El Dorado Training Facility

10/24/2023

Fun fact! Melissa is a certified co-leader of the local 4H Horseless Project! Meetings are 1x a month at her or her co-leader’s facility. This is a great opportunity to learn, have hands-on experience, ride and have fun with horses! Fun activities, community service, field trips and more are included! No horse required to join! Ages 9 and up for this program. Please contact your local 4H office or https://ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_4-H_Program/ to sign up! Our club is the Motherlode 49ers, but all clubs are welcome!

Welcome to the El Dorado County 4-H Program, we have approximately 550 youth enrolled in local 4-H programs and nearly 140 adult volunteers engaging youth in varied learning experiences. There are ten clubs in the county. Our mission is to engage youth in reaching their fullest potential while adv.....

10/23/2023

Boarding spots available! Contact Melissa via text or PM us!

10/23/2023

From Melissa:
🌟Sophia and I did great at the NATRC ride yesterday. The 2 horses were very good and happy to be out. I got 1st in my division and over all and Sophia got 2nd in her junior division. The ride was fun and put together very well!🌟

09/29/2023

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06/26/2023

From Melissa:
Had a great ride at Cooley Ranch this weekend. I got my 3,000 lifetime mile completion. Adrienne did a really good job with my mare Willow. Willow is 25!

06/03/2023

🤩A HUGE congratulations to Melissa, Peyton and Willow for placing 3rd in today’s Coolest Ride and Tie event!🤩

05/25/2023

From Melissa:

Just got a horse back that I leased out for years to a customer…My Vet and Farrier came together and did an awesome job! It's really nice when you have a team that works together. Here are some before and after pictures. Can't wait to see this horse’s future!

05/19/2023

☀️Endurance Team☀️

Check out Willow and Peyton prepping for their Ride & Tie in a few weeks with Melissa!

05/19/2023

‼️Updated lesson flyer!‼️
☀️Summer is around the corner friends!
☀️Book your Lessons, Haul-Outs, Consults Today
☀️Also offering custom Saddle Fitting Clinics
☀️Whole Horse Nutrition Clinics
☀️Endurance Team & Show Team
☀️Boarding Openings

05/12/2023

From Melissa: 💙Had a great day with all my older horses. All of them are over 23!💙

05/06/2023

Check out assistant trainer Peyton! She’s working 3 horses today 💕 Pictured here with Arthur!

05/05/2023

Spots still available!

04/27/2023

What a wonderful day for a ride and hike yesterday! Peyton did amazing on Willow, I rode Mandy and she was a perfect angel and Miss Mustang Sally learned that water isn’t scary with Melissa!

04/25/2023

🌟Saddle Fitting services now available!🌟

04/25/2023

I scratch you, you scratch me.… Solar and Sparkler 😍

04/24/2023

Congratulations to client and friend, Adrienne on her successful endurance ride in beautiful New Mexico this past weekend as well! 😃

04/24/2023

🌟🌟Congratulations to Solar and Melissa on their 500 miles LD completion and successful ride at American River Classic this past weekend! 🌟🌟

04/20/2023

When the round pen is freshly groomed… you go FAST! WMA Mustang Sally breaking in the fresh sand! What a gorgeous and fit Sand Tiki Special daughter! Melissa Harris

04/16/2023

Yesterday’s trail ride was AH-MAZ-ING! Thank you to all of Melissa’s clients!

04/15/2023

Happy sunny Saturday from Sand Tiki!

04/14/2023

Louie is looking quite dashing! His mom is doing such a wonderful job with rehabbing him 😍 He was happy to pose so regally with a few cookies!🍪🍪🍪

04/12/2023

Hi again friends!
Since our page is still new(ish), Solar was hoping we could get some reviews from ya’ll. Please feel free to share your experience & give us a star rating 😁 Thank you!

04/11/2023

04/10/2023

Melissa had a great time hosting the 4H kids on Saturday!

04/06/2023

The horses were all about the shedding blade today! Here is Sally enjoying the itchy scratchies 😁

04/02/2023

Here they are in action at Nevada Derby

04/02/2023

A huge congratulations to Melissa Harris and her partner, Solar Flame in completing the 50 at the NASTR Nevada Derby yesterday!! This is Solar’s 15th year completion in Endurance!

03/26/2023

Check out Peyton on Nick yesterday practicing spins! We see a future reining kiddo!

03/26/2023

It’s that time of year my friends! 😅

03/04/2023

Baby WMA Sparkler sure is a sweetie pie! She’s going to be a very special endurance mare when she grows up.

03/02/2023

Sand Tiki Special ready for 2023 breeding season. Frozen semen and shipped. Also the national way. Son of Burning Sand. He has proven himself as a sire and has proven endurance offspring.

01/27/2023

🌟Update on WMA Mustang Sally🌟

WMA Mustang Sally. I'm so excited about her She has been a real challenge from the beginning. I've been taking her off and on to Mark for lessons. She is a little naughty to ride and very quick on her feet. I've been doing a lot of ground driving So that my aides will be there once she decides to leap in the air. I have sat on her now and asked her to walk forward a handful of times and she has been good. Cassidy will help me with her this weekend and hopefully I can get pictures of her or me on her mounted.
Melissa Harris

01/27/2023

🤩From Melissa🤩

Very proud of these 2 customers. Todd's doing awesome with his Mustang especially after Mustang Matt's clinic. The other horse is a 25 year old rescue horse from Colorado. He was super head shy When he came to me a year ago. Now she's going to be putting her 1st rides on him.

01/07/2023

A beautiful day called for a day full of lessons!! 😃

01/07/2023

Solar enjoying a break in the rain today! Now, that’s a happy horse 😁

12/21/2022

Melissa is running a New Year's Special on Sand Tiki Special's frozen straws! Limited time only - don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to have a Sand Tiki Special baby! Contact Melissa today at 530-363-4231

**Discounted rate ends February 1, 2023

12/17/2022

🌟🌟From Melissa👇

🎄 Sand Tiki Special by Burning Sand. We are offering Frozen straws for the New Year. PM me if interested. He is a proven sire of endurance horses!

12/13/2022

From Melissa!🌟🌟🌟🌟

👉Very proud of my two horses. The season did not start off very well as they both had it go down to UC Davis. Mandy was diagnosed with pssm type 2 and solar's colon was enlarged and had to be put on steroids. Mandy's Joy started the season for me because she was easier to manage and she gave solar time to heal. Solar finished the season and his 14th year competing.