Capel Horse and Pony Club

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Are you a Pony Club WA Senior Riding Member aged 17–24?

Join us for a Senior Rider Rally on Sunday, 13 September 2026 at Capel Horse & Pony Club and be part of shaping the future of coaching in Pony Club WA.

This isn’t just another rally! We want to hear from you. As part of your registration, you’ll have the opportunity to tell us what you’d like to learn, helping us tailor the day to suit the interests of senior riders.

Whether you’re looking to develop your riding skills, connect with other riders, or have your say on the future of Pony Club coaching, we’d love to see you there.

📅 Date: Sunday, 13 September 2026
📍 Venue: Capel Horse & Pony Club
👥 Who: Pony Club WA Senior Riding Members aged 17–24

Register here:
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Tag a friend who should come along and help shape the future of Pony Club coaching! 💛🖤

Good Afternoon Riders,

Capel Horse and Pony Club warmly welcomes you to the first eventing start of the season. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend. The weather is looking to be wonderful with a top of 29 on Saturday and a top of 31 on Sunday.

A few small housekeeping bits of information to help make your weekend run as smoothly as possible for you

Draw and helper Jobs

As some of you may have notice the draw and helper duties have been uploaded onto event secretary. Please check your times and classes to ensure you entered the correct classes. As always it is best practise to double check your times Saturday morning to check for scratching's and changes that could affect your time.

Please look at your helper jobs, every effort has been taken to try and give everyone helper jobs that they requested and ones that worked around your ride times. We do not have many spare helpers so please if you do scratch, please may you either do your helper job or find someone to do it for you. You will receive a larger refund if your helper job is completed.

Yards

You will see attached in this email the yard allocations, mud maps of where the yards are located on the grounds and a mud map of where arenas and access is for riders over the weekend.

Rider Meeting

We will be hosting a rider meeting on Saturday night at 6:30pm at the clubrooms. There will be important information from our Officials regarding Sundays XC so it is important all riders attend. Eventing WA will also be giving information about the coming year that is relevant to all riders.

WhatsApp group - notifications of courses open for walking

There is a QR code attached in this email for you to scan to join a WhatsApp group. In this group is where we will post when SJ and XC courses are open for walking, if classes are running early or late, when presentations etc are happening. Please join so that you can stay informed over the weekend

Rider Reps

For those new to eventing - Your rider rep is a rider that you can contact if you have any questions or concerns during the competition regarding to your classes. You are of course as always welcome to speak directly to the officials but the rider reps are there to assist as well

EvA50 - EvA80 - Tegan Lush - 0488 904 779
EvA95 - CCN1* - Mia Mercuri - 0478 619 234
CCI2* - CCI4* - Kenya Wilson - 0449 758 399

FEI Riders (CCI2* - CCI4*)

Check in Friday is between 2:30 - 4:30pm on the grass area by the showjumping/old clubrooms

Arena Familiarisation will be from 4:30 - 6pm

The Vet team for the weekend consists of James Meyer, Hayley Baker and Bec Caslick.

Information regarding cool down etc will be given a the rider meeting Saturday night

As previously discussed with you all, please ensure you all park in the area closer to the clubrooms (please see map attached in this email) The vets and stewards just want you all roughly in the same area.

Please remember your temperature checks

Use of Bikes/Scooters

Teams

A message from Eventing WA

Welcome to the start of the 2026 eventing season. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Capel and wish you all a fantastic start to the year.

Whether you are returning for another season or competing at Capel for the first time, we hope you enjoy the weekend and the opportunity to get your horses out and about again.

For 2026, Eventing WA has established a Rider Liaison group to listen to rider feedback and share helpful information to support competitors throughout the season. The group includes Jess Palmer, Kate Alexander, Vaz McLachlan and Kellie Anderson. You can contact us through the season with eventing questions, needing guidance, or would just like a bit of help navigating the sport more broadly. Our contact details are at the bottom of this email.

The Rider Liaison group is separate to the Rider Representatives selected for each individual event. If you have concerns or issues at a specific competition, your first point of contact on should always be the Rider Representative appointed for that event. Who can raise matters directly with the Organising Committee and Officials at that specific event.

If you have any questions leading up to an event, please feel free to reach out to any of us.

Eventing WA will also have a tent set up at Capel over the weekend, so please feel free to drop by and say hello. We are always happy to have a chat and assist where we can.

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable event and a great start to the 2026 season.

Kind regards,
The Eventing WA Rider Liaison Group

Jess Palmer 0407511253
Kate Alexander 0421822181
Vaz McLachlan 0447990089
Kellie Anderson 0448488801

Thankyou so much to the amazing Chrissy May Photography- Christine Curciarello for putting this fabulous flip book together for our event! Make sure to check it out for some extra information on the event including officials, classes, the schedule of events, sponsors, etiquette, safety, etc
Scan the QR code or click this link below to check it out😊
https://www.pdf-flip.com/viewers/255957/85ir3x.html?v=1773319468620

🛍️ Trade Stalls at the Capel Horse & Pony Club CCI-S 4*

Make sure you take some time to visit the trade village during our event this weekend!
We’re excited to have a fantastic group of businesses joining us, offering a range of equestrian products, services, and great food and drinks for competitors and spectators to enjoy across the weekend.

You’ll find the trade area located around our old clubrooms, with easy access for visitors.
Our trade stalls include:
• Kingsfield Equestrian
• Coffee Cabana Mobile Cafe
• Evolution Equestrian
• Pimp my Pony - Tack and Horse Care
• Ovarit Jumps
• TE Equine

☕ Grab a coffee, 🐎 check out some great equestrian gear, and support the businesses that support our sport.

Please see the map below for the trade stall layout.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Sponsor Spotlight – AFGRI Equipment Australia Busselton

Capel Horse & Pony Club would like to warmly welcome AFGRI Equipment Busselton as a Bronze Sponsor of the Capel Horse & Pony Club CCI-S 4* Event.

AFGRI Equipment is one of Western Australia’s leading agricultural equipment suppliers, supporting farmers, contractors and rural communities with high-quality machinery, parts and servicing. With trusted brands and a strong focus on customer support, the team at their Busselton branch plays an important role in keeping the South West’s agricultural industry moving.

Their support helps us continue to deliver a high-quality event for riders, spectators and volunteers, and we are incredibly grateful to have them on board this year. We will have on of their lovely tractors out on course this year! Make sure to check it out🙉

Please join us in thanking AFGRI Equipment Busselton for supporting our event – and remember to support the businesses that support our sport! 🚜🐎

Morning everyone, our Capel HPC CCI-S is only 3 days away! Please join our WhatsApp group chat below for live updates and information😊
We look forward to seeing you all this weekend!

⏰ ENTRIES CLOSING SOON – DON’T MISS OUT! ⏰

A reminder to all riders that entries for our Capel Horse & Pony Club CCI-S 4* event close in just 5 days!

If you’re planning to compete, now is the time to jump online and secure your spot to the first eventing competition of the year 🙉
📌 Entries are via Event Secretary.
📅 Entries will close at 9pm on the 4th of March.

We’re looking forward to an exciting weekend of eventing at the Capel Regional Equestrian Centre and can’t wait to see everyone there ✨

Don’t leave it until the last minute — get your entries in before they close!

Sponsor Spotlight - The Casotti Family - The Casotti Water complex

Capel Horse & Pony Club is proud to recognise The Casotti Family as the sponsor of our water complex at this year’s Capel CCI event.

The Cassotti Family has been extremely generous in coming on as a platinum sponsor for this years event. We are incredibly grateful for their support of our event and their commitment to our local equestrian community.

Please join us in thanking The Casotti Family for their valued sponsorship of the Capel Horse & Pony Club CCI-S 4* event🌟❤️

How good do these new yards look.

Capel CCI-s riders, more yards for our competitors 🐴♥️

Thank you Capel Polocrosse Club Inc. and Community Bank Capel.

Remember that funding we received from the Community Bank Capel Pitch Night last year?

Well we’ve put it to good use!..🩷

✨BRAND NEW SET OF YARDS✨

A huge thank you to Community Bank Capel and our hardworking committee members who work tirelessly to improve our grounds for future events at the Capel Regional Equestrian Park - CREP🩷

To our followers, supporters and players if you don’t already bank with Bendigo now is the time to consider a change. Please support the local bank that supports us🫶🏻