Morgan Equine Veterinary & Farrier Hospital

You can ride your choice of USDF or USEA Dressage test and if you are cross training you can jump a stadium round or navigate a cavalletti course in your dressage saddle. Of course, you can also choose not to jump or complete the cavalletti course, just ride your Dressage test.

How fun is that?

You should be able to find answers to FAQs on this page. If you still have questions please email.

Ride times will be available at the bottom of this page. There is also a downloadable one page program if you need to see it in your hands on paper. 

You should plan to arrive about 1 hour and 15 minutes before your dressage test time.  Please leave your dog at home. Pack a water bucket for your horse and a chair for your groom.

ONLY use directions from this website. GPS and MapQuest will make for unhappy horses!
Please park so you are facing "out". We can help you back in if you need it. Space is limited. 

Sign in with the Secretary at the end of the Stabling area, orient yourself with the grounds, fill your horses water
bucket from the hose at the front of the hospital and spy the porta potty.

Walk your jumping or cavalletti course.

Get your horse saddled for Dressage. Warm up in the designated area which will likely be the cross country field. We would prefer full dress, but schooling dress is acceptable. 

You will be called to the "on deck" position approximate 4 minutes before your ride time. We will be on time.

Ride a fantastic test!

Go back to the trailer, offer a drink of water and change you and your horse's attire if needed. 20 minutes after you finish your dressage test; your stadium time or cavalletti course time will begin.

Make your way to the Stadium Area. There will be three warm up jumps (cross rail, vertical and oxer)  and a cavelleti warm up (set at trot distance) outside the stadium area. You will be called to start your jumping or cavelleti course 20 minutes from your dressage test time.  A 4 minute heads up can be given if you like. Just tell the stadium or cavalletti starter when you check in with them.

There is no time limit for either course. 

Faults for the jumping or cavelletti are as follows:
Refusal= 20 faults
cavalletti or rail down= 4 faults
Repeating a cavalletti or jump = 4 faults

Cavalleti will be placed in walk, trot and canter configurations along the trotting track and in a portion of the cross country jump field. Stadium Jumps will be set for beginner novice and novice. Training is  the same as novice, just bigger. BN, N and T will include stadium fences as well as 3 or 4 solid fences.  Please bring your vest and medical arm band if you are jumping and you have them.

Numbers will not be issued at this Derby. You will be called by you and your horses name. Please be ready for your designated dressage time.

Dressage Test : $20 per test
Dressage Test and Jumping/Cavalletti Round: $35 per combination
Jumping or Cavalletti Round: $15 per round
Grounds and Insurance Fee: $17 per horse

Please get directions from our Directions Page.
Do not use GPS or Map Quest! Arrive with happy horses and riders!

Dressage
Entry Fee: $20 per Test
1. Introductory Level Test A, Jr/YR, Adult                  2. Introductory Level Test B, Jr/YR, Adult
3. Introductory Level Test C, Jr/YR, Adult                  4. Training Level Test 1, Jr/YR, Adult
5. Training Level Test 2, Jr/YR, Adult                        6. Training Level Test 3, Jr/YR, Adult
7. First Level Test 1, Jr/YR, Adult                              8. First Level Test 2, Jr/YR, Adult
9. First Level Test 3, Jr/YR, Adult                             10. First Level Test, Jr/YR, Adult
11. Second Level Test 1, Jr/YR, Adult                       12. Second Level Test 2, Jr/YR, Adult
13. Second Level Test 3, Jr/YR, Adult                       14. Third Level Test 1, Jr/YR, Adult
15. Third Level Test 2, Jr/YR, Adult                           16. Third Level Test 3, Jr/YR, Adult
17. Fourth Level Test 1, Jr/YR, Adult                         18. Fourth Level Test 2, Jr/YR, Adult
19. Fourth Level Test 3, Jr/YR, Adult                         20. USEA Beginner Novice Test B, Open
21. USEA Novice Test B, Open                                  22. USEA Training Test B, Open

Combined Test
Entry Fee $35 per Test and Jumping Round/Cavalletti Course combination
YCDT= Your Choice of Dressage Test from classes 1-22, please indicate on entry form which test you will be riding.
23. YCDT & Cavalletti Course                                     24.YCDT & Beginner Novice Jumps 2'7" Max
25. YCDT & Novice Jumps 2'11" max                           26. YCDT & Training Jumps & 3'3" Max

Stadium Jumping Round or Cavalletti Course
Entry Fee:  $15 per round/course. You may be able to add a round on the day if time permits.
27. Cavalletti Course                                                  28. Beginner Novice Jumps 2'7" max                       
29. Novice  Jumps 2'11" max                                       30. Training Jumps 3'3" max

There will be prizes for adults placing 1-6 and Participation Ribbons and prizes for the junior division placings 1-10.

You can even pick you own prize!
There will numbered tables. If you place first, go to Table number 1. You can choose anything that is on that table. If you place 2nd, go to table number 2....etc. 

The Dressage Derby is sponsored by
The Swindon Family

Morgan Equine Veterinary and Farrier Hospital, Locke NY
Dallas and Jessica Morgan

Ruby's Dreamcatcher Farm

Red Jacket Pony Club: your starters and arena crew

Goody Bags Provided by:
Kentucky Equine Research
Platinum Performance

Valerie Knight. R Judge from Walworth NY

Fill out this entry form. There are two options to choose from. The first is a fillable pdf file and the second is a word document. Choose which ever one suits your computer style and savvy.

Snail mail it postmarked by
Jennifer Swindon
4372 State Route 49
Fulton NY 13069

Opening Day
Closing Day is past  but we do still have room for a few more rides. If you would like to enter, please contact Jennifer Swindon at jswindon@twcny.rr.com

Your subscription should include the following:

Your entry form, one per horse
A current copy of your horses coggins and a rabies certificate
A check for the amount due made out to: Morgan Equine

All changes must be in writing  or email with a confirmation return, if you do not get a confirmation, changes may not have been made. No phone changes allowed.

There will be a limited number of entries. No refunds after closing date, late entries may be accepted if time permits and an additional fee of $5.00 per class.

Find your Dressage Test
USDF link
USEA link

Pack your vest and medical arm band if you are jumping and you have them.

There is a horse trailer parking area in front of the hospital and to the right of the hospital, up the hill, called the "upper lot".  The upper lot has its own out driveway.
Cars should park in the circle driveway in front of the house.
There is no stabling. Your horse will need to stay at the trailer when not ridden.
There is one full sized sand dressage court that can be reduced to small arena size.
There is a dressage warm up area and an "on deck" warm up area.
There is a jumping/cavalletti warm up area and check in area.
There is a Cross Country Field and a Stadium Jumping Field.
There is one mile of groomed trotting track.
There is a food and beverage deck.

Warm up will be on Grass
Dressage Tests will be on Sand
Jumping Rounds and Cavalletti Course will be on Grass

There is a combination of stadium fences and solid objects.  The Training Course will be the same as the Novice Course, only bigger! Please download your course and bring it with you if you think you will need it. There will not be handouts for the course. We are trying to make this an eco-friendly derby.  The course will be clearly marked BN and N/T and there will be a posted board with the courses and any other rider information you will need to know about.

Cavalletti is the schooling of horse and rider over ground poles undergoing disciplined exercise. There will be multiple cavalletti set in walk, trot and canter intervals. There is no time limit.  Repeating an element is OK, but there will be a 4 fault penalty per occurrence.

Email Jennifer Swindon
Email Jessica Morgan

No refund after closing date:
Non Competing Horse on Grounds: $17.00
Loose Dog on grounds: $250.00
Dog on leash: $250.00
Dog on grounds: $250.00
Smoking on grounds: $100
Veterinary and Farrier Services as needed

Sportsmanship.
Horsemanship.
Courtesy.
Responsibility.

That should be enough.