Vale Edge Equestrian, LLC

Schooling in the rain
Our show team at the JEC /IDCTA schooling dressage show today. Even when riding the same horse, every show is a unique and exciting experience offering new perspectives and different ways to learn.

We had a super time at the IDCTA Dressage and CT schooling show at Johnson Equestrian Center last weekend. Congrats to Kathy, riding Vale Edge’s Teddy, on a successful and fun first dressage show!

We bring along good all-around horses! ❤️🐎

Sparrow was a rock star at the Summer Series show at Fox Valley Saddle Association yesterday, winning Poles Equitation champion with his part-leaser, Stella, and Low Jumper champion with Victoria (Pics at left).

Sparrow started the jumper divisions this year, building on schooling courses through 3’0” at home as part of our basic jump-training program. We have taken him cross country schooling., gaming, and ranch sorting.

His current main activity is teaching beginner riders and new show riders…but this cool little horse can do lots of things!

And he has a huge and endearing personality too ❤️❤️

More fun and ribbons at the Summer Series at Lamplight yesterday - this time in the jumper ring.
Queen Meave, ridden by Victoria, won the training jumper and placed third in the lows.

And Monica rode smooth and speedy rounds to ribbon in both her classes with Chet, including the classic.! 👏👏

Continuing on with the green horses, Panda showed in the jumper ring for the first time. And Nels joined us with Bagel - putting in a nice steady controlled round for Bagel’s first time out this year.

It was great to see and catch up with so many people this weekend! Looking forward to the next show in the Summer Series at Fox Valley in a couple of weeks.

Super day at the Summer Series show at Lamplight yesterday, starting with a championship in the hunter flat classes for Sparrow, with first-time show rider Daisy, and a clean round in the jumpers for our pony Dotty - also at her first horse show ❤️🐎

Sorting through drawers and found a few pics from back in the day. Showing Geppetto in the jumpers at Lamplght, schooling our shire horse at the barn, jumping Benjamin Bean in St. Louis, and showing Tiblow in dressage at Lamplight. Each horse started with us green, and each horse represents a story and a unique path.
Headed back to Lamplight next week!

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