08/03/2026
What a great weekend! Thank you to everyone who came to the show!
💙 First, congratulations to our Open Ring Chair, Sara Torres, and her husband, Stephen, on the birth of their precious baby boy on Friday evening. Both mom and baby are doing great! We are so happy for you both!
🐴 Thank you for everyone for being understanding this past weekend during park improvement construction. We didn't have an actual warmup ring, but we hope the schooling breaks we took in the show rings during the show Saturday and Sunday, and small warm areas we made in the front of the Hunter and Open Ring worked well for everyone.
🐴 Pam wanted to thank everyone for being so helpful and kind this weekend while she filled in for Sara in the Open Ring. We have the absolute best members! And Pam said she couldn't have done it without Braylin, our amazing Open Ring Steward, who is sadly leaving us after many years. We wish her the best on her move to Nebraska and all her future endeavors. This was her last show with us. We'll miss you, Braylin!
🐴 Thank you to Riding Warehouse in Alpharetta for coming to our show this weekend and giving our champions of each day extra prizes! That was so kind and generous!
🐴 Our wonderful barn manager of the past several years, Lauren Ruehman, has let us know she sadly will not be running for the position again next year due to her busy schedule. We appreciate Don covering for her at the park while she's been attending other activities. He's done a great job. If you are interested in the position, please let us know. It's Friday 12 p.m. - 7 p.m, Saturday 6:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Sunday 6:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The pay is $500 per weekend and 20 class credits annually. The barn manager creates stall assignments for each show and emails the assignments out to those preregistered by Thursday evening. They also assign stalls to those who have not preregistered, do stall counts on Friday and Saturday, manage the parking areas and roads through the barn area to make sure they are not blocked, and work with any vendors who are interested in setting up at our shows. We will take nominations at the September and October meetings. Just keep it in mind if you or someone you know might be interested.
🐴 We will also need a shavings person on Fridays from 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. for the 2027 show season. Don is sadly leaving us, too. Pay is $140. This person is stationed in the back parking lot with the shavings and logs down who picks up shavings and how many.
🐴 We'd love to share your horse show pictures! Please tag us or send them to our page.
🐴 Thanks again for everyone for joining us this past weekend!
🐴 Just a quick reminder that our next meeting is September 2nd and our next show is September 19th and 20th, with schooling on Friday, September 18th.
🐴 And to all of our students starting school today or this week, we wish you a happy and successful school year!