Vale Edge Equestrian, LLC

The “Vale Edge Run Club” will be at the 4 mile trail race at Saw Wee Kee Park in Oswego this coming Saturday, June 6 at 4 pm 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
Anyone that wants to join us, sign up with the Oswegoland Park District, or sign up the day of the race itself. Walkers are welcome. It’s hilly and rocky - bring good shoes! We will be doing either ice cream or a tailgate picnic afterwards.

The Vale Edge show team is looking forward to the third show in the Summer Series, which will be at Lamplight Equestrian Center at the end of June. 🐎🐎

Our next show is at Lamplight June 27-28!

Entries and stall reservations are open on horsespot.net

Some of our older horses out and about last week - all in their early twenties ❤️
Clockwise from top left: Bagel cross country schooling, Meave on an evening trail ride, Ares enjoying the activity at the JEC summer series show this past weekend, and and Chet on course in the jumper ring at the horse show yesterday.

Horse show fun and success today! Congratulations to Stella, riding Sparrow - champion and reserve champion in both the walk/trot/canter Hunter and the walk/trot/canter equitation this morning 👏👏
And it was a winning round in the Gambler’s Choice class this afternoon for Chet, owned by Monica and ridden by Victoria.
Looking forward to Day 2 of this second show in the Summer Series, hosted by Johnson Equestrian Center.
Photo credit to Stefanie

Pre-show schooling yesterday for the second show in the Summer Series. Good luck to this weekend’s Vale Edge show team! Monica (Chet), Hannah (Ares) and Stella (Sparrow).

Adding to our team! Meet Dotty.
We are just starting her over fences and she will be joining our show team this summer - on both the local H/J and schooling dressage circuits. Dotty is already demonstrating a lead change and was trail ridden for the first time last week.

At Vale Edge we produce horses and ponies with preparation and experiences across various disciplines and activities.

Dotty will be available for in-house show lease to a qualified rider this summer.

Ares frames a deer between his ears during an evening ride at the farm yesterday. 🦌🦌🦌
It was a busy day of training rides and lessons, and we were delighted to welcome several new riders and their families to our May session “Introduction to Horses and Riding.”
The horse world is a wonderful channel into a lifetime of continued learning, outdoor activity, participation in sport, cultural experiences, and care for horses, animals, people, and nature. Parents and participants - thank you for coming! We hope you had a wonderful time and look forward to welcoming you back.

Yesterday morning our elderly, very handsome, and much-loved barn cat, Garfield, passed away. He had lived at the farm for many years, and for the last few we have been his people. I loved being able to take care of him in his older years and it was a privilege to earn his trust. I will miss him very much ❤️💔

Vale Edge riders and friends at the 3 mile trail-running race at Saw Wee Kee Park this afternoon. This was the second race in the series. Next race is June 6th!

What a great time we had at the first show of the 2026 Summer Series this past weekend!

Ellanore and Emelia showed for the first time, riding Sparrow and Ares.

And Evelyn successfully moved up to the 2’0” divisions with Teddy. Both Teddy and Sparrow also won ribbons in the jumpers with Victoria.

All three riders demonstrated good horsemanship by taking great care of their horses over the weekend ❤️ They also found time to take advantage of the many other learning opportunities available at the show 👩‍🎓

These riders work hard on their riding and horse care skills. But when I asked one of them for her analysis of her jumping round, she simply replied “FUN!” Horses and riding can be enjoyed for a lifetime…so there’s no better answer than that. 😊

Thanks to Kim Goodman, Trillion, and the Summer Series for a fun, well organized, and welcoming horse show.

The next show in the series is May 30-31 at Johnson Equestrian Center.