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Dear
Competitors and Friends:
Check
out our Hunter/Jumper class list for 2011-2012 Hunter Classes,
and we will shortly have our 2011-2012 Western/AQHA class list on this site. The weather was near perfect for every one of our Saddle
Series shows last season (2010-2011). Some people don't believe that we have the
best weather on the planet here in the Coachella Valley: we do! Check us out
on  www.willowbrookridingclub.com
Our newest
arena (henceforth referred to as the main arena) shown below was a
big hit in our Spring Hunter/Jumper Horse Show Series. We will continue these fun shows in 2012.
Looking for a Great Riding Opportunity?
Check out our upcoming Day Camps; they are the perfect way to introduce kids of any age to the joys of horseback riding.
We've got lots of Camps upcoming for 2011-2012: click on => Day Camp
<= for details.
Been
to our store yet! Willowbrook English Riding Apparel
has wide
selection of English riding clothing and accessories including; boots,
helmets, britches, jods, and hunt coats for show and everyday riding:
click on this to go to the web page (Willowbrook
Riding Apparel). We
are the 'Ariat' dealer in the valley and have a supply of their superior
quality tall and paddock boots in stock. We also carry Tuff Rider, Charles
Owens, Ovation and Burlingham Sports Products.
Please
note that we can host kids' birthday parties (Kids Parties at Willowbrook)
and conduct equine-assisted personal development training (Equine-Assisted
Personal Development): click on their pages to see
details. Also, our boarders' trail rides head out periodically to picturesque
'Willow Hole' (a picture of which is on our opening page) located
in the conservancy area adjacent to our ranch where horses (but not motorized
vehicles) are welcome.
As
always a great big
thanks
our sponsors and advertisers for supporting Saddle Series and enabling
us to bring
you such wonderful prizes.
And thanks all
you equestrian competitors, ranch owners,
parents, riders, and trainers
all over southern
California who receive our programs,
attend our shows, and make them such a success. At Willowbrook we patronize
Saddle Series advertisers and sponsors, use their products and services when
we can, and urge you to do the same. Thanks
also to our wonderful volunteers who give their time and do such a wonderful
job helping us to bring
you great shows and competition. As always we are committed
to provide you with excellent judges,
a pleasant, friendly venue, well-run shows, and great awards. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves at Saddle
Series and look forward to seeing you at our upcoming shows.
Some of our Western shows are PCQHA approved http://www.pcqha.com
and contain classes sanctioned the American Quarter Horse
Association (AQHA) to enable competitors to enter AQHA-designated
classes and accumulate points towards their
year-end awards. Western
day competitors: if you are not already an
AQHA member,
you may consult their web site http://www.aqha.com
and join (in the case of AQHA your horse must also be registered with them).
For your convenience, we
plan to use 'Horse Show Time' http://horseshowtime.com
to manage our entry information, fees and results
— which are available to you after each show on the horse show time web site and
enable you to keep track of your accumulated points.
Some of our Saddle Series Hunter-Jumper shows are IEHJA approved; consult the IEHJA web site
http://iehja.com for up-to-date rules, sanctioned classes and divisions.
As in previous
years, the Premium covering Saddle Series
2011-2012 and next year's Spring Shows (2012) is mailed out in September; we automatically mail one to every past
competitor, but if you haven't showed here before, send us an email with your address
or call and we'll be happy to send one out and put you on our mailing list.
All of our entry forms are included on this web site in .pdf format; just click on
the link and it will appear on your Adobe
reader (freely available from http://www.adobe.com
) so you can print it on
virtually any printer. This means you can produce the entry forms at home and
complete them before you arrive. This saves us all time on
show days. Entry forms
are,
of course, also available at the shows.
If you wish, you can also complete your entry form at home and fax it to us at
(760) 251-1198, in advance to save even more time.
May we remind you that Saddle
Series and Spring Hunter-Jumper Daily high-point
awards do not require any
special sign-up -- you are automatically in the running for every daily award
for which you qualify. There is a one-time overall sign-up
fee for
Series
high-point awards: but once
signed up, you are entered in every Series division year-end
competition for which you
qualify: at series-end the cumulative scores from all shows are tallied.
'Home Schoolers' Willowbrook is an approved vendor of riding training and horse care for various Charter Schools for home schoolers in California, including
Julian and River Springs (formerly Eagles Peak).
Lessons can qualify for reimbursement as PE (physical education) or eligible specialty classes. Call (760) 329-7676 for details of programs
offered.
'Hoses & Bubblers' There are hoses
in the horse-trailer parking area which are convenient for filling buckets to water
your horses. Sometimes people drive or back over hose bibs even though they
are clearly marked with cones or concrete blocks. Please be aware and avoid
them. Also,
every tree has a 'bubbler': if you allow your horse to go too close to the
trees, the bubblers can be stepped on and broken. Please give a wide berth to
the bases of trees.
'Weather'
A note to those who call us about the
weather.
We've only
cancelled one show (remember El Niño?) over the 170 or so shows we've held in the past
16 years!
Our arenas are on sand footings and have never flooded. We're in the desert: we
average around 5.25 inches of
rainfall per year (but get winds on occasion which proves you can't
have everything). We also now have a covered, wind-sheltered arena: rest assured we will hold the shows as scheduled unless some
very rare, extreme condition prevails. So bear in mind that even though the
weather at your home is terrible, and you're up to your knees in mud, the chances are overwhelming that our weather
here will be wonderful and quite suitable for a show; we prefer to be outside but will go
under cover if that makes the most sense. Call us or click on the following
web site and it will give you the 5-day forecast for Desert Hot Springs (ZIP
92241) then you'll know as much as we do:
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=92241
The
trainers and staff and the Franklin family at Willowbrook wish you a safe and
enjoyable season of horse competition wherever you show.
Sincerely,
LoriLea and Don Franklin
Hunter Montgomery Franklin,
Forrest Michael Franklin,
March 21, 2001 February 7, 2005
Future Serious Horseman
Happy Hunter/Jumper Guy
 
Hunter Montgomery Franklin
Forrest Michael Franklin
First Horse Show, January, 2003
First Horse Show, January, 2007 |
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