GET YOUR HORSE FIX: Equestrian events in the Roanoke region June 27-28

Riders compete during the first in the Cross View Horse Show Series in May at Green Hill Equestrian Center in Salem.

OPEN SHOWS

• The Cross View Show Series will hold its second show this weekend at Green Hill Equestrian Center in Salem. Saturday will feature classes for hunters/jumpers and will be judged by Margaret Cornwall, coach of the Ferrum College Equestrian Team. Sunday will feature pleasure, trail and game classes and will be judged by Beth Gouthro. The show is Blue Ridge Horse Force sanctioned.
• A horse fest at Rural Retreat Fairgrounds will hold several events including a speed show on Friday night and an open show on Sunday.

VIRGINIA HORSE CENTER

• The center will host the equestrian portion of the Commonwealth Games this weekend.  Competition to include Dressage and Combined Tests, Therapeutic Dressage classes and Western Dressage. New this year to the the Commonwealth Games will be jumpers, vaulting, trail dressage and gaited dressage. This show will be held in the Coliseum.
• Also this weekend at the center is the Equestrian Vaulting Region IX Championship. Vaulters from all over the East Coast will come together for the annual regional championships. Equestrian Vaulting is described as gymnastics on horseback. It will be held in the East Complex.

CLINICS

• Walnut Springs Stables in Blacksburg will host a Michael Lyons Performance Clinic on Saturday, June, 27. $175 to ride, $25 to audit. Limited spaces are available. (336) 267-1086
• The Rural Retreat Fairgrounds Horse Fest will host a Cow Horse Clinic by Daniel Kimberlin on Saturday at 10 a.m. A barrel horse clinic will be held at 1 p.m.

LOOK AHEAD

• Pine Spur Hunt Club Horse Show, July 11, Vinton, Va.
• Bedford County Hunt BRHF Summer Fun Show, July 12, Rustburg, Va.
• New London Horse Show Series, July 18, Coyote Crossing Cattle Company, 4178 Headens Bridge Road, Bedford, Va.
• Trail Horse Clinic & Challenge with Perfect Partners Equine, Aug. 13-16, Ivanhoe, Va.
• New London Horse Show Series, Aug. 15, Coyote Crossing Cattle Company, 4178 Headens Bridge Road, Bedford, Va.   
• Equi-Fest at the Sedalia Center, 9 a.m. Aug. 22, Sedalia Center in Big Island, Va. 
• Clinton Anderson Walkabout Tour, Aug. 22-23, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Va.
• Cross View Show Series – Dog Days of Summer, Aug. 22-23, Green Hill Equestrian Center, Salem, Va.
• Bedford County Fair equine competitions, Aug. 28, Huddleston, Va.
• Annual BCHA Horse Show, Oct. 4, Green Hill Park Equestrian Center, Salem, Va.
• New London Horse Show Series, Oct. 24, Coyote Crossing Cattle Company, 4178 Headens Bridge Road, Bedford, Va. 
• Cross View Show Series – Halloween, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Green Hill Equestrian Center, Salem, Va.

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