Beare Equestrian Services and Training

04/02/2025

Congratulations to Beth on her purchase of the amazing Marky Mark from our favorite clinician Donner Huf Dressage / Heidi Gaian. He was sent to us to do a little jumping for cross training...and ended up staying! We're looking forward to seeing Beth dancing around the dressage ring and tearing up cross country on this very talented boy.

03/21/2025

Upcoming local unmounted learning presented by the California Dressage Society - East Bay Chapter!

It Takes Two: Improving Thoracic Posture & Rider Posture – Jamie Shortz, D.C. - https://mailchi.mp/38d8b3810e08/it-takes-two-improving-thoracic-posture-rider-posture-jamie-shortz-dc-17655939

01/21/2025

Thanks to Donner Huf Dressage / Heidi Gaian for coming back out after canceling on "tornado warning" day last month. HA! We all got in good clinic rides working towards all of our goals for 2025.

12/26/2024

Happy Holidays from Beare Equestrian! We had a fantastic holiday party last weekend. Thank you everyone for coming and joining in the fun, games and feasting. Happiest of New Year's to you!

Thank you Diane for hosting again! We greatly appreciate it!

11/07/2024

In what was probably the last show of 2024 (but the first show of the 2025 season), Brenda and Willa and Rachel and Jax made some moves to step up a level (with Willa moving up to 2nd and Jax to PSG).

Big thanks to Christiane Noelting and Laurie Daniel as always for an amazing show and also to Schleese Saddlery Service for being a sponsor of the awesome prizes. Both Brenda and Rachel were able to cash in their CNDC bucks from the show year for nice Schleese bridles! We're looking forward to the next one.

In what was probably the last show of 2024 (but the first show of the 2025 season), Brenda and Willa and Rachel and Jax made some moves to step up a level. It was a nice show (as it always is at CNDC), however the wind levels for the day made for some spooky horses! We navigated that without any [.....

11/02/2024

The fun hasn't stopped yet! The weather has been lovely and we had a break in the show schedule to get over to Woodside to do some schooling for three pairs – Beth and Tobi, Anne and Fable and Mia and Dandy.

All three pairs had great schooling days with no major issues and the ponies showing exactly how awesome they are at their jobs. Looking forward to the next one!

The weather has gotten lovely and we had a break in the show schedule to get over to Woodside to do some schooling for three pairs – Beth and Tobi, Anne and Fable and Mia and Dandy. All three pairs had great schooling days with no major issues and the ponies showing exactly how awesome they are at...

10/30/2024

The show season has wrapped up and it’s pretty quiet around here at Beare Equestrian…gottcha! It has absolutely not slowed down. The year isn’t over yet! Ha! Lots of things going on these next several weeks. Chloe and Mia went out for a fun Hunter/Jumper schooling show October 20th!

The show season has wrapped up and it’s pretty quiet around here at Beare Equestrian…gottcha! It has absolutely not slowed down. The year isn’t over yet! Ha! Lots of things going on these next several weeks. Chloe & Fable and Mia & Dandy thought it would be fun to go to a Hunter/Jumper show on...

09/16/2024

Tamale and Kelly headed over to PEC this weekend to wrap up what will likely be their last show at 1st level and it was a great show!

Tamale was the most relaxed he’s ever been at a new venue. No baby antics. They got good scores in their tests and did what they needed to do. They are qualified for All Breeds, so now it's just waiting to see how scores play out. Kelly's mom and her friend Bridget came out to cheer her on and support. Congratulations on a fantastic show season Kelly and Tamale!

09/14/2024

Beare Equestrian assistant trainer, Sophie Tice, has had a very positive Eventing competition season thus far! She started the 2024 show season out at the modified level with her 7 year old Oldenberg-Westphalian mare, Viva La Vida. After finishing 2nd in the March event at Ram Tap, 4th in the April event at Twin Rivers, and 1st in the Modified Match at Woodside, she decided that her young mare was ready to make her Preliminary debut. Sophie was beyond pleased with the professionalism and bravery Viva displayed in their first Prelim at August Woodside. She was able to secure the 2nd place position with a very respectable dressage test, double clear stadium jump, and clear cross country round only acquiring a handful of time. Next stop, September Twin Rivers with the hopes of completing their second Prelim together! Good luck Sophie and Vida!

09/12/2024

Hi all! A number of us from Beare Equestrian will be headed to this event for CDS East Bay in a few weeks. There are still a few tickets left if you want to join us for the evening. It's okay if you're not an active member but want to come out and meet people in the chapter.

You're Invited to the CDS East Bay Year End Social! Visit our website at https://cdseastbay.org/east-bay-cds-garden-social-2024/ to learn more.

09/09/2024

Our barn family has been dealt a terrible loss. Clare’s wonderful Juniper was lost to a sudden colic and was unable to be saved despite the best efforts of the many vets involved. If you knew Juniper, you know what we are feeling right now. If you’ve ever known and loved an incredibly generous and kind soul like him…you know what we’re feeling right now. He made a huge impact on a lot of people in the course of his too short life and we were so lucky to have him as a part of ours.

He was VERY loved by a number of riders who had built bonds with him over his many years as a teacher, lesson horse and lease horse. He was the go-to safe, but still challenging horse that all barns wish they had for people to learn on safely. He was kind. He was genuine. He was just one of the best horses on earth and he’s going to be dearly missed. We feel so thankful for the time that he was with us and are grateful to Clare for sharing his special talents with us for so many years. 💔

08/10/2024

Show season is starting to wrap up with no one going to Championships or RAAC this year for various reasons…so our last big outing of the season was Yarra Yarra. Three pairs from Team BEST made the trip over for a quite warm show day.

Show season is starting to wrap up with no one going to Championships or RAAC this year for various reasons…so our last big outting of the season was Yarra Yarra. Three pairs from Team BEST made the trip over for a quite warm show day. Kelly and Tamale had a bit of an interesting day that ended up...

07/31/2024

Team BEST continues to be busy as can be and turned out to support California Dressage Society - East Bay Chapter's Virtual Show in July with 5 rides. Two of those ended up being High Points (Mia and Dandy and Brenda and Willa). Thank you CDS East Bay for hosting these wonderful schooling show opportunities for us to use to prepare for our recognized shows!

Brenda and Willa were the High Point of the show with a 70.589% at Training Level. They’re the current leaders for the CDS EB High Point Award. They were also the Open Level High Point. Mia and Dandy had a super test at Training Level for a solid 64.20% and the Jr/Young Rider High Point for the sh...

07/28/2024

A bit of a wild show...but it was a great success for Rachel and Jax! And that's their show season wrapped up! Thanks Donner Huf Dressage / Heidi Gaian for judging a super fun Champaign class! 😉 Lots of fun was had.

Rachel and Jax were the only pair to venture over to Woodside this year due to untimely injuries for horses and riders…but they made the best of it. It was a little bit of a wild show with music problems for Rachel and scheduling issues which led us to be there for many hours longer than we’d pl...

07/22/2024

Only Brenda and Trevor made the trip down to Dancing Kings this weekend to continue their quest for qualifying for All Breeds for their 4th level Freestyle. They had good tests for both their freestyle and PSG tests with two good scores to add to their tally for All Breeds!

Thanks to Donner Huf Dressage / Heidi Gaian the coaching!

Only Brenda and Trevor made the trip down to Dancing Kings this weekend to continue their quest for qualifying for All Breeds for their 4th level Freestyle. They had good tests for both their freestyle and PSG tests with two good scores to add to their tally for All Breeds. They earned a 1st place f...

07/04/2024

The "4th of July" Yarra Yarra Show was a bit early this year landing at the end of June. It was a busy show for us with lots of pairs showing at lots of different levels. Everyone had good rides and good learning experiences.

Special congrats to Willa and Brenda. They were the show's Barons High Point for their 1st Level Test 3 with a 71.389%.

Rachel and Jax finished her last freestyle ride to earn her USDF Bronze Freestyle Bar with a 71.579%.

June Yarra Yarra was a busy show for us with lots of pairs going to work on various goals. First off in the morning was Rachel and Jax. They were going out with one goal this show: to earn their last score towards Rachel’s Bronze Freestyle Bar. They managed to not only earn their score…but far s...

07/04/2024

What we do on HOT days at the barn...we share watermelon and shade.

06/23/2024

Only one pair made the journey up to CNDC for this weekend’s show.

Rachel and Jax finished their last 3rd Level Freestyle score for their Bronze Bar. Only one score left to go (which they will be attempting to get this weekend at Yarra Yarra). Jax was a very good boy this trip (almost too relaxed). There were a few costly mistakes, but things were learned!

It was a beautiful and well run show (as always) and we had a great time and look forward to being back in November and continuing to support this show location.

Only one pair made the journey up to CNDC for this weekend’s show. It was a beautiful and well run show (as always for the location) and we had a great time and look forward to being back in November. Rachel and Jax took a step back from 4th level to really concentrate on finishing their 3rd Level...