Ivey Ranch Park Association

03/13/2025

March comes in like a lion and out....with a horse show? Yes, please! 🌺🐎🌷

Current Ivey riders are welcome to sign up by using the (updated) QR code or follow the link in our bio. Or sponsor a class (or two....or three!) and support our riders at every level. Not sure what level to sign up for? Talk to your instructor! Entries close at 5PM on March 17th and the schedule will be sent out no later than Wednesday, March 26th, to participants.

Want to join us as a volunteer? It's a fun way to spend the day and we appreciate the help!

We look forward to seeing everyone! 🐴💚

03/13/2025

Just enjoying a lovely day at our local fishing hole. 😄🐟🐴🐠

Our storms this week mean cancelled lessons but also the chance to get creative when getting outside when it stops raining! 🌦️ Come have fun sloshing through the puddles at 4:30pm for Barn Buddies! 👢☔️🌈

03/06/2025

This latest storm has cancelled lessons and volunteering today but one should never miss the chance to join this fun group of Barn Buddies with caretaker, Fiona! Throw on your boots 🥾 and join us today (and every day!) from 4-5:30pm or mornings from 6-8am.

Not a volunteer yet and bummed you are missing out? Volunteer orientation is this Saturday, March 8, from 1-2:30pm! Visit the website for more information and plan to join us! 🌧️☀️🌦️🌈🐴💚

03/02/2025

🍀Celebrating how lucky we are as we end our Cozy Stall Fundraiser and start the month of March! 💚 Your generosity helped us purchase 22 bags of Dry Stall, 8 rubber mats, and three much needed wheelbarrows! THANK YOU! 💗🐴

02/28/2025

THR Session #2 begins tomorrow! We can't wait to see all of our riders and volunteers return. 🐴💚

Interested in volunteering? Our next orientation will be on Saturday, March 8, from 1-2:30PM. Visit the "Get Involved!" section of our website to sign up. 🌞

02/24/2025

Thank you for continuing to help us provide dry, cozy stalls this winter and the wonderful messages of love for our horses! There is still time to send your favorites a Valentine! 💕🐴

02/20/2025

The sunshine is back and we are in full swing with Barn Buddies, Grooming Gang, lessons, and our Continuing Education and Curriculum Session workshops! There are two opportunities this weekend to sign up and advance your skills as a Lesson Aide so visit the SignUpGenius link and plan to spend the day with us! 🌞🐴💚

02/15/2025

Saturday lessons have been cancelled because of our recent storm so we will have our regular Barn Buddies shifts, including one from 6-8am. Roy would be happy to see you! 💚

02/13/2025

WOAH! We’re not horsin’ around when we say we love having you as our Valentines! 😍 The rain is starting to stirrup things so we are once again doing our mane fundraiser to make their stalls a bit cozier. 🌨🌈

You can giddy up over to buy your favorite horses 🐎 a valentine, dry stall, rubber stall mats, or (and we can agree our Barn Buddies will love this too!) a new wheelbarrow! Use the QR code or follow the link to the website: https://bit.ly/3Qg3TQY. ❤️💚💜💗

02/13/2025

The rain 🌧️ has returned - and so have our Barn Buddies! Throw on your boots, jacket, and maybe a favorite beanie and join us at 4pm today.

Mucking and feeding happens everyday from 6-8am and 4-5:30pm, regardless of the weather. The herd (and our staff) appreciate the help! 🐴💚

02/09/2025

A big thank you to Marina, a participant in our Working Intern Program, who is a very talented artist! Zane - and the rest of us - love his new portrait! 💕

02/07/2025

We are so excited to be hosting our "Health & Wellness with Horses" booth again this year at Super STEM Saturday on the California State University San Marcos campus! Our staff and volunteers will be sharing activities about appropriate foods for horses, what the term "hands" mean, and the biology that makes equestrian therapy so incredible. We'll also have an appearance by two special guests! 😉

Visit or to learn more and we hope to see you on March 8th!

02/07/2025

It's a rainy day at the Ranch! ☔ And while we are happy to see some water falling from the sky, it does mean we had to cancel lessons today. So enjoy some quiet time inside and then join us from 4-5:30pm for Barn Buddies! 🐴💚

02/05/2025

Folklore in the British Isles notes that fairy knots occur when the mane is twisted up into reins and stirrups so that the fairies can take horses on magical adventures during the night. It is no surprise that one of their favorites at the Ranch is our sweet Ardmore!

(even the fairies!)

01/24/2025

Sometimes Barn Buddies involves a little something extra in the sky before sunrise. 🚀

01/21/2025

Thank you to our first responders on the front line this morning. We are keeping a close eye on this as the day progresses. Please contact our office if you need to evacuate your horses.

The in San Diego County started overnight firefighters continue to work to contain it this morning. See live conditions from ALERTCalifornia's San Marcos Peak N camera at https://bit.ly/3PFS6ey and look to CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire for incident updates.

01/20/2025

"Seek to serve and your life will be filled with more joy than you can imagine".
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

We find joy every day around the Ranch and are so grateful when others join us! Our thanks to the MiraCosta College Service Learning & Volunteer Center and Oceanside Police Department for choosing to do their Day of Service with us again this year. And a special welcome to District 2 Councilmember Rick Robinson who joined the team! 🐴💚
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