2025 Benefit Obstacle Days

Clinic • Competition • Workshops • Luncheon

Casual, fun, educational! Join us for our Benefit Obstacle Clinic Series—now with a Lunch+Learn and Obstacle Challenge Competition included! Sign up for one part of the event—or all of it!


2025 DATES

  • Saturday 26 April {rain date — Sunday 27 April}

    • Open to riders and horses of all ages and experience levels

    • REGISTRATION: Opening date – Sunday 26 January | Closing date – Friday 18 April (or until sold out)

      • CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

  • Saturday 28 June {rain date — Sunday 29 June}

    • Open to riders and horses of all ages and experience levels

    • REGISTRATION: Opening date – Sunday 30 March | Closing date – Friday 20 June (or until sold out)

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  • Wednesday 06 August {rain date — Thursday 07 August}

    • For junior riders (age 18 and under) only and horses of all ages and experience levels

    • Clinic Session 1: Reserved for junior participants who have their own horses (lease or own)

    • Clinic Session 2: Reserve for junior participants who do not have a horse of their own and would like to be matched with an Equuvation or Bushel Barns horse for the clinic!

    • REGISTRATION: Opening date - Sunday May 4 | Closing date – Monday 28 July (or until sold out)

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  • Saturday 27 September {rain date — Sunday 28 September}

    • Advanced level clinic — participants (both horse and human) must have participated in at least one prior clinic, lesson, or event at Equuvation since September 2023 and be able to canter in a group setting, show an understanding of lateral movements, and exhibit all gaits on a loose rein.

    • REGISTRATION: Opening date - Sunday 29 June | Closing date – Friday 19 September (or until sold out)

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TIME and FORMAT for all DATES

Clinic Options:

  • Session 1 — 9:00a-11:30a

  • Session 2 — 1:30p-4:00p

  • $100 per participant

  • $20 for auditors per session, or $25 to audit the whole day (including educational content with luncheon!)

  • All clinic sessions are with Laura Hebard of Bushel Barns.

Obstacle Challenge Competition:

  • 11:30a-1:30p

  • $20 per class (see details in the section below for class information)

  • Participants will be be assigned a schedule ride time for the Challenge. Those who are participating in a Clinic Session as well, will be assigned a time as close to their Clinic Session as possible (i.e. for a participant in Clinic Session 1, a Competition ride time could be 11:35am; for a participant in Clinic Session 2, a Competition ride time could be 1:15pm).

  • There are only 18 spots available for the Challenge. Participants do not have to be signed up for a Clinic Session to participate in the Challenge.

  • Judges for each date will be announced individually.

  • Ribbons (placings 1st-6th) and prizes will be awarded! Courses are judged similar to AQHA Trail Classes.

Equine Lunch + Learn

  • 11:30a-1:30p

  • Free for educational content; $15 per person to have lunch included.

  • The luncheon will overlap with the Challenge Competition. This is a casual affair designed to learn more about equine-assisted services, equine welfare, and much more. Participants could do both the Challenge and the Luncheon if they like!

  • During this time we will also host a Q&A with Laura and mini Lifecycle of the Horse Workshops!

  • CEUs available.

We have a variety of obstacles on-site including, but not limited to: pedestal, teeter totter, bridges, water obstacles, tarps, poles, stadium and cross-country jumps, noodles, shower curtain tunnels, giant horse soccer balls and toys, cones/weaving items, tires, changes in footing, terrain and a variety of sensory experiences along The Discovery Trail (art easels, music, dinosaurs and much more)!


QUESTIONS? CONTACT US or EMAIL {info@equuvation.org}