Santa Cruz Island Horses

Santa Cruz Island Horses We are dedicated to preserving the breed and history of the Santa Cruz Island Horse.

One of the most endangered breeds in the world, the SANTA CRUZ ISLAND HORSE, may be the last of its kind, unless careful conservation and breeding programs are successful. These small Colonial Spanish horses, with their calm dispositions were selected for use in cattle ranching and for work on family farms. For almost two hundred years the SANTA CRUZ ISLAND HORSE lived relatively undisturbed in th

e semi-feral environment of Santa Cruz Island. Through natural selection they remained a hardy breed genetically distinct from the horses that remained on the mainland. Thanks to extraordinary conservation efforts of Christina Nooner (The Sunshine Sanctuary) and breed stewards El Campeon Farms on behalf of this unique and gentle breed, the SANTA CRUZ ISLAND HORSE population is slowly growing in numbers.

IT'S ALMOST TIME! WHO'S COMING TO OUR JUNE 21 & 22 SHOWS??
05/06/2025

IT'S ALMOST TIME! WHO'S COMING TO OUR JUNE 21 & 22 SHOWS??

🤩SHARE AND SPREAD THE WORD- Our last show of the year is coming up November 9 & 10! Entries open Sept 28th.💡PRIZE LIST- ...
09/09/2024

🤩SHARE AND SPREAD THE WORD- Our last show of the year is coming up November 9 & 10! Entries open Sept 28th.
💡PRIZE LIST- Follow the link for the PRIZE LIST! www.ecfwe.com
🏇If you know a youth rider that may be interested, we will have youth scholarships available. Learn more in the prize list!
😎BUCKLES BUCKLES BUCKLES....
These shows will wrap up our ECF 2024 buckle series, so we will be announcing and awarding our year end high score winners in the Amateur, Open and Youth divisions
🥙As always, we will have tacos, drinks, shopping, and all the fixings for a good time.

DROP A COMMENT AND LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING!

Stars and Stripes recap Pt. 2 from our Stars and Stripes Summer Spectacular- Working Equitation Show ft. International J...
07/17/2024

Stars and Stripes recap Pt. 2 from our Stars and Stripes Summer Spectacular- Working Equitation Show ft. International Judge Jose Benito and Doreen Annette Atkinson.

We could't be more proud of our SCI team of riders, Hayley Pelton, Kassidy Miller, and Abigail Anne Followwill and of course, our horses! Shout out to our ECF grooms who keep our horses looking sharp 24/7. Thank you to our coach, Christy Reich, who juggled running the show, reading tests AND coaching us in the warm up all at the same time.

Shout out to our whole SCI team for all the ways they step in and help throughout the show-
Blum, Larsen Karina L Rothschild, Kassidy Miller, Hayley Pelton, Abigail Anne Followwill, Christy Reich, and all of our ECF staff!

El Campeons ChaCha showed at L4, her son Carlos showed at L2, and her daughter Catalina showed at L1. Marisol, one of our SCI/Lusitano outcrosses also had her first time in the show ring and she knocked it out of the park!
Here are some highlights-

Abigail and ChaCha- L4 Open Champion and Reserve High Point Champions in the Open Division.

Kassidy and Catalina- L1 Open champions and High Point Champions for the Open Division

Kassidy and Carlos- L2 Open Champions (they especially knocked it out of the park in their speed round, pulling out all the flying lead changes like they've been doing it for years!)

Hayley and Marisol- L1 Open Reserve Champions..very first show ever for this mare!

Hayley and Christmas aka Norfleets Will Do (He's not an SCI horse but he belongs to the ECF family)- L4 Reserve Champions in the Open Division. They had beautiful rides all around!

PC: Brooke Louise Photography

STORY TIME AND SHOW RECAP Pt.1 (Better late than never 😉You never know when you will stumble across something that will...
07/17/2024

STORY TIME AND SHOW RECAP Pt.1 (Better late than never 😉
You never know when you will stumble across something that will change your life or the lives of your horses forever.

About 7 years ago Christy learned about Working Equitation for the first time.

I remember her coming back so excited after watching WE at Andalusian World Cup and sharing with our team, "You guys there's this thing called Working Equitation, I think we could totally do this. It's a combination of everything we are already working on."

The SCI horses had just started getting out in the public at local dressage, western dressage, and ranch riding shows but Christy thought this new sport would be a particularly good fit to showcase the unique characteristics of the SCI breed.

Susan L Watkins was our first point of contact. She is a WE legend and has helped so many people get started. She gave us our first Working Equitation clinic here at El Campeon and the rest is history!

We've never looked back. After hosting 15+ shows over the past five years our excitement for where the sport is going just continues to grow!

Our Stars and Stripes show featured not one, but TWO esteemed judges: International WAWE judge Jose Benito and USAWE judge and WAWE candidate Doreen Annette Atkinson.

Thank you so much to ECF owners Kelly and Lou Gonda for making this event possible, for opening up their home, for their dinner sponsorship and all the prizes that they donated. It really does take a village. Thank you to our volunteers, our staff, officials, and our sponsors who make these shows possible and fun! Shout out to Purina, Performance Equine Bodywork, El Campeon Farms for sponsoring our prizes at the show. And thank you to our vendors Event Trailer River Apparel Originals.

The three days that followed for USA Working Equitation's Train to Win Clinic with Jose Benito was nothing short of exceptional. Thank you so much to Kellee Campbell, Christy Reich and others who made that possible. It was a world class education and so inspiring to see all of the upper level riders and horses.
Doreen Annette AtkinsonChristy ReichKris Dale BlacklockKellee Campbell@jose andres benito, Stars and Stripes Summer Spectacular- Working Equitation Show ft. International Judge Jose Benito Kassidy MillerHayley PeltonLisa ScebbiJanice KallJill Graessle MahdessianRobin Bond Abigail Anne Followwill

Thank you Diana Smith Merville for capturing so many behind the scene moments and for sending me all the pics!!

SPONSORS WANTED 💥 We are looking for sponsors for our Friday evening competitors dinner. ✨We will be offering VIP SHOW S...
06/12/2024

SPONSORS WANTED 💥 We are looking for sponsors for our Friday evening competitors dinner.

✨We will be offering VIP SHOW SEATING as well as free vending space, banner placement and more for sponsors who give $500 or more towards the dinner.

Message us if you are interested or sign up at the website- www.ecfwe.com

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