Valley Dressage and Sporthorse Center

09/25/2025

Valley Dressage, Dixon, CA, currently has boarding openings. Hay fed three times per day, your choice of grass and alfalfa, Stable Mix also fed daily with up to two owner-provided supplements. Two hours of turnout done by staff in irrigated paddocks Mon.-Fri., weather permitting, with self-turnout on weekends. Stalls cleaned daily and trailer storage included in board. Facility features a covered full dressage court, jumping and indoor arenas and lounge. Maintenance staff live on the property. (Eventing trainer on-site but lessons or training not required.) All disciplines welcome! 12x12 box stall with paddock $772/month, 12x16 box stall $797/month. Blanketing available for an extra fee. Call 707-290-8913 to arrange a tour or have your questions answered.

08/07/2024

Yesterday was so hard. I very unexpectedly had to say goodbye to Pluto. Pluto has been part of Four Star Farm for 28 years. I bought him in England from Queen Elizabeth when he was 4 for a client. That was an experience! When I first saw him he was such a fun color and then he trotted across the ring and was also soooooo fancy I couldn't resist trying him! I sat on him and he was a perfect gentleman even then and would just walk if anything crazy happened. No spook, no shenanigans just calm and lovely. The canter was uphill and like floating on air. I hadn't ridden very many 4 year olds like that! Even now it is rare to felel that on a youngster and I ride some very nice ones! That client I was shopping for changed her mind....as they sometimes do but I still knew he was special and wanted to bring him home. I put together a group to buy him quickly and his royal blood came to the US to teach so many. I rode him Intermediate eventing and then Prix St. George to get my USDF Silver medal in Dressage. He was always the one to win the Dressage. He went on to teach nearly every client I have ever had in the last 23 years or so. He taught everyone how to do everything from Piaffe steps, flying changes to jumping their first cross rail or competing at their first horse trials. Even in his late 20's when a kid would show him, as soon as he stepped in the ring he was round and steady no matter what. We would laugh about how he knew when it was time to be fancy. He taught camp last week. And this past Sunday I think he had 2 lessons. He was still doing his thing.

Unfortunately yesterday while in turnout a neighboring farm was having a helicopter spray their field. Those of you with horses can probably feel the hair on your neck going up......

He got scared......and he ran around and before anyone could bring him in.... he went down, most likely a hard attack.

I wasn't going to post anything because I am so sad about it....but I realized that there are so many of you that knew him and knew how very special he was.

My sweet Pluto will be missed.♥️

06/13/2023

New footing!!!!
So exciting. Thank you Gail for taking such good care of us! ♥️ 🐴

10/24/2022

The approved Trakehner stallion Virginian Sky Pb* is back competing at PSG collecting his scores for a lifetime performance Silver medal as well as his lifetime Oldenburg and Hanoverian licensing. So fun to be showing him again. I missed him! Thank you Gail and Valley Dressage and Sporthorse Center for giving me the opportunity to board him at such a wonderful facility. He has never been so happy.

05/22/2022

⭐️ ATA 2022 Inspection Tour ⭐️

📍 We do have the possibility of additional dates and locations, so please contact me if you would like to see further options.

✅ You can find the Inspection Application here: https://americantrakehner.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9062ff9bed8a9ff422f4f7b69&id=2b744cb4d6&e=8e49161da1

The American Trakehner Association, the only Trakehner breeding association in North America recognized by the German Trakehner Verband.

12/05/2020

First non-jockey ride for Heavenly Tiger. Fairly smooth going for not understanding contact, etc.!

12/04/2020

New arrival Heavenly Tiger, a 3-year-old OTTB from Golden Gate Fields that owner Caitlin bought without a meet-and-greet. He was fast when being breezed but in races liked to look around and enjoy himself. 😄 We'll be checking in periodically to chart their journey toward a dressage partnership.

12/03/2020

You can hear the "aaaahhhh, thank you!" We are fortunate at Valley to have boarder Bonnie Morrow as resident equine massage therapist. (She will travel to barns in the area.) So beneficial for overall releasing of tension.

11/29/2020

Barn B ponies enjoying the morning sun. Maybe wondering when their alfalfa-flavored lattes are arriving.

09/06/2020

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Four Star Farm located in Dixon, Ca offers a riding program for all ages and levels on high quality lesson horses, summer camps, clinics, training for sport ...

06/28/2020

Relaxing Sunday riding Nemo bitless. Good job practicing dropping your stirrups !

06/24/2020

What a great Four Star Farm beginner/intermediate camp last week! Lots of smiles and impressive progress. On the last day one mother remarked that her 7-year-old daughter came home on Thursday and burst into tears, saying, "Camp is almost over, and I don't have a horse!" We are looking forward to the July camp!