Merlon Park

Boutique Horse Services

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Looking For a Horse?

Looking for a horse? If we don’t have the horse for you we have the national resourses to find the horse you’re looking for! Give us a call to find the right horse for you !

Merlon Park is a brilliant facility for both horse and horse owner. 40 acres of purpose built equestrian property combined with expert horse management and caring staff makes the choice very easy. If you want the safest possible “home” for your horse then there is no alternative but Merlon Park.

New Protective Vest

Available only from Merlon Park. Capable of absorbing five times more energy than classic vests and eight times more energy than foam vests. Price $390.00 inc GST

Riding Lessons and Clinics

Merlon Park instructors tailor your lesson to match your current riding ability with an eye on your ultimate goal. The 60 mt X 40 mt fenced sand arena allows the flexibility of having a number of riders on the arena at the same time or to set up a show jumping course. A complete cross country course is available (additional cost) with jumps suiting beginners’ right through to the most experience rider.

Finance

Finance is available on some of our horses with the added bonus of being interest free. Naturally there are terms and conditions and I am sure we can tailor a finance package to suite your budget. Now there is no reason to settle for a horse that you thought was out of reach.

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Dressage

What is dressage?

According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dressage (pronounced dress-ahhzh) (a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics. Its fundamental purpose is to develop, through standardized progressive training methods, a horse's natural athletic ability and willingness to perform, thereby maximizing its potential as a riding horse. At the peak of a dressage horse's gymnastic development, it can smoothly respond to a skilled rider's minimal aids by performing the requested movement while remaining relaxed and appearing effortless. Dressage is occasionally referred to as "Horse Ballet" (cf. nl:Dressuur). Although the discipline has ancient roots, dressage was first recognized as an important equestrian pursuit in the West during the Renaissance. The great European riding masters of that period developed a sequential training system that has changed little since then. Classical dressage is still considered the basis of trained modern dressage.
Early European aristocrats displayed their horses' training in equestrian pageants, but in modern dressage competition, successful training at the various levels is demonstrated through the performance of "tests" of prescribed series of movements within a standard arena. Judges evaluate each movement on the basis of an objective standard appropriate to the level of the test and assign each movement a score from zero to ten - zero being "not executed" and 10 being "excellent". A score of 9 is considered "very good" and is considered a particularly high mark, while a competitor achieving all 6s (or 60% overall) should be considering moving on to the next level.

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Merlon Park is located on 40 picturesque acres at Oakdale NSW (60 minutes from Sydney – 15 minutes from Picton).

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