Mount Holyoke Equestrian Center

01/24/2025

Our first loads of new footing for the large indoor arrived!

01/16/2025

Our small indoor is almost complete!

01/14/2025

Are you planning your summer show schedule? Check out our Summer Dressage Show NEWS!

Exciting News! Mount Holyoke College Summer Dressage Show Expands to a Series!

We are thrilled to announce that the Mount Holyoke College Summer Dressage Show is now a series! Join us for an unforgettable week of competition, camaraderie, and fun. Come and enjoy TWO recognized events in one convenient format. A one stop shop for qualifying scores!

Event Details:

🐴 Summer Dressage Show I: Wednesday, June 25 & Thursday, June 26

🐴 Summer Dressage Show II: Saturday, June 28 & Sunday, June 29

🐴 Optional Non-Compete Layover Day: Friday, June 27 – Enjoy schooling in the arenas or a relaxing hack around the lake.

Why You Won’t Want to Miss It:

🔥 Vendors: Shop amazing products from a variety of vendors.

🔥Complimentary Breakfast: Sponsored breakfasts to start your mornings off right.

🔥Competitor's Party: Celebrate with us and your fellow equestrians in style!

🔥One stop shop: 8 chances to qualify for Regional Championships!

Mark your calendars and join us for this expanded summer dressage experience. We can’t wait to see you there!

For more information visit www.mhcriding.com
Prizelist coming soon.

Please share and spread the news 😍

Mount Holyoke

01/14/2025

Our first loads of TravelRight Footing by FootingFirst, LLC has arrived! Excited for East-West Arena Construction to lay it out for us 🤠

01/08/2025

A big congratulations to Laena Romond ‘07!

01/03/2025

We are so excited to ring in the New Year with a BIG upgrade…🥳

Our two indoor arenas are getting a makeover with new Travel Right Footing by FootingFirst, LLC!

Big thanks to East-West Arena Construction and FootingFirst, LLC for partnering with us to bring our facility into the future with top notch work and an incredible product 🤩

11/29/2024

11/18/2024

UMass put on an impressive double header yesterday! Mount Holyoke Western was named High Point College in the morning and tied for Reserve with UMass in the afternoon show. Lili Evans was Reserve High Point Rider in the morning and Kate Smith was High Point Rider in the afternoon.

MHC Western leads the region as we head into the last show of the semester on December 8th. What an exciting season this is with Westfield State Univeristy joining Zone One Area Ten!

10/25/2024

Come join us for a weekend in the life of an MHC equestrian athlete! 💙🤠💙

10/18/2024

We are so excited to watch our very own Leah Drew ride in the NEDA Symposium this weekend!

For our next demo rider, welcome back Leah!
Leah Drew is an 18-year-old FEI Young Rider from Lincoln, Massachusetts, and a freshman on the dressage team at Mount Holyoke College. Leah has been working with Hope Cooper and Jane Karol at Bear Spot Farm in Concord Massachusetts since 2021. She competes two horses, Jazz Beat and Damons Davian, at the young rider level. In 2022, she was ranked #1 in the country at the FEI Junior level on Jazz Beat, and in 2023, she was ranked in the top 5 on both horses, also at the FEI Junior level. She has competed at USA Dressage Festival of Champions and the North American Youth Championships, taking a bronze medal in each in 2023. This season, she stepped up to the FEI Young Rider level, qualifying both horses for the USA Dressage Festival of Champions, while finishing her last semester of high school. Leah works full time at Bear Spot in the summers and winters, and is in the process of obtaining her Massachusetts Riding Instructor License. Leah’s goals are to become a professional dressage rider and trainer and aspires to one day represent the United States in the Olympics.
Damons Davian (Dezi) in a 2011 Westphalian gelding (Damons Hill x Nubile 13 x Newcastle). Leah began working with Dezi in the fall of 2022, competing at the FEI Junior level and qualified for the 2023 North American Youth Championships, taking 3rd in the team test and anchoring team region 8 to a bronze medal. They then placed 5th in the FEI Juniors at the US Dressage Festival. In 2024, they moved up to the FEI Young Rider division, qualifying for the 2024 USA Dressage Festival of Champions. In training, they are schooling the I-1 and U-25 levels. Their goals for next season are to compete the CDIYs, earn a spot on the USA Dressage Young Rider European Tour, and make their small tour debut.

10/18/2024

10/18/2024

💥Drumroll please….🥁….we out-raised our goal!!

THANK YOU to all who donated, shared and spread the word for our big day of giving! Your generosity will help us to keep growing into the future! We LOVE you MHC EC family 💙💙💙

10/18/2024

💥WE MADE IT!! Not only did we HIT our goal…we even tipped the scale! 🎉 Should we KEEP GOING?! We have had 85 donors so far, can we get 10 more before midnight? Whether you donate $1 or $100, every ounce counts towards much needed facility and herd donations!

With a few hours left let’s Go! Fight! Win!

Cappy even wore his party hat today!

Link👇

https://www.givecampus.com/schools/MountHolyokeCollege/2024-athletics-day-of-giving/pages/equestrian-special-fund/?a=1148650

10/17/2024

We are getting close to our goal! But wait…aren’t we Mount Holyoke through and through…CAN we BEAT our goal?!! Please donate now to help our program continue to grow and thrive for generations to come 💙 check out the link below 👇

https://www.givecampus.com/schools/MountHolyokeCollege/2024-athletics-day-of-giving/pages/equestrian-special-fund/?a=1148650

💥Check out the link to see how close we are to our goal! 💙

https://www.givecampus.com/schools/MountHolyokeCollege/2024-athletics-day-of-giving/pages/equestrian-special-fund/?a=1148650

10/17/2024

📣 Calling all lovers of the MHC EC! TODAY is our annual Day of Giving and it is the one time a year when 100% of your donation goes directly to the Equestrian Allocation of your choosing!

💥 It’s easy just copy the link 👇 any amount helps!

https://www.givecampus.com/schools/MountHolyokeCollege/2024-athletics-day-of-giving/pages/equestrian-special-fund/?a=1148650

Two donations funds are available:

💙 Hunter Seat Varsity

💙 Special Equestrian Fund (includes facility, horse care/purchase, tack, equipment, and our two club teams Western and Dressage)

Join me and make a gift to help MHC athletes today.

10/14/2024

We have exciting news!

10/14/2024

We are only a few short days away from hosting the NEDA Symposium with Gareth Hughes!

⭐️Updated 2024 Absorbine/NEDA symposium demo riders! ⭐️
October 19-20 2024
Mount Holyoke College
Equestrian Center
South Hadley MA
We are thrilled to announce the horse and rider pairs selected for this year’s Symposium with Gareth Hughes!
Congratulations to the combinations selected, we can’t wait to learn from you!

Devon Pomeroy on Fuerst Dream FOD
Geena S. Martin on Tip Top
Cassandra Martin on Stella M
Allison Mathy on Legendario dos Diamantes
Rosa Murphy on Hotstuff
Leah Drew on Damon’s Davian
Maia Barnes on Jamaica B
Lauren Sammis on Heilines Oh Land

NEDA is pleased to welcome the premiere equestrian brand PS of Sweden as the clothing and saddle pad sponsor for all the demonstration riders and horses. Their new fall collection will be featured and items will be available from Misty View Equestrian at the event.

Thank you to everyone who applied, and if you are still looking to buy tickets you can get them here:

https://neda.org/page/2024Symposium