Next event: Sunday 28 March - Club Champs 2010 at Foxton

Directions: From the South – go through Foxton past the race course and the golf club and take the first road on the right (Motuiti Road). The ride base is along this road on your left.
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Course: This is a new venue with terrain similar to the Waitarere course, mainly flat with a few sand hills and good under foot. Due to existing markers at this venue, we will be marking the course with GREEN & YELLOW flappers, icecream lids and roadmarkers.

Entries
For the Club Championships event, there is a special entry form.
To enter, please contact Junior Vaele : Tel 04-564-6311 (after 6pm please), cell phone 027-284-2052, or email

Please note: All Championship competitors must be pre-entered and paid by Friday 19 March.
Non-championship competitors may pre-enter, or enter on the day after 7:30 am
Vetting from 7:30 am on the day. Ride briefing at 8:15 am

Venue Plenty of room for parking and riders are welcome to stay overnight. Please indicate on your entry if you intend to stay overnight. If staying overnight you must bring warratahs, electric tape & a power pack to set up your yard.

Ride Organiser For further information, please contact Aimee on 06-327-5232

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WATRC Ride Rules
Information for Competitors
For links to the above and more, see the Resources page

WATRC Ride Calendar
Please note: WATRC is no longer affiliated to ESNZ / EnNZ. Consequently, WATRC rides will not count towards qualifying criteria for events or awards sponsored by those bodies. Riders wishing to qualify for ESNZ / EnNZ Island or National Championships will need to ride in qualifying events held by an ESNZ / EnNZ affiliated club.

Dates and/or venues are subject to change. For updates, please visit this page regularly, or subscribe to the feed .

WATRC Entries Protocols

Pre-ride entries
Open and Long Intermediate riders must pre-enter. Other riders, please pre-enter whenever possible, as it makes the job so much easier on the day. Send email to:


Please note that you must be a current financial WATRC member to ride in the short intermediate, long intermediate, junior or open classes. There is an exception made for ESNZ members who are classed as open endurance combinations (rider & horse) to ride in the Open CTR class. They must however pay a day card fee.

Pre entries close the Friday before the ride (2 days before). This is to give our entries person sufficient time to prepare the necessary paperwork. Once ride out times have been given they will not be changed unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Please include the following details in your email pre-entry - your full name, your horses name, the class you want to enter & the details of your ride buddy (if you have one in mind) & any other preferences (start time etc). Please also indicate if you have a logbook or will be using a day card. This saves the entries person having to follow up for more information.

Entries on the day are accepted only for Marton Brick & Tile (Short Intermediate), Junior, and Novice events, open at 7.30am at the ride venue, and close at 9am.

To save time at the venue, we suggest you print and complete an entry form the night before. Please fill out all your forms IN FULL. It makes the entries person's job much easier.

When you have filled out your forms, go to the person taking payment. Pay and get your bib. Make sure your time out is written on your vet card/logbook. Your time due back is your own responsibility to work out.

Early start times from 8:30 to 9:00 are reserved for Opens and Long Intermediates only. They may start later if they want, but because they have the greatest distance and the longest ride times, they get this first half hour to themselves. Marton Brick & Tile, Juniors and Novices leave from 9:05am.

Please print and complete a membership application form and send it with your cheque to WATRC.
Please provide an email address for newsletters to be sent to if possible - it helps keep costs down for the club.

General Venue Etiquette

WATRC can only secure the generosity and cooperation of land-owners by undertaking to bring no hazards or annoyances to the venue, and ensuring the venue is left in the same condition as it was found. Please check the requirements for each venue, but also ensure you always adhere to the following rules:

• Remove all your horse's manure from the ride base. Bring a bag or a bucket and take the manure away with you.

• Bring water for yourself and your horse. Water is often in short supply at venues and we don't expect the land-owner to provide for our needs.

• Dogs are not permitted at the ride base or on the trails under any circumstances.

• Absolutely no smoking at the ride base or on the trail.

• Leave all gates as you find them, open or closed. If closing, ensure they are properly latched

• Horses known to kick must be marked with a red ribbon tied in their tails

• Stallions must be marked with a blue ribbon tied in their tails and yarded at all times. Please advise the club in advance if stallions or colts will be brought to the ride venue.

• Take all rubbish away with you. Leave the venue as you found it, or leave it cleaner.

Only by ensuring that the land-owner's experience of our events is as good as ours, can we ensure we continue to have access to the incredible riding trails of the Wellington region.

The rules regarding smoking and dogs are particularly important - please follow them at all times - we've lost venues in the past because attendees failed to follow these rules.

The Equestrian Sport New Zealand website, Endurance section "About" page has a link to the article "Getting Started in Endurance", a useful guide to preparing yourself and your horse for the new season