Southern Carriage Driving Club (SCDC) has been running Indoor Carriage Driving (ICD) for the Wessex Region for many years. We hold six events from October to March every year at Sparsholt Equine Centre in Winchester SO21 2NB and are a qualifying event for the National Championships held in April. Throughout the season we also run a Club Class for newcomers, hold long-reining classes, raffles, fancy dress competitions and more to ensure it’s an event for all levels of competitor and for young, novice or experienced horses and ponies alike.
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Representing SCDC at the 2024 ICD Championships
From 18th – 21st April SCDC Members took up camp at Arena UK in Lincolnshire and buckled down to represent the Wessex ICD Region – competing with many other regions from Wales and Scotland to our Dorset neighbours. Four of our qualifiers were competing and as SCDC Chairman Julia says “Team Wessex did everyone proud…
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Long-reining at Wessex ICD
Take a look at the happy faces of these competitors enjoying the long-reining class at the Wessex Indoor Carriage Driving event in March 2024. We decided to create this class for those who don’t drive or ride or those with young, novice or inexperienced horses, poines and donkeys to be able to come along to…
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The Competition
The National Championship qualifying classes are Novice Pony, Novice Horse, Open Pony, Open Horse, Multiples and Small Pony. Classes may be combined depending on entry numbers. To enter these classes you need to be membes of ICD and this will get you into the Championship Points League. The SCDC Club Class is for non-ICD members, those with young horses or those new to the sport who won’t be entered into the Points League. All classes get to compete across the 3 phases below.
Precision & Paces
Practice the current seasons P&P test. One judge marks the accuracy of the movement the other judges the pace of its execution. Scores are out of 10 for each movement and once deducted from the ‘perfect score’ you’re looking to achieve the lowest penalty score.
Cones
There’s a target time for the cones course. From start to end flags, drive the cones in numerical order and make sure you don’t knock any balls off. You get one mark for each second over or below the target time plus five marks for each knockdown.
Obstacles
Two obstacles will be available including gates A to E. You and your groom will find the best route round all gates in order (red on right, white on left) to achieve the fastest times against the clock. After your class completes Ob 1 & 2, you drive the same two again for Ob 3 & 4.
Sparsholt Facilities
- Indoor Arena – 60m x 23m with indoor viewing opportunities
- Audio equipment for indoor competition with music
- Outdoor Arena – 70m x 50m with Olympic standard surface
- Large warm-up area with etiquette rules enforced
- Multiple friendly Stewards to ensure a safe and smooth event
- Indoor heated viewing gallery (upstairs) and toilets
- Ample parking for horse boxes and trailers as well as spectators
- Dogs allowed on site, but must remain in the lorry park, on leads
- Caterer and Photographer at some events
More about Indoor Carriage Driving
ICD Rules www.indoordriving.co.uk/rules
Join ICD www.indoordriving.co.uk/join
ICD Events www.indoordriving.co.uk/events
ICD Results www.indoordriving.co.uk/results
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