Durham Equestrian Club

08/06/2025

DEC’s Advanced camp was a blast! We had so much fun trying new things. The wonderful Lindsay D. Riddell came over for a great dressage clinic, and our favorite local judge Shari Kumiega gave us an informative clinic about what judges look for in the Hunters. We also got to talk saddles& hold horse bones with saddlefitting.us. We took the horses on a trail ride at JLTCA - Jordan Lake Gamelands and tested our skills with ba****ck jumping courses. Head Coach Jenny stepped in for a day at Portofino Equestrian Center to help us school some cross country courses- everyone’s favorite day! We also got to try mounted archery with Caballera Farm Mounted Archers and ride some Tennessee Walking Horses, including firing arrows while jumping! We rounded off our week with ANRC tests- a written portion, a field derby, and a medal course, shoutout to Cleo& Oliver for having the highest score! Make sure to snag a spot next year!

08/05/2025

Congratulations to Grace H. on renewing her lease on Starry Night (Raven). This pair shows in the W/T/C and Poles!

08/01/2025

Congratulations to Rinoa C. and Starry Night (Raven) on starting off a new lease together! The pair is excited to start showing this season and next!

07/31/2025

SOLD!!!

Large 2007 pony available for sale or low cost off-site to right individual. Her child has outgrown and I'd like her to have a job. SKS Kiss Me "clover" is a barn favorite and has traveled all over to shows. She has a perfect auto change, honest, sweet, very calm, lazy sound. Not marish at all. However, this pony does not take a joke. She can spot a walk-trot kid a mile away and does not like aggressive kicking or pulling. She wants her own gentle 10yr and older human to bond with, ideally a teen or small adult who is consistent and fair. Lease low 4s

Perfect pony club mount

Tryon jumpers
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BNMP18aunjsYKfNH7

Equitation round last November (rider is 10) https://photos.app.goo.gl/HzekvHfuB3wrbqvGA

Old video with teen rider
https://youtu.be/Go0qNbDFWBc

07/10/2025

Huge congratulations to Sophie B. on her lease of DEC's Honor -- we're excited to watch this pair grow and develop together!

07/03/2025

Huge congratulations to the Johnson family on their lease of Holiday Road (Newman). Thank you to .a.parker for your help in making this match. Catch this pair in the Short Stirrup and Low Children's Hunters this year!

07/02/2025

We had a wonderful time at this year's NCHJA Annual Show!
Rider Stacey B. showed DEC's Endless Joy in the Adult Amateur Hunters and Medals as well as the USHJA 3' Hunters. Notable results include 2nd in the Ariat and 3rd in the THIS/NHS as well as ribbons on the flat and over fences in the hunters.
Cleo C. showed her own Oliver Twist Z in the Children's Hunters and Medals and spent a day warming up in the USHJA 3'. Cleo ribboned in all of her classes, earning Reserve Champion in the Younger Children's including 2nd in the combined Children's Classic and 3rd in the NCHJA Children's Medal.
Brynne D. showed DEC's StarLord in the Adult Hunters, .95 jumpers, and 3ft Medals. She received a blue ribbon in both of her jumper classes, was 4th in the Ariat, and earned multiple 2nd place ribbons in the USHJA 3'. She was just out of the ribbons in the National Derby.
Max H. and DEC's La Dolce Vita made their debut in the jumpers earning 3 blue ribbons in the .75 and then successfully ribboned in their move up to the 2'6" hunters and equitation. Max was 2nd in the Low Child Eq O/F and also received 2nd in the Low Child Challenge.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this show possible and thank you to Lisa Dye for the wonderful braids! 😍

07/02/2025

06/19/2025

We had a wonderful show at Harmon Classics Derby Mania with new horse and riders pairs and many riders who moved up in divisions. Rachel M. and Kopeli CPF moved up to the 15-17 equitation and Children's Hunters showing to great results -- she won the NCHJA Children's Medal both days, were 2nd in the 15-17 Eq o/f and received many ribbons in the Children's Hunters.

Liza J. showed her new lease horse, Holiday Road, in the Short Stirrup where they were Champion out of 34 horses. The pair was also Reserve in the 11/u Equitation.

Cleo C. showed her own Oliver Twist Z in the Children's Hunters earning Reserve Champion in a competitive division. She was second both days in the NCHJA Medal and received good ribbons in the 12-14 Equitation.

Pakia V. showed Endless Joy this weekend in the Long Stirrup and successfully competed in her first major derby in the stadium ring. The pair had a lot of success placing in all but one of their classes with 20-some-odd people in her division, even earning 2nd place on Sunday!

Anna G. and Farnley's First Glance enjoyed their first big show at Tryon with tremendous success in the Medium Ponies in the stadium where she was 2nd in the u/s and 4th and 5th over fences.

Soren C. showed Stella Bianca in the Short Stirrup this weekend for the first time. The pair worked through some early kinks to have great success on Sunday with a 3rd and 6th out of 35 on Sunday!

Kylie P. showed her new lease horse, My Way KL in the Low Children's Hunters and Eq -- she was 4th out of 29 in the Eq and 5th in the NCHJA Low Child Medal.

Joe, Jeff, and Tim also participated in the Father's Day leadline amidst much giggling from their kids! Winnie was also in the top 5 in the Dog Derby before a mishap kept her out of the final round.

06/01/2025

We are celebrating the end of the school year with SPIRIT WEEK at DEC and we kicked it with Pajama Day! Stay tuned for more exciting outfits our riders have planned!

05/28/2025

DEC had a great time at the SATP Memorial Day Classic!!! Great weather and fun classes made for a fabulous weekend!

Written in the Stars and Piper Crouch started the weekend off with a bang finishing 7th in the $1500 Sedgefield Red, White, and Blue Derby. The pair continued putting in consistent trips in the Adult Hunters and won the hack on Sunday!

Starlord and Phoebe Magers had a fun weekend in the Long Stirrup division. The pair had consistent trips and had great placings in a large and competitive long stirrup division.

Party Girl and Astrid Collins competed in the Crossrail division for the first time together! The pair made improvements all weekend long and had consistent placings all weekend!

Kopeli CPF and Soren Clarke had their first show together! Steady improvements were made all weekend in a large short stirrup division.

Oliver Twist Z and Cleo Clarke had another great show together. The pair were champion of the division on Saturday and put together more stellar trips on Sunday to end weekend champion of the division

Endless Joy and Madelyn Harris were reunited this weekend and had a fabulous time in the Adult Hunters. They ended the weekend reserve champion on Sunday.

Glenhaven Eton and Liza Johnson put in some more good rides this weekend. In a competitive short stirrup division the continued to improve. They also won their 11 and under over fences trip Saturday and won the 11 and under eq on the flat on Sunday!

Kopeli CPF and Marianne Miller had their first show together. The pair started off in the long stirrup Saturday and were able to move up to the low adults on Sunday. They improved so much throughout the weekend!

Endless Joy and Pakia Vang took to the long stirrup division together again. Many great trips in placings in a large division!