Crater Hill Equestrian

11/13/2024

Those winter sunsets are 🔥. Loving our busy lesson schedule and all these amazing kids!

11/12/2024

‘Tis the season!!! Our phone has been ringing off the hook with new lesson students, and we LOVE IT!!! We are accepting new students of all levels and ages and now is a great time to get started! Our competition season has wrapped up, and we are dedicated to getting our kiddos (and adults!) to meet their goals! We will be adding additional trail ride days too. Now is the time!

Please call or text Sam at (530) 863-7673 or Mollie at (510) 599-3826

Our online scheduling app is: www.craterhillequestrian.as.me

Full service equestrian facility in Newcastle, CA. This gorgeous recently renovated facility offers

09/27/2024

For anybody wanting to sneak in some make up lessons - the most amazing Kelly Williams-Stehman will be covering lessons tomorrow!

09/15/2024

Is this not the cutest thing ever? Maddy had a great ride on JM Gibbs today!

09/13/2024

Hi everyone! We are doing some updates to our schedule and sending out reminders for the apps that we use! As we are all back in the swing of the school season, lessons are filling up quickly so please get on a regular schedule. We can help place you or your child in a suitable group if needed. We are also opening up some more trail availability and Kelly will be helping us for a bit to make sure everyone is getting the time they need!

Scheduling app: www.CraterHillEquestrian.as.me

I also just started a GroupMe to see if that’s less finicky than remind, so let’s give it a shot! Join all applicable.
Endurance team group chat:
https://groupme.com/join_group/103312739/2PPVx3Eg

Riding lessons:
https://groupme.com/join_group/103312787/QTCEAkPd

Trail lessons:
https://groupme.com/join_group/103312930/YE6qXXEl

09/13/2024

Today was such an awesome day, lots of happy owners riding their horses that are in training! I didn’t get photos of everyone, but these horses and people just did such amazing jobs today! And YES! We have an adult program too and are working on expanding it!

09/07/2024

We absolutely love Specialized Saddles and could not be more excited about finally having the ultimate youth saddle available to our up and comers!

07/24/2024

Crater Hill Endurance Team takes on the Tevis Cup! We got 12 horses to the starting line and 9 across the finish line!

8th place - Mollie Quiroz and Chndakasexpress aka Mack! This pair is now 4/4 on Tevis with 3 top 10s! Mack is now 8/8 on 100 mile rides!

22nd place - Amelia Vandermeer and Chadrak! This was both Amelia and Chadrak’s Tevis together. Amelia and Chadrak are now 2/2 on 100s!

23rd place - Tierney Beloberk and Highh Treason aka Tres! This pair is now 3/3 on Tevis and Tierney is 8/8 on 100 mile rides! Tierney also hit 2,000 endurance miles with her Tevis finish!

27th place - Jax Beloberk and Golly Brae Brae! This was the pairs first Tevis attempt and completion. At just 12 years old, Jax now has seven 100 mile completions and 5 of those are with Brae!

28th place - Lila Reeder and Cricket MHF! This was Lila’s second Tevis finish and Cricket’s first!

29th place - Vanessa Erickson and Dance With Me MHF aka Dancer! This was Vanessa’s second Tevis finish and Dancer’s first!

30th place - Kelly Williams-Stehman and RTR I Be Pfast aka Ibe! This was Ibe’s fourth Tevis finish and her 10th 100 mile finish!

39th place - Haily Dutton and Dreamcatchr Aristrides aka Ari! Haily only met Ari a few days before the ride and she did an expert job piloting Ari to her first 100 mile finish!

Our bonus rider Kim Myers Moquin came in 7th place on Okbas Finale aka Finn! Crater Hill has been helping crew the Moquin family for their last few Tevis rides and they have become apart of our family! Congratulations to Kim on a fabulous ride!

We couldn’t do this ride without our fantastic crew! Thank you to all our friends, family, and supporters who came together to make this ride possible for all the riders! We appreciate each and every one of you!

Thank you to Kelly Williams-Stehman, Samantha Ellis, Mary Becraft, and Chelsea Arnold for sponsoring our juniors through the ride! After Sam got pulled, Mary got Tierney and Amelia to Foresthill where Chelsea took them the rest of the way to Auburn! We couldn’t have done it without them!

Thank you to all our amazing sponsors and supporters who made getting there possible! We appreciate every single one of you!

Specialized Saddles
Horse Bums
Star Milling Company
Integrity Horse Feed
Wild West Endurance Company
Brain Ranch Horseshoeing
Scotty Mayfield Horseshoeing
Bear River Mobile Veterinary Services, Inc.
Echo Valley Ranch, Inc.
Anne Williams Chiropractic
Pamela Riggs Chiropractic
Cara Choy Equine Massage Therapy

06/21/2024

We wrapped up a fabulous Session 1 of Summer Camp and had so much fun!!! This was seriously the most awesome group of kiddos!!!! We still have some space available for the rest of the sessions…. Www.CraterHillEquestrian.com

04/25/2024

We still have some space in Summer Camps but they are filling up fast!!! Www.CraterHillEquestrian.com

04/23/2024

We had a great weekend at the American River Classic endurance ride!!! It was a difficult but very doable ride with excellent management and outstanding trail marking! We will be back ❤️. Thank you Trista Groth for capturing these amazing moments!

04/18/2024

The Crater Hill Endurance Team will be at the American River Classic endurance ride this weekend! This is a wonderful local ride, and we area so grateful for the ride managers who have worked so hard to keep this logistically very difficult ride going! It’s the oldest sanctioned endurance ride in the world. We would like to invite all of our friends and clients to come help crew, come say hi, etc! There will be two vet checks in Cool and one in Auburn. We would love to see lots of our lesson kiddos out there!

04/13/2024

The Crater Hill Endurance Team had a great ride last weekend at Cuyama Oaks XP! Our team completed a combined total of 1150 miles! We also took Best Condition all 3 days in the 50! Mollie got it Day 1 on Chndakasexpress, Jax got it Day 2 on Golly Brae Brae, and Sam got it Day 3 on Chndakasexpress!

📷 credit goes s to Trista Groth!!! We are so lucky to have our own team photographer ❤️❤️❤️. Capturing these memories is so important!

04/01/2024

Just out there dodging storms and walking hills! We hope everyone had an amazing Easter and remembers what the holiday is really about!