THE FACILITY  
Vista del Rio and Lone Tree Farm, located in Waterford, California, is a 100 acre cross country course and equestrian training center located in a tree lined grassy basin next to the Tuolumne River. The course at Vista del Rio was designed and built by Bill Burton, noted national course designer and organizer of the Ram Tap Horse Trials. Vista del Rio has full courses, ranging from elementary through Training level, with over 125 cross country jumps.  The facility has many Preliminary and some Intermediate efforts for schooling! Schooling this year is still only $25! 
 

BREEDING PROGRAM

Bridon Beale Street (Liam), is a 10 year old Irish Draught stallion.    Liam just earned a second place in Open Preliminary at  the May Woodside horse trials.  Liam and Connie have been invited to participate as exhibitors at the 2010 WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES in Lexington Kentucky!  See you there!  Whoo hoo! Read more....                                
                                                                                            Bridon Beale Street and Connie Arthur
                                                                               Twin Rivers April 2009 (courtesy Tass Photography)

CONSTANCE ARTHUR

Connie Arthur is a Level II instructor, certified by United States Equestrian Association (USEA).  With over thirty years of experience training and competing through the levels of Preliminary (eventing) and Intermediare (dressage), Connie Arthur has been instructing horsemanship since 1973.  She founded, owned and operated Lone Tree Farm in Oakdale, California from 1977 through 1997. Now both Lone Tree Farm and Vista del Rio can be found together near Waterford, California.  For more information on Connie and her staff at Lone Tree Farm click here
 

EVENTS

Next Hunter Pace will be August 8th.   For  results from June 20th,   click here
NEWS FLASH!  The Future Event Horse Classes will be held at Lone Tree Farm on Sept 5th starting at 10 am.  For information, click here!


BREEDING STOCK

Mares and foals in pasture.  For sales information, please visit
Sale Page. 

For photographs of foals, please click here.

For photographs of individual foals, the farm, and surrounding area, please visit photos page.

2010
SPONSORS
 

ADDITIONAL
SPONSORS

DANSKO

CURVES of Waterford

theTACK ROOM, Modesto

FERRARESES DELI, Oakdale

FARMTEK

GOLDEN BOWL, the best Chinese Restaurant anywhere, and it's in Waterford!

 

NEW!
Want to see more of Liam?

Click to view Liam on Facebook!

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If you missed last year's ADULT CAMP, be sure and sign up early THIS year! 
Camp is now almost full, sign up soon or put you name on the wait list.
Go to our EVENTS page to sign up.

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HUNTER PACE HIGH POINT (SO FAR) FOR 2010:

 

14 PTS:  DIANE GARCIA,  ADRIENNE NAU

13 PTS:  KARI BURHOE, LISA PALERMO

11 PTS:  JAMES ALISTON, AUBREY GREENAMYER

10 PTS:  ALISA BREDO, HEATHER MARCHMANN

 

LOTS OF OTHERS 6, 7 8 PTS.

 

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The next West Coast dates for the Future Event Horse classes for 2010 are:

July 10, Twin Rivers, Paso Robles
August 7, Event Derby, Cottonwood Ranch, Los Alamos
August 14, Woodside Horse Park
September 5, LONE TREE FARM
Sept 25, Twin Rivers, Paso Robles
Championships:  Oct 23, Ram Tap, Fresno

Be sure and bring your 1-, 2-, & 3-year old event prospects out, or come and cheer us on! For Future Event Horse Entries: click here

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For pictures from all of our 2009 (and 2010!) Hunter Paces, please go to Debbie Dasker's webpage:  www.daskerphoto.com   For additional photos (from last year), go to her assistant's webpage: http://www.elzz.org/main.php?g2_itemId=409&amp

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To download a general release for activities at Lone Tree Farm, click here.
We now take credit cards! (Visa, MC, AmEx and Disc)

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In Memoriam:  Sun Whisper, 1981 - 2007
for a story and pictures, click here
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A special Thank You to Shirley Kahlert and Stoneleigh Farm Irish Draughts, Liam's co-owner.  Check out her brand new website:  http://stoneleighrishdraughts.com/home.

 Do you like the new look of our website?  Well, the clutter is mine, not the webmaster's.  Our webmaster, www.digitalthumbprint.com can help you too.  Kim is fun, easy to work with, efficient, and will be cost effective for YOUR business.  Give her a try!  Call me for enthusiastic testimonials!

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