The Distance
Challenges
Choose your distance. Log your kilometres across as many sessions as you need. Earn your rosette when you get there. Open to all - riders, drivers, and in-hand handlers alike - whether you're out on a hack or working in your arena. Start whenever you're ready.
How It Works
Log your kilometres at your own pace, across as many sessions as you like. There's no rush and no pressure.
Choose Your Distance
Pick the distance that feels right for you and your horse.
Register & Set Your Window
Register online and choose whether you'd like to set yourself a personal deadline of a month, three months, or anything up to your full 12 months. Entirely optional.
Log Your Sessions
Track your kilometres across as many rides, drives, or in-hand sessions as you like.
Claim Your Rosette
Once you've reached your distance, simply get in touch to let us know. We'll post your beautiful custom rosette to your door within 5 working days.
Every kilometre counts
However you spend time with your horse, it counts here. There's no right or wrong way to log your distance.
Under Saddle
Hacking the lanes, schooling in the arena, cross-country, every ride adds to your total, however long or short. Mix your sessions freely.
In Hand
Walking out in hand, long-reining, in-hand hacking - if you and your horse are covering ground together, it counts toward your distance.
Carriage Driving
All turnouts and harness work are very welcome. Your kilometres behind a carriage count exactly the same as those in the saddle.
Arena Work
Don't underestimate an arena session. Circles, serpentines, and schooling patterns all add up. Your arena kilometres count just as much as a hack.
Swap Between Horses
Working with more than one horse? You can log kilometres across different horses whether you own, loan, share, or ride on a lesson basis. Every session counts.
All Horses Welcome
Young horses, ponies, Shetlands, cobs - all breeds, all ages, all abilities.
Choose Your Challenge
Seven distances, each with its own identity, colour scheme, and custom rosette. Start where feels right and come back for the next one when you're ready.
Each distance is its own standalone registration - available year round, whenever you're ready to begin.
The Explorer 16km Challenge
The perfect starting point whether you're new to distance challenges or simply looking for a gentle, achievable goal to work toward with your horse.
Log 16 kilometres across as many sessions as you need. A hack here, an arena session there, an in-hand walk out on a bright morning. It all adds up, and every kilometre brings you closer to your rosette.
From the date you register, you have up to 12 months to complete your distance. If you'd like to set yourself a tighter personal deadline for a little extra motivation, you can do that at registration too.
- ✓ Custom three-tier rosette in sky blue, cream & silver with silver COMPLETED lettering
- ✓ Log your km across as many sessions as you like. No single-ride requirement
- ✓ Open to riders, drivers, and in-hand handlers
- ✓ Up to 12 months from registration to complete
- ✓ Honour system. Just get in touch when you're done
- ✓ Rosette posted within 5 working days of completion
The Rambler 25km Challenge
A step up from the Explorer - 25km across as many sessions as you need, at your own pace, in your own time.
Log 25 kilometres across as many sessions as you need. Whether you are hacking the lanes, schooling in the arena, long-reining, walking in-hand or driving every kilometre counts toward your total.
From the date you register, you have up to 12 months to complete your distance. Set yourself a personal deadline at registration if you'd like a little extra motivation, or simply enjoy the journey at your own pace.
- ✓ Custom three-tier rosette in forest green, cream & copper with silver COMPLETED lettering
- ✓ Log your km across as many sessions as you like - no single-ride requirement
- ✓ Open to riders, drivers, and in-hand handlers
- ✓ Up to 12 months from registration to complete
- ✓ Honour system - just get in touch when you're done
- ✓ Rosette posted within 5 working days of completion
Track however suits you
There's no single right way to log your kilometres. Use what works for you.
A handwritten log is absolutely fine. Simply jot down the date, your session, and the distance after each ride or outing. Keep a note on your phone, a page in a notebook, or a scrap of paper on your tack room wall. Whatever you'll actually use is the right system.
If you'd prefer to track digitally, there are several free apps that work well for logging equestrian distance. A few popular options:
- Equilab The most popular equestrian-specific tracker. Built for riders it logs distance, gait, and route automatically. The most straightforward option if you want something designed for horses.
- Horse Riding Tracker Simple GPS tracking with distance, speed, and route mapping. A good no-fuss option for those who just want the distance logged without extra features.
- Strava Widely used GPS tracker. Note that Strava has no equestrian activity type, so you'll need to select cycling or walking but GPS distance tracking works perfectly well for logging purposes.
- OS Maps The Ordnance Survey app is excellent for tracking routes across the UK, particularly off-road and on bridleways.
No smartphone? No problem at all. You can estimate your distance from time in the saddle. A horse walks at roughly 6.4km per hour and trots at around 8km per hour. A two-hour hack that's mostly walk with some trot is around 13 to 14km. It doesn't need to be precise, a reasonable estimate is perfectly fine. We run entirely on the honour system.
Set your own deadline or don't
When you register, you can choose to set yourself a personal completion window whether that's one month, three months, or anything up to your full twelve months. Entirely optional, but if a deadline helps keep you motivated, it's there for you.
Either way, your maximum time from registration is one year. Registrations not completed within 12 months are closed, and a new registration would be required to continue.
Switch disciplines freely
There's no requirement to stick to one discipline throughout your challenge. You might hack one day, school in the arena the next, walk in-hand, and long-rein the day after. You can also log across different horses whether you own, loan, share, or ride on a lesson basis. Every session, every horse, every discipline counts.
Rules at a glance
Simple, fair, and built on trust - just like everything else we do.
Choose & Register
Pick your target distance at registration. Mix disciplines, swap between horses, and log across as many sessions as you like on the way to your total.
Log Across Sessions
There is no single-session requirement. Your distance can be accumulated across as many rides, drives, or in-hand sessions as you like, over as long as you need.
All Disciplines Count
Ridden, in hand, carriage driving, and arena work all count equally. Every kilometre you cover with your horse is a legitimate contribution toward your total.
12-Month Maximum
You have up to 12 months from your registration date to complete your chosen distance. Registrations not completed within this window are closed.
Honour System
We trust you completely. When you've reached your distance, simply contact us to let us know. No photo evidence required, your word is enough.
Rosette by Post
Once you've let us know you've completed your challenge, your custom rosette will be posted to you within 5 working days via Royal Mail.
Two distances. One journey.
The Explorer 16km and Rambler 25km are both open now. Choose your distance, register, and start logging whenever you're ready.