Ironwood Event Center

11/24/2024

Super fun play day on our Working Equitation obstacles!

11/10/2024

Way to go Cinder!

NHR Cinder Ella our first competition year. USDF All Breed Champion. CDS High Score Pony in every show we went too. Finished the year at our first ever Working Equitation competition third out of 18. Love this little mare.

08/12/2024

Great explanation and drawings for us all to ponder.

This is why your turn does not come from pulling on the rein. Note the riders hand and leg position and hip angle in each sketch. Note the development of the horses muscles in each sketch. Note the shape of the horse in each sketch. A truly supple, truly bent horse is working through their entire body. It is OUR job as the rider to guide the horse to become soft, supple, and through in all movements.

Rider one is pulling the nose around, and trying to push the haunches in, with a following outside rein offering the horse no balance, and a hardly supportive inside leg to wrap around. This has created a rigid, stiff horse that will surely be back sore, weak in the hind end, with front end bulk in all the wrong places. This horse has every opportunity, and will likely be so uncomfortable that it will try every time, to run out of his right shoulder.

Rider two is pushing the horse from his inside leg to his outside rein. The outside rein is providing a balance point for the horse, allowing him to be both comfortable and willing to carry himself. Because the riders rein is supportive and blocking the shoulder, the horse can not blow out the shoulder, and can only become truly bent along the entire length of the spine.

In order to build the athlete you want, and to allow your horse the opportunity to have a long, successful, and most importantly SOUND career, it is important to understand how we ride, even in seemingly simple tasks such as the walk or trotting circles, is effecting each muscle in your horses body. Not all muscle is good muscle!

- Ali Hamann / South Coast Sport Horses

07/12/2024

A great chance for a tune up before the last of this years summer shows! Come ride in our lovely indoor with fans. Leave a message With Sue at office number 775 475 0100 or on messenger.

06/16/2024

Today in Portland a Supreme Champion Cob. Another nice show at a pretty venue. Sitting in Airport now, hoping to get home tonight.

06/15/2024

Lovely Bel Air Welsh pony show. So happy to be asked to judge. Beautiful place, ponies, green and deer in the field right in front of where I got to stay.

06/10/2024

Great day at the open arena day at Ironwood Event Center. Taking Chili around the poles.

05/22/2024

Just a reminder! Mark your calendars for June 1st open arenas day at the barn.

05/19/2024

We had so much fun hosting the SSBPA Spring Spectacular barrel race. 🌷

Some of our own kiddos entered and they did awesome!

⚡️Kennedy Rose on CJ got 2nd place in the 1D peewee on Saturday and got a check!

⚡️Amaya Vang on Fred placed 1st in the 2D peewee today. She took home a check and a buckle!

⚡️Emma Vang was on Sadie and went out there and did the dang thang both days!

⚡️Scarlett McKenna rode her trusty mount Tonto and did amazing.

Silver State Barrel And Pole Association

Thank you AbDiver Photography for some cool shots!

05/18/2024

Silver State Barrel And Pole Association
Just a teaser

05/18/2024

🌷It’s a beautiful day for a barrel race 🌼

05/15/2024

✨The crew is working hard prepping the ground for the race this weekend.

✨All RV and stall reservations will be online through EZstall. Dry camping is available online as well.

See y’all there! 🙌🏻

05/14/2024

⚡️World Series of Team Roping ⚡️

June 21st-25th!

Link to stall and RV reservations below!

https://ezstall.com/events/detail/218

05/09/2024

Open Arenas Day at Ironwood!
June 1st Saturday from 10 to 2.
All trailer in's must sign a waiver and pay a $25 haul in fee per horse and receive a number to enter Arenas.
All outdoor arenas including Dressage Court and Working Equitation/ Trail course plus the trails will be available to practice in.
(Sorry Main and Small Indoor off limits for biosecurity reasons.)