The Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club (TCSC) offers fun, low-key events for all levels of riders and horses, putting safety and education first for both English and Western riders. Meet new friends and learn about horses in a non-stressful, non-competitive environment.
The TCSC is planning several different club events this riding season, and wants to remind all horse lovers that you don鈥檛 have to own horses to be involved.
The Northwest Invitational Championship Gymkhana is being hosted Sept. 14 in Fraser Lake this year. The TCSC is offering a three Gymkhana series so that our members can qualify for the finals if they wish to.
Our gymkhana dates are set for May 11, July 21 and Aug. 17. The first two events will be held at Liz Kemppainen鈥檚 arena, the third at the TCSC grounds. Events include keyhole, barrels, polebending, scurry, scud a ho, and the jackpot class 'TC Special (which involves spoons and golf balls and very good aim). There is a junior division, a senior division, and leadline is also being offered.
We are hosting a Schooling Show & Clinic on June 15 & 16. Our judge is Christine Hassell from Telkwa, a Level 2 certified coach and qualified judge. The emphasis at this show is going to be on learning, not just showing, and each rider will get the chance to have one-on-one help from the judge.
This year the TCSC is organizing the Light Horse Show for the fall fair, and it will be much the same program as last year. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Sept. 7. There will be a gymkhana on Sunday as well, put on by the fall fair.
The annual poker ride moved up a week to accommodate the invitationals and is set for Sept. 21. We are working with the Omineca Ski Club so that we can use more trails on our poker ride 鈥� it looks like the ride will be about three hours this year.
We also have interest in having some organized trail rides and perhaps even a judged trail ride, and the riding sessions were very popular last year and may be happening again during the summer.
So you can see that the Tweedsmuir Cavaliers Saddle Club is back in full swing for the 2013 season 鈥� we hope to see some of you at the events. More info on the saddle club or any of our events can be obtained at tcsaddleclub.webs.com, via email torikari@hotmail.com, or call Kristi at 250-692-5721 鈥� and like us on Facebook.
