260705: GLOUCESTERSHIRE - BHS Forest of Dean Pleasure Ride

If you love hacking out and spending quality time with your horse in the great outdoors, come and join us for the BHS Forest of Dean Pleasure Ride.

Choose from three route options to suit you and your horse:

10 miles (long)

6 miles (medium)

3 miles (short – ideal for lead rein)

This is a relaxed walk-and-trot ride, and everyone is welcome.

Thanks to the kind permission of Forestry England, the ride takes place in the ancient and beautiful Forest of Dean, nestled in the Wye Valley. The forest has a rich and varied history: once a medieval royal hunting ground, later a vital source of timber for Tudor naval ships, and in 1938 designated the UK’s first National Forest Park. Today it remains a working forest, producing sustainable timber while offering miles of stunning riding.

All profits from this event support the BHS Ride Out UK Fund, which helps preserve, improve, and create off-road routes for equestrians across the UK. By taking part, you’re helping ensure safe riding spaces for horses and riders now and in the future.

Please note that some tracks include gravel surfaces. If your horse is unshod or sensitive on this type of footing, you may wish to use hoof boots.

Before entering, please make sure you read our full Terms & Conditions.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

EQUINE INFLUENZA UPDATE
We are still planning to go ahead with our event but, due to an increase in Equine Influenza in the UK, we will be taking extra precautions at the event.

Please do not attend if your horse appears to be unwell and we would urge owners to regularly check their horse’s temperature. Any horse with a temperature exceeding 38.5 degrees should not travel to the event.

Please bring your horse’s passport/vaccination certificate with you to the event

At the point of booking, you should have declared that your horse is up to date with annual flu vaccinations. The vaccination should have been within the last year of the date of the event and horses should be seven days clear of any booster vaccination by the date of the event. Passports/Vaccination Certificates will be checked and any that do not meet these requirements will be turned away and no refund will be given.

All passports should match the horse attending and microchips may be checked.

While you are at the event please adhere to the bio-security information available on the BHS website at:-
https://www.bhs.org.uk/horse-care-and-welfare/health-care-management/horse-health/disease-prevention/