HUNTER PACE & PLAY DAY
Sun, Sep 06
|Kick On Ranch 7400 Old Careaga Ranch Road
EQUESTRIANS UNITE! A fun Play Day for every horse and rider—build your skills, enjoy great company! Volunteers Welcomed-free lunch! English or Western Tack/Attire. Helmets required for ALL riders. Contact Gina Miles for more information at ginamiles@msn.com or 805.610.0879.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2026, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Kick On Ranch 7400 Old Careaga Ranch Road
About the event
Enjoy a fun Play Day designed for you and your horse, no matter your experience or ability. Stay the course or level up with engaging challenges, improve your horsemanship, and share the camaraderie that makes the Santa Ynez Valley Hounds and our equestrian community so special. Ride, laugh, learn, and support a great cause!
Buy 3 or more tickets for Hunter Pace & Play Day and enter HUNTERPACE20 at checkout for 20% off.
Tickets
Any 3+ Classes Enter Code
Use code: HUNTERPACE20 at checkout. Includes 20% discount when you sign up for three classes. Costume Class, Trail Riding Obstacle Class, Hunter Pace, Team Low Hunter Pace(teammate must sign up and pay), High Hunter Pace, Team High Hunter Pace (teammate must sign up and pay)
$0.00
#1 Costume Class
Class will be ride the track of the trail obstacle class (passing through flags), without negotiating the obstacles. Score will be determined by 50% costume (creativity, originality, presentation, workmanship, and quality) and 50% completion of the track losest to the opimum time. Optimum time pace will based on 160 mpm (combo walk/trot)
$40.00
#2 Trail Riding Obstacle Class
Class will consist of 8-10 fun trail type obstacles (may include opening/closing rope gate, bridge, L-shaped pattern forward or backward, walk over pole or small log, move cup from one pole to another, etc. Class to be judged 50% on completion of obstacles and 50% closest to opeimum time, calculated at 160mpm (combo walk/trot)
$40.00
#3 Team Riding Obstacle Class
Same description as class 2, but ridden as a team of 2 riders. Only one rider of each team must complete each obstacle. One rider may do all the obstacles of riders amy choose to alternate doing obstacles at their discretion. Class to be judged same as class 2. Teammate must be signed up.
$40.00
#4 Low Hunter Pace
Class will consist of 6-8 jumps (approx. 1600 meters), 18"-2' to be ridden at 300 mpm (fast trot, slow canter). Class will be judged closest to optimum time while clear over the obstacles.
$40.00
#5 2nd Round Low Hunter Pace
Same description as Class #4 but must ride class 4 first. Class will be judged closest to the optimum time while clear over the obstacles.
$0.00
#6 Team Low Hunter Pace
Class to be ridden as a team of 2 riders. Each rider may jump the obastacles, or one rider may jump nad the second rider go around or any comination of jumping/non-jumping. Class judged only on optimum time, time taken when the second rider of the team crosses the finish. Teammate must be signed up.
$40.00
#7 High Hunter Pace Course
Class will consist of 6-8 jumps (approx. 1600 meters), up to 2'6" to be rideen at a pace of 400 mpm (hand gallop). Class will be judged closest to the optimum time while clear over the obstacles.
$40.00
#8 2nd Round High Hunter Pace
Same description as class #7, but must ride class #7 first. Class will be judged closest to the optimum time while clear over the obstacles..
$0.00
#9 Team High Hunter Pace
Class to be ridden as a team of 2 riders. Each jump must be jumped by at least one member of the team. Class judged by closest to optimum time, while clear over the jumps. Teammate must sign up.
$40.00
SYVH Classic Pace Challenge
Santa Ynez Valley Hounds Classic Hunt Pace Challenge. This class to be ridden as a team of two riders to simulate riding as part of the hunt field. To be ridden over a long track (approximately 3500-5000 meters) at a pace of 300 mpm. Course will include gates to open/close, with optional coop to jump. Riders not required to jump. Midway on the course, there will be a refreshment stop. Riders may sip on a beverage while answering 3 hunt trivia questions. Optimum time with second teammate.
$45.00
Box Lunch
Delicious box lunch including turkey or vegetarian sandwich, chips, cookie and beverage.
$25.00
Total
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