TO celebrate the ongoing development of BHS TREC, the British Horse Society south west Wales regional committee held a number of training events during November.

The committee has been instrumental in developing the sport in south west Wales and the Chevron BHS TREC Welsh Championships were held in Pembrokeshire this year, and a number of other TREC competitions have been staged in the region the last two years.

The British Horse Society introduced TREC to the UK in 1998 and is the UK governing body for the sport.

TREC events are split into three sections, orienteering on horseback along a pre-set route, a control of paces phase and a timed obstacle course.

The sport aims to encourage the development of skills suited to safe riding and to encourage riders to build a good relationship with their horse or pony.

Sue Enfield, from Amroth, chairman of the BHS south west Wales regional committee, said: "We are always hoping to encourage new riders to take up the sport. It is suitable for all ages and all types of horses and ponies, the crucial test being that of the relationship between horse and rider." Training events on offer included an introduction to TREC with mounted exercise including obstacles, grid references, orienteering, and control of paces, talks on fitness, homeopathy and first aid for horses and a level one mini competition.

The events took place at Trewindsor Stud, near Cardigan, Carmarthen College and Moylegrove.

10:20am Tuesday 4th December 2007

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