Herron Park Equestrians

HPE members, Mary Kay Wilson and Lindsay Abernethy, will be leading a trail ride immediately before next Tuesday’s monthly meeting at Herron Park (weather permitting). Anyone is welcome to join! Meet at the barn area around 4 on Tuesday, June 9th, and we’ll hit the trails at 4:30! Feel free to text Lindsay with questions at (406) 871-5107.

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all are enjoying the hot, sunny days and staying warm & dry on these cool, rainy days! Crazy spring weather! At least the shedding season is over 🙂

We had a great turn out for the Working Equitation & Open Dressage Show on Saturday, May 23rd. Special thank you to all who helped make it possible. It was not only fun, but a great learning opportunity for both working equitation and dressage testing with the ability to ride a test and the option for a re-ride. Check out our pictures on Facebook! We have another Working Equitation & Open Dressage Show scheduled for Saturday, August 22nd, so save the date!

June Updates:
HPE Meeting, Tuesday, June 9th at 6:00 pm at Herron Park.
Intro to Arena Trail Obstacle Demo has been moved to Wednesday, June 17th at 6:30pm.
Treasure State Pony Club Equestrian Camp at Herron Park, Friday June 12th at 3:00pm to Sunday, June 14th at 4:30pm.
Intro to Drill Team Demo, Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 pm.
Work Day & Set up for Fun Day, Friday, June 26th from 12:00 - 5:00pm. We need volunteers to spruce up the dressage arena area and help set up obstacles. Stop by even if you can only help for an hour or so, we appreciate it.
Summer Fun Day, Saturday, June 27th from 10:00am - 3:00pm. Come join the fun, obstacles, and games. See our website for more details!

Happy Trails,
Mary Van Derveer
HPE Secretary

It was a great first Working Equitation intro show today!! Thanks to all our competitors, volunteers, and spectators!

WE at HP is canceled tonight!

Mother Nature doesn’t want us to have an intro to working Equitation…

Thunderstorms and horses are a bad combo…

She does want you all to just come on Saturday and DO IT!!!

The weather looks great and entries are too! If you are thinking about entering, be brave and come play🙂

Final Reminder! Our Intro to Working Equitation is tonight, Wednesday the 20th! Park at the Herron Park Stabling area and meet at the dressage courts at 6:30! Looking forward to seeing you there!

The wind event this evening is blowing our Working Equitation demo to next week on Wednesday May 20!

Hello Everyone,

HPE meeting on Tuesday, May 12th at 6:30pm at Brannigan's Pub in the Library Room.

Intro to Working Equitation Demo on Wednesday, May 13th at 6:30pm at Herron Park with Tom Kelner & Jil Walton. Join us for an introductory presentation on Working Equitation.

The Intro to Demo's are free for HPE members and non-members are asked to pay a
$5 fee to HPE.

Working Equitation Schooling Rounds and Dressage Show on Saturday, May 23rd. See attached link to sign up!

Working Equitation Schooling Rounds and Dressage Show May 23, 2026 Ranahan Working Equitation is offering an introduction into showing at recognized WE events. We hope you get as excited about this discipline as we are and use this opportunity as the first step into competing at recognized shows! The Working Equation schooling rounds include a scored dressage test....

Thanks to Brynn Meuchel Rankin for sharing her expertise at last night’s Intro to Dressage demo at Herron Park! Brynn gave us a lot of valuable information that we hope helped give those in attendance the confidence needed to participate in some of our dressage schooling shows scheduled for this summer!

Please mark your calendars for our Intro to Working Equitation demo coming up in less than a week on May 13th!

Update for tomorrow’s Intro to Dressage. Due to scheduling conflicts Brynn Meuchel Rankin will now be hosting the Intro to Dressage night. Brynn joins us from here in Kalispell. She has her USDF Bronze medal and owns and operates NW Equestrian as well as Breaking Barriers Equine Nutrition and Bodywork.

Bring yourself, a chair, and some friends and join us to learn more about the sport of Dressage.