LEA Horsemanship Program

General Information:

The Bronze and Silver testings that were held this past weekend were a huge success. Thanks to Holly Valley Equestrian Center for hosting this event! Both Examiners felt this was the strongest group in both divisions that they have seen so far and the scores reflect this. The race for the scholarships has been very close. The makeup/alternate date originally planned for saturday, Jan. 14th has been moved to the 21st because of a conflict. IF you were retesting or rescheduled for that date please be aware that it is moved and contact Dana immediately at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

   Seeing you all take this so seriously and come prepared and looking professional like you all did was impressive. It was especially rewarding to hear the reports of the Silver Candidates on some of the masters of horsemanship. Some of these names will be forgotten if we are not careful to continue to study them and they all have so much to teach us if we will only take the time.

   We will be very proud to award the medals at the banquet on Feb. 4th. Everyone has obviously worked hard for it. That makes putting programs like this together feel  very much worth the effort!

   Now onto developing a gold level for 2012. We plan to have clinics spring and summer with testing at all levels in the early fall after school starts back and everyone has had time to settle.

   One plan is to have an "Intensive" mini camp this summer with all sorts of educational activities as well as games and fellowship with our horses and each other.

   Can't wait to get 2012 started!