The OBH Riding Club was started in 1948 by members of the Old Berkeley Hunt who wanted to ride together in the summer. Colonel Phipps was a founding member and we still award the Phipps trophy, a very beautiful, mounted hunting horn, to the member accruing the most points throughout the year.

The club membership is for seniors, starting at seventeen years old, and caters for a range of disciplines. We run open competitions which anyone can enter, from a showing show through to a one day event, and a series of members shows. Training has become an important ingredient, now including winter training as well as a mini one day event over a "starters" course. We try to encourage a social aspect to the club as well, with an annual quiz and sometimes a BBQ at the members' events, while people wait for results.

The OBHRC is affiliated to the BHS via "British Riding Clubs". We send teams to all sorts and levels of qualifiers, drawn from whoever is interested. If you would like to have a go at any team competition, BRC or otherwise, please let us know. The club affiliation also gives you a BRC membership number and entitles you to Rider magazine, a national championship structure in several disciplines, easy access to advice and information, third party insurance at club events and various discounts.

Ricky Dutton
Chairman
Old Berkeley Hunt Riding Club
contact@obhrc.org.uk