Happy New Year!

It was great to welcome in 2023 with a bit of rain and snow to our parched land! For me, it finally felt like the holidays.

As we all begin to set our equestrian goals for the new year, be sure to check in with the Activities Page for upcoming equestrian events, meetings, clinics and show schedules! Your club board is continuing to plan for the new year, and new activities will be added as the dates are set. Please be sure to print out your membership form and renew for 2023- your input and willingness to volunteer is what keeps the dressage community in Bear Valley Springs alive!

Its time to start “Saving the Dates!”

It’s that time- time to start planning for next year’s activities! We will be sponsoring the TMC’s 4 dressage shows again this upcoming show season as well as a Cavaletti Clinic in May. New to us will be a Working Equitation clinic and show- we are all very excited about this new, fun discipline! Check out the Activities Page for show and clinic information.

Schooling Show & Working Equitation Clinic

Are you a trail rider who is seeking enjoyable ways to increase your riding skills? BVS Dressage Club is inviting riders who are interested in trail challenges, dressage, and working equitation to join us for our  Fall Mountain Schooling Dressage Show and Working Equitation Clinic. Both events will be held  at the Equestrian Center. Nicole Chastain Price will be the judge of the show and the trainer for the clinic. The show will be held on October 15, and the clinic will be held on October 16.

Working equitation is a relatively new discipline and is the fastest growing equine sport in the nation. Riders from all disciplines including dressage, reining, jumping, working cow horse, and trail riding participate. It combines the basics of dressage with the accuracy of riding through a series of obstacles modeled on those found on a trail ride. The  horses and riders achieve harmony by solving the questions encountered.

The show judge and clinic trainer, Nicole Chastain Price, is a lifelong horse lover. Her background includes competing in Eventing, H/J, Reining, Ranch sorting, Western Dressage, Dressage and Working Equitation. She is a USAWE “S” Judge, USEF “r” Dressage Judge, a USEF “r” Western Dressage Judge, a USDF Certified Instructor and a WDAA Graduate of the Advanced Train the Trainers. She has produced numerous award winners in all disciplines,  coached multiple students to success in many disciplines, and has a positive attitude toward training both riders and horses.

We are offering a schooling show for our club members and friends because is an inexpensive, relaxed, and enjoyable way to practice showing and receive helpful feedback from a judge on how to improve one’s riding and horsemanship.

To ride in the show or clinic, please contact  Janice Polletta: Phone: 661-847-8364 Email: jkpolletta@gmail.com. If you are interested in watching the riders at the show or the clinic, please join us and stop by to say hi!

Written by: Cathie Rich

Its back to school time!

August has seen students and teachers alike head back to the classroom. This includes yours truly! For our equine partners, school has been well underway this summer, and plans are being formed for some schooling for them as well!

This month sees the CDS Tehachapi chapter’s final show of the season, followed by a clinic on Monday. See clinic ride times under the Activities tab. September will have a Cavaletti clinic by Erika Jansson on the 3rd and 4th (rides still available!), as well as our General Meeting on the 2nd Saturday of the month as usual. Please plan on attending, as we are actively planning for the next year! Any and all ideas are welcome. We will be planning and discussing the creation of our own online schooling shows, among other topics.

There is also a new entry in the Meet our Members tab, our own Peggy Aten. Get to know this long-time Bear Valley resident!

Welcome to the new site!

While under construction, I hope that the new home of the BVS Dressage Club will inspire, inform, excite, and encourage all to become involved. This is not MY website, but yours! Please feel free to suggest content, submit photos and interviews, and make suggestions for the calendar. If you are not one to write but have a great topic, send it along! Lets see what we can create together.

Crystal