. The first session runs from 27 th June to 25 th...

We are delighted to announce that Lodge Farm Events have chosen to support us alongside the Tiggy’s Trust at a one-day music festival to be

Meet Silver Shadow who is a gorgeous little pony with a big character! This sweet grey pony may have little legs but his lack of height...