IPC Mission Statement: The Irish Pony Club endeavours to promote and encourage horsemanship, sportsmanship, citizenship, and loyalty in a safe and fun atmosphere, for all its members and volunteers.

Objectives of the Irish Pony Club:

• To encourage young people to ride and to learn to enjoy all kinds of sport connected with horses and riding.
• To provide instruction in riding and horsemanship, and to instill in members the proper care of their animals.
• To promote the highest ideals of sportsmanship, citizenship, and loyalty, thereby cultivating strength of character and self-discipline.

There are approximately 200 Pony Club Members from all over Kildare in the Kildare Hunt Pony Club (KHPC), one of 53 branches nationwide affiliated to the Irish Pony Club, aged from 7 to 23 years of age.

We in KHPC are very fortunate to have a close relationship with The Kildare Hunt Club (KHC).  KHC own Punchestown and generously allow us the use of the wonderful facilities including the all-weather arenas, the cross-country course, the grass areas for mounted games and dressage arenas.  Punchestown Racecourse are also generous KHPC supporters and provide us with stable yards that we can use for the most popular week of the year . . . Pony Club Camp.

Membership of KHPC and The Irish Pony Club offers fun, friendship, training, events and competitions throughout the year for all standards of riding from lead rein to international competition. Kildare Hunt Pony club is in existence since 1953 and has been the life blood of equestrian activity in the Kildare region for the past 70 years. The current structure of the club is in place for a number of years now and has proved very successful to date in growing and expanding the club. Apply to join Here.