Does YOUR horse love his bit?
About the Spring/Summer Dressage Shows
The year 2020 will be our 26th annual Spring Dressage Show at Horse Amour, and 8th ever Summer Dressage Show. Dressage is the basis for all correct riding and the foundation for all other equestrian competitions. The horse needs a period of rest from the physical demands of jumping, and riders need a time to come back to the basics with correct flatwork. Our Spring Dressage Show is the grande finale for all our winter Dressage schooling. But April is early! We have added a Summer Show to further enjoy dressage! Dressage is great fun when combined with music, teamwork and the incredibly enjoyable creativity and talent that our competitors bring to this show! This year we are challenged by the corona virus, and are going to attempt to have our show online...
ENTRY FORM
Classes Available:
Intro Level Test B
Intro Level Test C
Training Level Test 1
Training Level Test 2
Training Level Test 3
First Level Tests
Western Dressage & Test of Choice
Musical Freestyle Intro Level
Musical Freestyle Training Level
Musical Freestyle First Level
Pas De Deux/Pas De Trois
Quadrille Intro Level
Quadrille Training Level
Quadrille First Level
Quadrille Freestyle (used in our shows)
Click the entry form link to print a copy of the entry form. All of the tests have a link as well, and can be printed from here. Western patterns, as well as first level and above, are your choice, please make arrangements with staff (test of choice class). Be aware that we usually do the entire show in our small dressage arena.
The Vintage Rockers AC/DC Quadrille 2007.
Farm Tour
Horse Amour is a small dressage and combined training barn in the Green Mountains of Vermont. We are home to innovative and unique equine activities, and are committed to the comfort and happiness of our horses.
Our stadium jumping arena.
Located in the quaint & historical college town of Castleton, we have a spectacular southern view of the Birdseye Valley. Our entire facility is at the top of a dead end dirt road. We have a 60 x 120 indoor riding arena, 36 stalls, an outdoor sand dressage arena and a huge stadium jumping arena. We have built an ever expanding cross country course, with 3 levels for a total of over 50 obstacles. We are constantly building and improving on our facility. We are home to some of the area's best schoolhorses, instructors and boarders, and the home of Horsepower 4-H Club, Rutland County Pony Club, Vintage Horsepower, and Horsemasters, the adult version of Pony Club. We hold many activities year round, as well as attending away shows and events with our staff, boarders and students. To inquire about becoming part of our terrific family, give us a visit, send us an email or give us a call.
Our cross country course winds around the property.
Our sand dressage arena is surrounded by peaceful woods on 3 sides.
Our dead end dirt road is a very pleasant and easy trailride.
We have limited trails on our small property, but this loop through the x/c course is great.
And of course our indoor arena allows us to ride, whatever the weather!
After a spring turnout—grass hangovers!!! After a shower, look where the rainbow ends!
Bit Wipes
Does YOUR horse love his bit?
Horse Amour Peppermint Bit Wipes are an original equestrian product, circa 2004. Bit Wipes were created as a solution to the problem of proper bit care in a large lesson barn. As you can see by our website we are a full time operating lesson stable and boarding barn, not a commercial manufacturer. Although the finished product is assembled for us in Iowa, our Bit Wipes are handled personally in the basement of our house after chores each day, and shipped to retailers accross the country and to Canada.
Unloading our Bit Wipes at Horse Amour. Manufactured in the Midwest, but sold case by case out of our home in Vermont.
Since the addition of Bit Wipes in our barn, we have had great success with our horses taking the bit more readily and our students have an easy and fun way to take proper care of bits without the damaging effects of water on the bridle leather. Young horses who have been bitted from the start with regular use of Bit Wipes have quickly learned to reach for their bits, since they taste good! The wipes are also so gentle and refreshing that they are great for wiping around the muzzle and dock area as well, and for dirty hands and faces of riders. Peppermint is clean, fresh, 100% natural and has many health benefits attributed to it; from calming qualities for mental health to digestive benefits. With the 2007 addition of Golden Delicious Apple Bit Wipes, there is now a flavor alternative. (Was…pricing on the flavoring increased, and apple is currently not available)
This is a shipment of Bit Wipes, packed up and ready to ship to our major distributor English Riding Supply.
Reducing the resistance of the bitting process has enhanced the horse/rider relationship in our barn and it can do the same in yours! A horse who looks forward to taking his bit is truly a pleasure, and is going to be more relaxed, leading to a softer contact and connection with the rider.
The basement of our split level ranch is the warehouse!
I carry a canister in my truck to wipe the fuel from my hands at the service station, to clean hands after the drive-thru or concession at a horse show, to give a show ring shine to my horse’s muzzle, nostrils or dock when ringside, or to do a last minute touch up to boots or stirrup irons. The wonderful natural scent of peppermint evaporates entirely, leaving only a fresh tingle and clean feeling behind. I can’t be at a horse show without my Bit Wipes! I’ve been laughed at a few times for carrying my bit wipes into the porto-potty at a horse show, but on a 90 degree day, trust me they are refreshing!
This is my basement from the inside. 1/2 full of Bit Wipes, 7 pallets worth.
Only triple distilled gourmet peppermint extract is used to flavor Horse Amour Peppermint Bit Wipes; the same peppermint used to flavor ice cream and candy, and $110/gallon. All ingredients are human-grade, not animal. The wipe itself is of the highest quality; they will not tear or leave fiber behind. There are 40 5 x 7” wipes in each canister. The canister is perfectly portable in any brush box, and is completely recyclable. All ingredients and parts are 100% MADE IN THE USA.
And the basement from the outside. Full with 14 pallets of Bit Wipes!
Bit Wipes are available at finer tack shops everywhere, and in all of the major equine retail catalogs. Horse Amour sells only to authorized retailers— if that is you, give us a call or send an email requesting dealer information.
We are always interested in our customers feedback, and enjoy hearing about the many uses our customers find for their Bit Wipes. Email us today at info@horseamour.com
--Sue
