2025 EVENT SCHEDULE
MAY 25 Spring Schooling Event
JUNE 22 Summer Horse Trials I
JULY 13 Summer Horse Trials II
AUGUST 3 Summer Horse Trials III
Orchard Hill hosts schooling shows in the spring, summer and early fall.
We welcome new and experienced riders at five levels:
- Pre-Elementary- Walk-trot dressage USDF Intro Test A , 18″ cross rails and 12″ cross-country obstacles in an enclosed field
- Elementary- USEA Starter Test, 2′ vertical stadium jumps, and an inviting XC course in open fields with a variety of logs, coops, other obstacles to 2′, optional water crossing
- Starter (a.k.a. Intro)- USEA Starter Test- with verticals and oxers to 2’3″, XC has logs, coops, half-ditch, banks, water
- Beginner Novice- USEA BN Test A, 2’6″ jumps, small banks, small ditch water crossing with optional jump out and small stone wall
- Novice- USEA Novice Test A, 2’9″ stadium with combinations, XC jumps with water, banks and drops, a stone wall, beaver dam, ditch and lots of variety to the terrain.
All dressage tests use the most recent revision (year) from their organizations- USEA/USDF
Dressage is held in two quiet sand arenas at the top of the hill, while both jumping phases are in sand rings adjacent to parking.
A gourmet food truck and tack store are on site for you. Our show photographer is Brian Stone Sr. Photography.
Entries are online; ride times and results are posted here and on our Facebook page.