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23230 Twp Rd. 520
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8B 1G3
Phone: 780-464-2600
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Colchester Stables
Lessons -- Jumping, Dressage, Western, Reining
Boarding, Training, 4-H, Summer Camps!
Please click here for a map and driving directions to the stables.
- We are a friendly, fun stable conveniently located 5 minutes south of Sherwood Park and east of Millwoods.
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Safety conscious instruction on your horse or one of our excellent lesson horses.
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Summer camps for all rider levels, informative clinics, and in-stable fun shows.
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We believe in a holistic approach to learning about horses covering not just riding but also horsemanship and horse care.
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We now offer western pleasure, trail, showmanship and reining instruction!
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Trailering services available to local horse shows and scenic trail riding spots.
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Our "Big Three Rules" are Be Friendly, Have Fun, Ride Safe.
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If we sound like your sort of stable, then come ride with us!
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Call 464-2600 and leave a message to Lisa for lessons, training, 4-H and boarding.
News for Boarders
Click here for 2010 Events
Paul Dufresne Clinics
See the poster for more information.
Registration forms can be found here.
2 Day Clinic Dates:
March 27/28 (Saturday/Sunday)
**March 30/31 (Tuesday/Wednesday)
*1 Day Clinic: Monday, March 29,
**Thursday, April 1 (ages 9-14)
*1 day clinic will mostly be groundwork, so horses don't have to be broke to ride
**You must have taken his clinic before to go Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Riders: 10 spots/clinic: $250/2 day clinic, $150/1 day clinic (lunch included)
Discount: 20% discount for Colchester Crusaders 4-H Members ($200/120)
Spectators: $20/day, bring your own lunch, no pre-registration, heated bleachers for seating
Demo Spectators 6:30pm March 26: $10 (no charge if paid participant or spectator)
Private/Semi-Private Lessons: available March 26, before 5pm. Please call/e-mail Lisa to set up a time, first come first serve. $70 for 1 hour private, $60/rider for 1.5 hour semi-private, or $50/rider for a 2 hour group of 3. Bring cash or cheque payable to Colchester 4-H to the lesson.
May Long Weekend Camping Trip/Trail Ride
May 21-24, 2010 Long Weekend Camping Trip/Trail Ride at Horse Creek Ranch for CLSC (www.cookinglakesaddleclub.org) and Alberta Trail Riders (www.atra.ca) members only! Lease horses may go on this trip, anyone under 16 must have adult supervision. To book cabins or power sites contact www.horsecreekranch.ca or separate pens for horses, contact Barb at 434-2000. Horses from Colchester can go in a group pasture. Trailering cost for this weekend is $147 (GST included) per horse, based on full trailers. Limited trailering space available, first come first serve, based on deposit cheques received (post-dated May 1/10 for full trailering amount payable to Lisa Friedenberg.) Of course if you have your own horse trailer, you are welcome to attend. No shoes on horses are required for this ride as it is mainly in the sand hills. Cost for the weekend for camping is $18/unit and $18/person for use of bathroom/showers/etc (doesn't matter if you use them or not), and $18/horse and $18/dog -must get permission from ranch to bring dog now. Please read new campground rules. Bring your own tent/camper/food -- anyone coming alone, or without a camper, can join Lisa for group food, but she doesn't have time to organize for everyone. Colchester will supply cubes, but you need to have your own container to haul them and feed tub --15 scoops of cubes (1 large rubbermaid) for 1 horse for the weekend. They now have 15 sites with power and water, for an extra $18 for the weekend. This year, CLSC will be collecting money ahead and giving Siebe one cheque, so if you give cheques to Lisa, payable May 1st to CLSC, she will get them to Barb. Cabins and pens booked up in January last year, so don't wait until the last minute.
Just a reminder that the barn closes at 9 pm Sundays and 10 pm other days.
The barn furnaces have been turned on, so please make sure the barn doors are kept tightly closed. However the furnaces may be turned off during the day if it is not too cold outside and there are no horses in the barn.
Arena heaters are also available for use; please remember to sign out key and return after you are finished. Make sure you always manually turn them off, otherwise the heaters will turn back on when the temperature drops below 0 degrees celcius and will run all night. The spectator heater runs separately, does not have a key, and should only be turned on if there are spectators in the arena.
Blanketing is the responsibility of boarders, not staff (unless you pay extra for this service for inside horses). If you need a blanket taken off or put on and you can't make it out to the stable, you can try phoning Lisa. If she has time she can do it, but will charge $5 to catch your horse. Any horses found sweating from overblanketing will have their blankets removed and the owners will be charged the $5. If your horse doesn't wear a blanket you don' t have to worry about any of this!
No feed is to be stored in lockers or barns or fed on barn alley as it attracts mice. Please store and feed outside. This includes treats. As the weather gets colder the mice are going to move in the barn, and its hard to poison them when they have so many better things to eat in everyones lockers! Please keep your lockers clean.
WEEKLY Arena Group Lesson Schedule as of September 2, 2009:
Mondays -- Lisa 2:00-3:00pm, Iris 4:30-9:30pm jumping and flat group lessons
Tuesdays -- 4-H Lease rides 5:30-7:30pm
Wednesdays -- Lisa 4:30-9:30pm jumping and flat group lessons
Thursdays -- Iris 5:30-9:30 flat group lessons
Fridays -- Lisa 4:00-8:30pm flat group lessons
Saturdays -- Lisa 10am-5pm jumping and flat group lessons
Sundays -- Iris 6:00-8:00pm dressage and young horse drop in lessons
PRIVATE FLAT LESSONS ARE WRITTEN on the CALENDAR that do not always happen every week. We try to have the calendar up to date at least one week prior to events.
The 4-H club uses the arena one Sunday per month. There are 45 members in 4-H this year, so it will be really busy! Please ride before or after the events (times will be posted here when they are available)
BSR Master Lock -- 1997-2009
We'll miss you Master!!! Thanks for all the good times!
Keith, owner of Colchester
Stables, aboard Bailey. |
Our barn manager Lisa,
and her horse, Candy. |
Rosanne, Colchester's webmaster
waiting to go in the ring on her horse, Eric.
www.rosanne-lester.com
Last Updated February 24, 2010
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