Who would have thought that all the rain at the Winona Horse Trials this
spring would turn out to be a good thing? After moving the entire show
jumping course from the grass to the sand dressage rings; (so we could
safely compete) my husband finally understood why we needed an all
weather surface show jumping arena. When we sold Kevin's horse Tintin he
was the one who suggested putting the money towards building a show
jumping area. After unsuccessfully trying to buy 2 acres from the
neighbor next to the stabling area we decided to build in it the newest
field where we will be having cross country warm up for the upcoming
event which is just to the south of the stabling barns. Ironically Dave
always called that field the new stadium area but I told him it would
never work unless it was level and an all weather surface. He always
said that would never happen because it would be too big of a project
and cost too much. Well it's still a big project and it's going to cost
a lot but Dave has decided he's up for the challenge and will do most
the work himself!
It is going to take some major excavation and building yet another pond
to get fill dirt but the plan is to have an all weather arena that is at
least 250' x 150' with a grass warm up next to it which will be
approximately 130' x 250'. Since we will be doing major excavating
anyway, there are plans for banks, a ditch and maybe a small water jump
so we can use the entire area for a Jumping Derby!
In order to help raise additional funds to build the stadium & derby
field we are hosting a Jumper show and Cross Country Pace competition
on Sat Oct 15th. Come join us for some fun while getting good practice
with your show jumping and cross country pace.
Stay tuned for updates, complete with pictures of course. We'll be starting sometime in Oct.
Jackie
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