Forth Downs Equestrian Center

10/05/2025

Hope to see everyone at the show on October 5

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10/01/2025

Unfortunately the on line registration will not be available for this show

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10/01/2025

THIS SHOW IS CANCELED
OUR JUDGE CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE

I promised to post a class list.
Here it is:
1 Lead line
2 Equitation: walk trot
3 Equitation: walk trot canter
4 Equitation: Advanced judge will ask riders for tests from USEF rule book section EQ113
5 Pleasure: walk trot
6 Pleasure: walk trot canter
Flat classes will be split if number of entries warrant.
Free Open (group) schooling over 2 practice jumps followed by paid practice rounds. $10 per practice ROUND
7 Equitation over poles
8 Cross rail hunters
9 Hunters 18” Course will consist of poles only
10 Hunters 2’: Course will include solid hunter type obstacles
11 Jumpers 2’ 6”: Table II, timed Jump off
11 Gamblers choice: make your own path: accrue most points in 2 minutes

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09/13/2025

THIS SHOW IS CANCELED
JUDGE CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE

It's time for another show. October 5.
Flat classes and jumping classes starting at poles on the ground.
By popular request there will be schooling rounds before the judged rounds.

I will post the class list soon.

This is a small local show and I want to meet my constituents needs so let me know if you have any requests

07/25/2025

Kenny continues his under saddle training.
First solo ride with no lead line

07/07/2025

Thought I would post a video of Kenny's first ride.
Kenny is 3
Alex is 6. Alex volunteered

07/07/2025

We have scheduled our next show for October 5.
It has been suggested we have an open schooling day over the jumps before.
Let me know who would be interested.
Week before?
Day before?

Here are some pictures from past shows

09/22/2024

Hunter jumper schooling show
Forth Downs Equestrian Center
October 27. 2024
Judge Mary Cohen

This is a small show for local kids who aren't ready (training or financially) for GSDHJA rated shows

Equitation w/t, wt/c and advanced
Poles and cross rail hunters
Low hunters
Low jumpers
Pleasure (maybe)

$20 haul in fee PER TRAILER to encourage carpooling
Haul ins must register prior to show to ensure enough trailer space.

$10 per class

NO office fee. NO Drug fee. NO Medical fee.
NO GDGHS fee

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05/28/2024

At Forth Downs Equestrian center we celebrated memorial day with the ponies.

03/02/2024

My last warmblood went peacefully to the rainbow bridge last Thursday. It's the end of an era.
In 1984 I had the opportunity to purchase a very hot thoroughbred mare from my trainer Elizabeth Johnson. She was a seal bay and one of the most drop dead gorgeous horses I had ever seen. I competed with her in dressage, jumping and 3 day eventing. I didn't know she would be my last event horse. She was entered into the KWPN main mare book after an inspection.
Her second foal, Nepenthe was born late in the afternoon. He grew up right in my front yard. When it came time to ride him, after a few baby mistakes he proved extremely smart and trainable. However, surprisingly, unlike his mom Who was as bold as they come, he was very fearful. Even trotting over poles made him extremely nervous and going out on the nature reserve that abuts our property terrified him. So, we focused on dressage and made it all the way to fourth level. Showing always was interesting because of his sensitive nature. He required a very structured familiarization and warmup routine. But I guess he thought dressage arenas all seem alike...until they decided to put yellow caution tape in front of the judges stand at San Marcos equestrian center or when they let the cattle out at Creek Hollow. That was the day he demonstrated an excellent piaffe - however not required at that level.
At home he was sweet gentle and easy to ride. In his last few years he was able to be a schoolmaster and teach flying changes (at his prime he could 2 tempes ) and lateral work.
But around his 18th year he just had arthritis everywhere and no amount of Bute or prevacox could keep him riding sound. So he spent the next 10 years retired on the same property where he was born. For quite a while he could still gallop for a few laps and have fun, but this last year he lost most of his molars and we couldn't trim his feet because it hurt to put all his weight on one foot. So in consultation with my vet, we decided to let him go on a good day, before the next crises. He would have been 29 in may.
Rest in peace my idiot savant.

01/21/2024

01/21/2024

Go bubbles
Go Amelia