Bridges Equestrian

School of Horsemanship and Training

Schedule Your Lessons Online

Yes, BRIDGES has gone High-Tech! Check out the long anticipated online scheduling program! You can now schedule, cancel, and pay for your lessons 24/7! Sign up for auto pay, horse shows, clinics, camps, whatever is happening you can sign up online! Restrictions apply.

Join the Bridges Equestrian Team

Ruthanna Bridges met her first horse in 1961 ... and the rest is history.

Family owned and operated, Bridges Equestrian, established in 1981 has been teaching Orange County to ride for over 29 years!

BRIDGES EQUESTRIAN is dedicated to training all levels of riders in English and Western riding. Offering the very best of horsemanship and horse care, we emphasize the positive connection between horse and rider.

Be a part of
BRIDGES EQUESTRIAN
and experience the
World of the Horse!

Bridges Equestrian is located at Sycamore Trails Stables on Oso Road in San Juan Capistrano

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Pony Club Past Meeting Notes!

12/17/11
General Meeting & Games (Housewife’s Scurry & cones)
  • Constant Contact system for emails
  • Tetrathalon Committee:  Chairperson: Jill
    • Chairperson Jill, co-chairs: Alex & Brooke.  Will go to On Target, YMCA to check into shooting & pool
  • Media Committee:  Chairperson, Giana – will be in charge of all of our press releases & videos & photos.
  • Point System:
    • Coming to meetings/functions – 10pts
    • Wearing your pin – 1 pt
    • Bringing something/someone special to meeting 5pts
    • Passing a rating – 10pts per section
    • Badges – 5 pts
    • Clinic or Event (away) 50 pts
    • Special points to be awarded as decided by members

** 50 Extra Points for Jill, Aleena & Amanda for their quick work in recognizing and treating Gabby, and saving her life!

12/10/11
  • Bridle Assembly
  • Feed clinic & Feed Badge
12/3/11
General Meeting
  • Tetrathalon:  What is it, we want a team!
  • Quiz Committee:  Alexis & Aleena Chairpersons
  • Fundraising Committee:  Amanda Chairperson;
    • Ashlyn, Aleena, Alexis, Curtis, Kim & Izzy members
    • Aleena will look into cupcake fundraiser
    • Ruthanna to find Pinnies for competitions and to wear for fund raising
  • Mock Rally March 3 – will send large group!  More in early Feb.
  • Next Meetings:
    • Dec 10 – Bridle put together & Feed clinic/feed badge
    • January – Games!
11/26/11 – 11/27/11
  • Sandia Creek Cross Country & Show Jumping Clinic with Quiz Rally Clinic
    • January – Lunging/Rigging & Turn out (RB will buy lunging video)
    • Need committee reports every 2 weeks.

** Extra points to Ashly, Piper, Sydney & Curtis for GREAT ideas!

11/19/11
  • Table Quiz
  • Bits Clinic
11/12/11
  • D-2 Quiz Planning!
11/5/11
  • Field Trip to Galway Downs Event
10/29/11
  • D-1+ Walk Badge
  • D-2+ PRT for all horses (standing) for record books
10/15/11
  • Mount/Dismount Badge
  • D-2+ Horse management rules at the rallies
  • Study Session Pages 1-11 Make important notes
  • Prepare for Mock Quiz Rally!
10/8/11
  • Horse Games – Potato Race,
10/1/11
  • Grooming Badge
  • Groups worked on their C-1
  • Groups worked on C-3 plans
Week 1 (July 17, 2011)
GETTING READY FOR PONY CLUB!

What we did

  • Emergency dismounts
  • Adjusting irons with your feet in them
  • "Half–Seat" for Pony Club is like "Two–Point" for hunters

Homework

  1. Set up a Notebook
  2. Go to the website www.ponyclub.org and look around
    1. Find Level D1 Flowchart and Test, print them out and put them in your notebook
    2. Find our region
    3. Check out up-coming events
  3. Tell your parents that the dues for Pony Club will be $160 and cover September 2011 – December 2012. After that they are $110 per year to renew. Checks must be made out to United States Pony Club. I have application forms, but I need to make sure they are the right ones since the dates aren't right.
  4. You will be needing the D Level Manual. I have a few for $20 (cash).
  5. Let's start getting those Cross–Country vests together. Deadline September 1. If you don't have a vest by then you won't be able to do the cross country stuff. Go to this link to purchase one from Dover Saddlery.

Next Meeting

Saturday July 21 at 11:00am
We will be going down to the creek to work on the cross country stuff.
**PLEASE NOTE CLASS CHANGES! LOOK TO SEE IF YOU RIDE AT 1pm OR AT 2pm.

The United States Pony Clubs, Inc., develops character, leadership, confidence and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding and mounted sports.