Horsesdaily News: Galway Downs Newsletter

February 2005 - Welcome to the first of our regular newsletters that will bring you news from Galway Downs throughout the year. Our first issue features an update on our calendar events for 2005 which begins with the highlight of our spring season: the Galway Downs International Horse Trials to be held on April 1-3rd near Temecula, California. This premier event is worth $15,000 in prize money and features a FEI World Cup Qualifier as well as being part of the United States Eventing Association (USEA ) Gold Cup Series. Now in its 8th year, Galway Downs will be offering twelve divisions running concurrently through the three days of competition from Novice to FEI World Cup level with the International (CIC) Two-star class incorporating the Gold Cup Series.

Galway Downs, host to a FEI World Cup Qualifier for the past two years, is one of only four FEI World Cup Qualifiers in the country in which riders will be vying for a place in the final to be held in Malmo, Sweden from August 11-14th, 2005. Galway Downs joins an elite selection of nine venues nationwide to host a Gold Cup Series and is one of four in the Pacific Group. The Gold Cup Series, presented by the USEA) offer competitors an opportunity to earn points towards the title of Gold Cup Champion at intermediate and advanced level.

Organizer, Robert Kellerhouse, said, “Our event has grown enormously since it started in 1998 and it’s particularly exciting to host both an FEI World Cup Qualifier and now a national qualifier for the new Gold Cup Series. We’re enormously grateful to our sponsors for enabling the event to achieve this status.” These include :

Devoucoux, (www.devoucoux.com)
Toklat Originals (www.toklat.com)
Mary’s Tack & Feed Store (www.marystack.com)
SmartPak Equine (www.SmartPakEquine.com
Jump 4 Joy (www.jump4joy.com) and the
California Horse Trader (www.horsetrader.com)
Performance Horse Supply

Galway Downs is very grateful to the Poway Valley Pony Club, www.pvra.com for its support as well as the Santa Fe Hunt, which also holds its annual Picnic in the Green and auction at the April event.

We are proud to support the R.E.I.N.S. Organization (Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs and Strengths), www.reinsprogram.org whose mission is to provide physical, mental, and emotional therapy to a wide range of disabled children and adults through the use of carefully supervised horseback riding.

Daily race training, and weekend English and Western competitions makes Galway Downs truly a multi use equestrian facility. We are grateful to the new ownership for the opportunity to keep this unique equestrian facility open for all to enjoy.

2005 Calendar

March 5-6 - Wine Country Horse Show
April 1-3 - Galway Downs FEI World Cup Qualifier (CIC***-W) & International Horse Trials
April 23-24 - Wine Country Horse Show
May 12-15 - Valley Quarter Horse Association Show
May 14-15 - Galway Downs Spring Horse Trials
May 21-22 - Wine Country Horse Show
July 8-11 - Valley Quarter Horse Association Show
July 14-17- Valley Quarter Horse Association Show
September 8-11 - Valley Quarter Horse Association Show
September 24-25 - Wine Country Horse Show
October 15-16 - Wine Country Horse Show
November 3-6- Galway Downs Three-Day Event and Horse Trials (CCI**/CCI*)

For more information call 951-303-0405, or email Robert Kellerhouse at rkellerhouse@galwaydowns.com
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Galway Downs, 38801 Los Carralitos Road, Temecula, CA 92582 USA Tel: (951) 303-0405
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