Since 1945, the
SCCHA has been a center
for equestrian activities in and around Santa Cruz, California. Its
colorful history
includes many generations of horse enthusiasts competing in
shows, clinics, blazing - maintaining - riding redwood and coastal
trails, and all forms of
equitation, while promoting quality care, education and humane
treatment of horses.
SCCHA is the home of the famed Fireworks
Endurance Ride, a
sanctioned endurance ride through the redwoods to the ocean. Trails
comprising this ride are spectacular and often rugged as horse
& rider travel through and descend from the forested Santa Cruz
Mountains torwards expansive views of blue ocean north of
Santa Cruz.
Home of the SCCHA has long been the Graham
Hill Showgrounds, just north of Santa Cruz. A monthly Newsletter
is full of Club news, local horse related items, entertaining
& educating articles, and events calendar.
Membership
Meetings are listed on our web site and newsletters. Meetings
have
guest speakers covering a variety of engaging topics and equestrian
news
that affect all horse people locally. Meetings are also a great way to
meet horse folks and find trail companions. Non-members
welcome!
Due to Premarin production,
thousands of mares live in horribly unnatural conditions
and their foals are excess by-product. Although many
alternatives exist that provide supplemental estrogen from plant
sources, the company that uses mares continues to sell 3 billion
dollars of Premarin each
year. Inform friends about the
cost to the mares & foals involved in Premarin production, and make
sure they know perfectly good
alternatives are widely available.
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Your SCCHA membership
supports our Club,
the Graham
Hill Showgrounds,
trail
preservation & a variety of other horse activities.
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The best thing I try to do for
myself is to try to listen to the horse. I don't mean let him take
over. I listen to how he's operating: what he's understanding or what
he doesn't understand: what's bothering him and what isn't bothering
him. I try to feel what the horse is feeling and operate from where the
horse is. - Tom Dorrance
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Upcoming
Events
&
Announcements
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see
events calendar
for complete
listing
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Arenas & Round Pen are CLOSED
The arenas may be closed
after a substantial rain or accumulated water from several lighter
rains. If you
want to use the Showgrounds' arenas after recent rain, check
this site before heading to the Showgrounds in case the arenas have
been closed.
Be
careful to park your rig out of
the grass during our rainy
season to avoid
getting stuck and a costly towing charge.
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SCCHA Board of Directors Elections
March 16th Membership Meeting
EARLY
START - 7:00 pm in the Club House
Meet
& Vote for the 2010-11 Board of
Directors and President
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Join
us for the election and SPECIAL St.
Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Feed
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Big
Basin State Park General Plan - Comments due by 3/31!
Here is information about the new
State Park Plan for Big Basin and links to more details from Parks,
plus a summary of what we can
do to advocate for better equestrian access and staging.
We
have a great opportunity to help things go our way - let's
get going!
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Biogas Generation
Info
Presented by Ron Powers at our January Membership Meeting
Watch the youtube video
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