Looking for recommendations for facilities in Southern California. Need a covered arena, good footing for jumping, turnout, AND ability to accommodate a trainer with 10-15 horses. Anywhere in Southern CA (OC, LA, IE, or SD). Thank you!
The covered arena requirement is going to leave you with an incredibly short list.
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Southern California Equestrian Directory has a few listings, albeit little detail and no covereds.
Are you the trainer or a client ?
FWIW I’m pretty sure I read this same ISO in the Thermal Classified FB group posted anonymously.
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I can think of some show facilities that have covered arenas that perhaps can be used occasionally for schooling (like Ingalls Park in Norco), but otherwise yeah, in SoCal that’s a short list indeed. I’m almost curious to know why a covered arena is so desirable.
Now, if someone wants to come to Arizona or Colorado, it might be possible to find a facility with a covered arena because: weather.
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Try Global Sporthorses in Temecula. They have a covered ring and I believe lease out part of their facility to other trainers.
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Middle Ranch (the main ranch) has a covered. It’s a lovely facility if they have room for you, though my experience with any covered is that there’s contention between trainers to use it. When I was at Middle Ranch, the covered was mostly used by the dressage folk and never had any jumps in it.
To expand your options, maybe consider WHY you want the covered space and how you plan to use it. Shade or mud? If the issue is having safe footing during the rainy season, your options will expand somewhat with various engineered arenas or even with tarp like coverings. At Middle Ranch the engineered fully outdoor arenas were rarely fully off limits, and there was access to walking paths and trails for the horses always. I believe Kristina Harrison at Paddock Riding Club was pretty happy with a fabric covering protecting her arena before rain events. Obviously it’s work to deploy and much less fun if it means moving jumps in and out first. If it’s shade, you may find other solutions to that as well.
FWIW low key (ie not competition venue) covered arenas are much more common in northern California.
Of course this is a problem that can be solved with money, obviously a lot of it, but even so, if that’s the requirement, it can be done.
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If you find a covered arena in SoCal (which is unusual), it’s rare for jumps to be set up in it.
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I’ve been to a few barns in the Moorpark area that have covered arenas. One was called White Birch and the other was El Sueno. You didn’t mention Ventura Co in your post, but it’s just north of LA.
ETA looks like White Birch is dressage only.
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El Sueno has a covered, but it’s used by all trainers so they don’t allow jumps to be set up in it, except for special events like their derbys.
They do have separate jump arenas, but they’re not covered.
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