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Following expiry of its lease on the land, Rose Cottage Riding School is closed until further notice

In the thirty or so days to 4 January 2013 and even though this site is not being regularly maintained, we have been pleased to welcome visitors to this web site from 10 cities in 6 countries! 
These countries are listed here roughly in descending order of the number of contacts:

United Kingdom
Ireland
United States

Australia
France
Netherlands

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     On the 12 May 2012 we said goodbye to 'Song Of Easter'.

     She was 34 years old and had had many happy years retirement with us, we and the wonkeys will miss this golden oldie, RIP Sweet Easter x x x

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Our 2012 Calendar is now available in PDF format here.  Enjoy all the year round some views of Rose Cottage at its height.

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  Former riders at Rose Cottage Riding School certainly remain keen and dedicated to practice their sport - as this picture shows! 
  Picture taken 4th February 2012 at Bunagee beach.

  Now, the question is:  Do you recognise the horse and rider?

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Do you really know all the points of your horse?  We've just added this annotated image to our web site.  Go to our Fun page to check your knowledge..

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We hope you all had a lovely Halloween 2011.  Let us know how you celebrated.

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Some of Tommy Cooper's jokes have been added to our fun page!  Take a look now here

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We've some sad news to report about Kate's special horse Hamlet.  He died today, 26th May 2011. Kate who had had him for 18 years said:

"Hamlet was amazing, a legend, a superstar, a horse in a lifetime!! and more than all this he was MINE!!! I loved him as much as he loved me and my heart is broken, I have worried about his welfare for as long as I can remember and now he is gone.. There is a huge hole in our lives God Bless him Run Free big man! Cause chaos as always!"

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It's really spring now.  We have just put up some new pictures - and a few nice older ones - on the Behind the Scenes page.   See our favourites around the yard!!

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A Happy New Year to you all...

Our 2011 Calendar is available here for download. It has some lovely pictures! 
We hope you enjoyed our downloadable Christmas and New Year card. Kate and all at Rose Cottage would like to thank all our customers and website visitors for their custom over the past year.
If you want to buy a present why not get a voucher?  Rose Cottage vouchers make the ideal present.

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Have a look at some pictures of our 2010 Halloween Ride!!  Aren't you scared?

We are so grateful to Liam for these excellent shots.  Have some fun yourself at Rose Cottage Riding School.

Our New 2011 Calendar is out!!  Have a flick through it and even download it for your own use HERE!!

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Halloween 2010 at Rose Cottage..!   We're looking forward to seeing you at the Halloween Games on Friday 29th October or the Halloween Sunday Ride - Sunday 31st October. Give Katie a call to book. +353 (0) 876311676

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Google Street view came to Ireland on the 1st October 2010

If you want to go to Google Street View and see for yourself, look at the wonderful scenery in the area or simply see the view from our outdoor school just click here

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Sarah Brophy, a rider at Rose Cottage Riding School, wins GOLD at the 2010 Special Olympics Ireland!  How about that?  Out of 323 persons selected to represent Ulster at the Limerick event this year there were around 49 athletes from Ireland competing in Equestrian events. Sarah was in Team Ulster and there were 10 in that team. The Equestrian part of the Special Olympics was held in Clonshire Stables, Adare, Co. Limerick.  Sarah, who has been riding for seven years had qualified last year in the Ulster regional competitions at the Omagh Riding for the Disabled Association (R.D.A.) stables. Well done Sarah - a fantastic job.  See some photographs of this event here.

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Just a bit of news about Harvey. Regulars to this web site will recall Harvey and Ivan a Clydesdale youngster and a lovely donkey who came to us but who soon went to live with Diane.  Well, Harvey, who is still only three, was measured the other day at 16:3hh.  Harvey looks like he will easily beat the usual 17hh when he's finished growing - though that could be a while yet.  We'll try to keep you updated so watch this space...  Recent (small) pics of him can be seen on our Behind the Scenes page.

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We are delighted to report that Rose Cottage has a new donkey!!  How about that for fast action?  She is Coco and will be a friend for Ballynally who has been so upset at the death of her long time friend, Pepsi which we reported below.  Go to our Behind the Scenes page to see details and a couple of pictures.

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We are sad to have to report that our elderly white donkey, Pepsi passed away peacefully in her stable on the 9th April.. It was a very sad day for everyone and her friend Ballynally is very upset.  We originally bought Pepsi to even up the girls to the boys and knew she was well in her 20's then, but it is still sad when these things happen. Pepsi was very happy here and had had a relaxed few years choosing to stay in her field or come into her stable depending on her mood and the weather.

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We shall be holding our usual Good Friday jumping day and following it with Games on Easter Monday.  Do let Kate know if you want to take part.  Then we have Pony Days scheduled for Wed 31st March and Wed 7th April.  We hope to have some pictures of all of these soon.  Oh, and Knikki has now had his wolf teeth removed (see original story here) and will be starting work again over Easter.  It's all go at Rose Cottage!

Mia came Second and was rated Excellent at the St Patrick's Celtic Winners Show at the National Show Centre, Cloghran, Co Dublin held on 17th March 2010 in ring No. 11 and judged by Mr J. Keogh.Mia is Kate's Siberian Husky.  The class included the following breeds Dobermann Pinscher, Giant Schnauzer, Hovawart, Leonberger and of course the Siberian Husky.  Picture can be seen here

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Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!- A Happy St Patrick's Day to you all.  We shall be having some riding games at Rose Cottage Riding School to celebrate.  We hope to be able to show a few pictures shortly.

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2010 - LATEST NEWS!!  This time on the Dogs front not the horses!!  Mia, our Siberian Husky, won her class at a local show on 20th February 2010 and took
Best of Breed at The Belfast Queen Island Show.  She came 2nd at Newtonards Championship Show, Sunday 28th February and was again graded excellent . She qualified for Crufts 2010 and was shown there on the 11th March 2010.  She didn't get a place but hey, it's the first time!  We hope to show some pictures shortly. In the meantime there's a bit more about our Dogs here
 

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Hurrah, Spring is coming!!  Kate has announced that now that the evenings are getting lighter lessons will start again on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in February!!
Get ready for our new season!!  Give Kate a call if you want to be a part of the Rose Cottage Riding Experience, there's none better in Malin.

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Well, do we have news for you?  We are so pleased to announce the birth of Lucas Gavin, (son of Samantha, our Assistant Instructor and her partner Gavin), who was born on Boxing Day 2009 at 4:34 pm.  He weighed in at 8lbs 6oz and both mother and son are doing well.   Just have a look at these pictures.  If you are near a bottle of something appropriate - just possibly one of Irish Whiskey, then please be upstanding and have a 'sip' to welcome our most recent family arrival.  Grandmother Kate and new Aunt Ashleigh and all the family are of course delighted! 
Somehow the Rose Cottage Riding School business has taken a temporary back seat!!

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Kate McDermott and all at Rose Cottage Riding School hope you all had a super Christmas and New Year and wish their customers and web site visitors alike, a healthy and prosperous 2010. 
Come back here soon to follow Rose Cottage as we move into the next decade!

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Did you visit our Christmas Page this time?  We had there our special Christmas/New Year card to you that you could print out and fold into a card, there's was our annual link to an Advent Calendar of fun and games and if you were still short of presents for anyone we offered Vouchers!  PLUS (!) we had a few Christmas cracker jokes just for you!!  We offer gift vouchers all year round so if you need to buy someone a present for any reason why not buy a Rose Cottage Riding School Gift Voucher?

To find out how to buy a Gift Voucher click here.

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Halloween was fun this year.  The weather wasn't what you might call 'fab' - in fact it wasn't good at all (!)  - but that didn't stop us and a really good time was had by all.  We have a few pics (well, rather a lot actually!) to show, courtesy of Chloe and Miriam.  You can see them on our Customer Page here

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In late September 2009, Kate took her husky bitch Mia (Show name "Rottiron Riva" ) to the Belfast Championship Dog Show and won SECOND Prize!!  Then in mid October at the Portadown Dog Championship she came THIRD.

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Our Pony Riders - together with a few others - took part in a Handy Pony contest on the 26th August!  Some of the events were hilarious and everybody had a great time.  Handy Pony tests are a good way to develop a well trained (ie 'Handy') pony that can negotiate obstacles and is a pleasure to ride. .See some of the pictures here on our pony Rider page and judge for yourself how they did....

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Kate entered her Siberian Husky Puppy Bitch Mia (Show name: Rottiron Riva) at the prestigious Navan Dog Show on 15th August 2009.  She won THIRD prize!!  To watch a video of her being shown and then to have a look at the Official Results go to our RCRS Dog's page here.

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Here's a first for us!  Danny Ruddy got married to Evelyn in August and went to the church on horseback.  He chose our mare Lee and we were delighted to help  More about this - and even a video! - on our Customer page...

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Remember 'Little' Patrick, our mascot used as a link on our home page?  Well, he's two and a bit now and we have managed to get a photo or two of him with his companion Music.  They live out at a fairly remote three acre field so it's more difficult to get good pictures of them than it is of those who are actually located at Rose Cottage.  As a result when we do get to see them we take rather a lot of pictures!  The latest ones can be found here.  There are quite a few!  Do please be patient whilst the page loads.  We think you'll find the wait worthwhile!

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An Ideal Gift!  Did you know that we now offer Gift Vouchers?  Ideal if you want to give a gift of a riding lesson, a hack-out or of a beach ride to a friend or child at any time of the year and they are available for any amount too.  What's more, they are valid for twelve months so the recipient can choose when to use it. Just contact Katie on +353 (0) 876311676 or send her an e-mail at contact@malinriding.com and she will let you know how you can arrange to buy your voucher.

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Rose Cottage Riding School  attended Carndonagh Show on the 18th July 2009!!  The 97th Inishowen Agricultural Society Show was held at the show grounds, Tulnaree, Carndonagh, about three miles from Malin. As usual there was a wide display of goats, sheep, horses, cows, donkeys, dogs, crafts, vegetables, cakes and other home industries as well as a variety of stalls and fun activities for all.  Rose Cottage's Kate McDermott was there with some of her horses and riders.  We have some pictures here

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Biggles has been backed for the first time!!    Now that he's four it's time he was introduced to the saddle and to riders.  So, in early July, that's exactly what we did.  If you are interested, there's more about this - and some pics too - at our Behind the Scenes page.

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Another foal for Rose Cottage Riding School in 2009!!  Ashleigh's only pony 'Whisper' had her foal on the 20th June.  It's a gorgeous dun filly. All of us and Ashleigh in particular, are so pleased. Have a look at the pictures on our Behind the Scenes page - she looks great.  More news soon we hope...

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At the beginning of May 2009 Rose Cottage Riding School applied for and was awarded the coveted Fáilte Ireland Approval.  Fáilte Ireland, is the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland and it was established in 2003 to guide and promote tourism throughout the country.  Their seal of approval is only given to tourism-related enterprises after a formal inspection involving a careful assessment against many criteria.  Rose Cottage Riding School is proud to have achieved the necessary approvals and our visitors from both from Ireland and from overseas can visit Rose Cottage knowing that we fully meet the standards required by Ireland's National Tourism Authority.  We look forward to welcoming you!

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Over the Easter weekend 9-13th April 2009, we held another of our Jumping Days.  We held several classes but in the Open Class The eventual winner was Ashleigh riding Lee, second was Samantha on Valco, third was Immy riding Barney.  You can see some pictures of the competition in progress here

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For the benefit of our many visitors for whom English may not be their first language, we are testing the use of Google's web page translation facility.  On this page and to draw attention to it, we have placed a link to the left of the visitor summary at the top of this page.  However elsewhere on this site the link is located at the bottom of each page   Automatic translation of web pages can of course be very variable and it might not be as useful as we would like.  However please do try it and let the webmaster know how successful you think it is.

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Our website e-mail address contact@malinriding.com has recently been experiencing some problems and you may have not been able to send us your messages.  We believe the problems have now been fixed but if you have had difficulties sending us messages or perhaps had difficulties sending sending images for inclusion in our web site, please do try sending them again.  We do apologise for this hiccup and hope that you haven't been too inconvenienced. 

If you are sending us images for inclusion on the web site please consider reducing the file size of them before sending since the images produced by modern digital cameras can be huge.  Where possible we prefer to receive jpeg images each of between 500kbytes to 1 Mbyte in size.  If you have not got the necessary image processing software to resize your camera images then PC users can get the excellent and widely acclaimed IrfanView software FREE at http://www.irfanview.net/. If you have any difficulties please contact the webmaster at webmaster@malinriding.com

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Here are two dates (well, only approximate dates because we cannot really plan these things!) for your diaries. No fewer than two more of our mares, Faith (who only has one eye owing to an accident in her earlier life) and Whisper, are currently both in foal and, if after the experience with Clio, you can believe forecast equine delivery dates ever again (!), they are due to be delivered on the 16th and 18th of June respectively. Both foals have been sired by our own stallion Woody.  So do keep coming back to see what news we have of them.

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On St. Patrick's Day (March 17th), just for fun, we changed our Home page to green for the day and wished all our visitors Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! (Happy St. Patrick’s Day)!!  Maybe you noticed it. However, more interesting was our own St. Patrick's Day fun games day at Rose Cottage. 
A few pictures have been placed on our Customer Page here.