Herron Park Equestrians

10/17/2026

The board meeting from this week went on a trail ride today. Hopefully not the last of the beautiful fall days!!

09/21/2026

Thanks to all who came out to the park for our Fall Fun Day this weekend! We enjoyed perfect weather for this final event of a very successful and action-packed season! Thanks to everyone who made it happen, especially Mary Kay, Kathie, Randy and Elaine! A lot of work goes into making this event happen each fall, and we are so grateful for your continued efforts!

If you have pictures you’d like to share from Fall Fun Day, please post them in the comments! We love seeing everyone who enjoyed spending time with their horse and friends at our beautiful park!

09/19/2026

FINAL REMINDER !!! Our Fall Fun Day at Herron Park is tomorrow, Saturday, September 19th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm! Registration starts at 9:00 am at the HPE office. Cost is $20.00 per horse and rider. We will provide food during the lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Bring all your horse friends for a day of fun activities! We will break down the obstacles and put everything away from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, so stay and help if you can.

Join us for a fun filled day with your horse. Or just bring yourself, watch the fun and enjoy chili with us!

09/17/2026

Our current fall weather is perfect, and we highly encourage overnight camping this Friday, September 18th at Herron Park in preparation for Saturday’s Fall Fun Day! Tent or camper, no electricity. There are water spigots at the barn area and a vault toilet.

Camping will be free, overnight stall fee for horses is $25.00 per horse payable to FCPR.
You have to bring your own feed, buckets, shavings and muck out supplies. You will need to clean the stall before leaving.

For more information on Friday night camping call or text Kathie Payne at 406-270-9402.

09/15/2026

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick note to remind you all of the upcoming Fall Fun Day at Herron Park.

Saturday, September 19th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Registration starts at 9:00 am at the HPE office. Cost is $20.00 per horse and rider. We will provide food during the lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Bring all your horse friends for a day of fun activities! We will break down the obstacles and put everything away from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, so stay and help if you can.

There is a work day on Friday, September 18th from 12:00 to 5:00 pm to set up for the fun day and clean up the arena area.

Join us for a fun filled day with your horse.

Mary Van Derveer
HPE Secretary

09/14/2026

09/11/2026

We just want to give our members a heads up that the annual youth mountain bike race at Herron Park, the ‘Herron Hustle,’ hosted by the Montana Interscholastic Cycling League and locally supported by Flathead Youth Cycling, is scheduled for today, Friday the 11th beginning at 4 p.m. and will go through tomorrow Saturday the 12th! It might be best for horses to avoid the park during this large cycling event!

09/11/2026

Our annual Fall Fun Day is just over a week away on Saturday, September 19th at Herron Park from 10:00-3:00! Join us for arena games, a scavenger hunt and obstacles course! The cost is $20 per horse/rider, and lunch is included! Camping is also encouraged the night before for no extra fee! Stalls are $25 per horse, per night! We look forward to seeing many of you there!

08/27/2026

Our Dressage Schooling Show and Obstacles Challenge last weekend was SO MUCH FUN! We had a great turnout with around 20 riders, and we truly appreciate that our participants were so gracious and grateful for the opportunity to ride (or ramble) in our late-summer event! It takes a lot of work and volunteer time to put on one of these shows, and we appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding since most of our show organizers were also participating in the event! Our judges, Jeannette Redmond and Mitch Barnes, did a great job and gave a lot of valuable feedback! Thanks also to our show secretary, Molly, and scribe, Shari! Congratulations to our champion, Amanda McIntosh, and her horse, MacDubh, who had the highest combined dressage and obstacles score!

There were many lovely dressage tests ridden, and so many mastered the obstacles of our first Obstacles Challenge! At the end of the day, the two mini donkey contestants, Maurice and Penelope, really stole the show!

Thank you again to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing many of you at next month’s Fall Fun Day!

08/26/2026

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

HPE has another Work Day planned for Friday, August 28th, from 10:00-whenever to help paint the storage sheds by the dressage arena area. There are 2 sheds that were scraped and painted (one coat) last fall that need to be finished before winter sets in this year. The paint and painting supplies are already at the park, but bring gloves, hat, water bottle, etc and wear paint clothes. One of the dressage court judges stands will need to be painted where repair work was completed on it. We need to get this project finished.

Thanks,
Mary V
HPE Secretary