ADJACENT HUNTS PACE SERIES

 

Saturday, June 7 – The Rombout Hunt Trail Ride will be held Saturday, June 7, at Anjes Farm on Tongore Road in Stone Ridge, New York. There will be First Flight, Optional Jumping, and Hilltopping divisions. A barbecue luncheon will be held at 12:30 pm (beer, wine and soft drinks included). Cost is $40 ($15 for juniors). Call Jackie Bachor at 1-845-687-4269 for further information.

Sunday, June 8 – The Golden’s Bridge Hounds Hunter Pace will be held Sunday, June 8, on Baxter Road in North Salem, New York. Ride through open meadows past apple orchards, vineyards, and lovely horse farms. There will be a new, revised course with more family-friendly fences (all fences have go-arounds).Hunt, Pleasure, Junior, Family and Western divisions. A country lunch buffet will be included. Cost is $60 ($45 for juniors). Call Heidi Sweet at 1-203-778-3003 for further information.

Saturday, June 14 – The Old Chatham Hunt Trail Ride will be held on Saturday, June 14, at Good Hope Farm on Route 66 in Malden Bridge, New York. There will be varied cross-country fences (all have go-arounds, though) on a course of about eight miles long. There will be three divisions – Hunt Pace Over Fences, Moderate Pace Fences Optional, and Hacking Pace (western riders welcome). Cost is $30 ($15 for juniors). Call Susan Smith at 1-518-733-9476 for further information.

Sunday, June 15 – The Smithtown Hunt Spring Pace will be held on Sunday, June 15, at SUNY of Old Westbury, New York. Call Alan Fairbairn at 1-631-912-0204 for further information.

 

HORSE SHOWS

 

SUNDAY, MAY 18 – The 4-H Spring Benefit Horse Show will be held Sunday, May 18, at the Cooperative Extension grounds on Stony Hill Road in Bethel. The popular Open Schooling show will feature divisions in English Equitation, Hunt Seat, Western and Trail. Most classes will be pinned through sixth place, with the first-place winner also receiving a trophy. Divisions will be awarded champion and reserve ribbons. Several year-end awards will once again be offered. The high point horse and rider combination from both the Spring Benefit and Fall Nutmeg shows will receive awards in the following divisions: Open Beginner Hunter and Walk/Trot (from Sunny Brook Farm in Newtown), Low Hunters (from Clearview Farms in Sandy Hook), Kentucky Hunter Classic (from All The King’s Horses in Ridgefield), Pleasure Horse/Pony (from Agriventures Agway in Danbury), Western Junior Walk/Jog (from Hollow Hill Farm in Bethel), and Western Adult Walk/Jog (from Happy Trails Farm in Danbury). Proof of current rabies vaccination (within one year) will be checked at the gate for each animal. Refreshments will be available on the grounds and 4-Hers will be offering “horse-side” service for food and drink. Bit of Tack will also be offering horse products for sale. For a prize list, stop by the Cooperative Extension System at 67 Stony Hill Road in Bethel or call 1-203-207-8440.

SUNDAY, MAY 25 – Cricker Brook Farm in Monroe will hold a CHJA-CHSA Horse Show on Sunday, May 25. There will be divisions for Equitation, Pleasure, Hunters and Jumpers. Call 268-6676 for info and prize list.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8 – Brushy Hill Farm in Southbury will host the first schooling show of the 2003 season on Sunday, June 8. Divisions will include Micro, Walk/Trot, Short Stirrup, Green Hunter, Low Hunter, Suitable Hunter, Equitation, Adult and Pleasure. The show will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Plenty of food and parking. For further information and prize list, call Ev at 262-6466 or Nina at 792-6437.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28 – Cricker Brook Farm in Monroe will hold a CHJA Horse Show on Saturday, June 28. There will be divisions for Equitation, Hunters and Jumpers. Call 268-6676 for information and prize list.

 

DOG SHOWS

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 7 - The Greenwich Kennel Club will hold its 71st All-Breed AKC Dog Show and Obedience Trial on Saturday, June 7, at SUNY of Purchase, New York. Officials from 17 states and Canada will judge more than 2,300 dogs in conformation and obedience starting at 8:30 am. There will also be an AKC rally competition, an book signing and discussion with several authors, and a search and rescue demonstration with Disaster and Wilderness Ground Searchers, Inc. (DAWGS). Call Joy S. Brewster 426-1173 or jsbrewster@earthlink.net for further information.

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

MAY – The Horse Show 2003, an exhibition of art inspired by the horse, opened on Friday, May 2, at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts at 272 North Bedford Road in Mount Kisco, New York. The month-long exhibition includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and original prints by more than 20 artists from across the northeast. For further information on The Horse Show 2003, call Sally Frank at 1-914-584-6292.