Eau Claire Bit & Spur Saddle Club
Offering Halter, Showmanship, Western & English disciplines
Welcome to The Eau Claire Bit & Spur Saddle Club website. The Bit & Spur Saddle club has been in existence since the early 1900's. All of Bit & Spurs shows are WSCA and Wisconsin Horse Council Championship show qualifying. Shows are held May - September. Our facility offers a rustic log cabin which serves as our main station where we have our entry stand, food stand and a place to relax. We also offer an 82 stall barn, exercise arena and camper hook ups.
Mission & Vision
Mission: We are dedicated to enriching the Northwest Wisconsin Equestrian community through quality events.
Vision: To promote the development of equine sports for the purpose of social welfare, charitable and educational purposes as well as encouraging national and international amateur athletics.
First Open Show of the Season!
Well, our first open show was very successful! We had very few stalls left in the barn (about six) and there was little parking left....we ended up parking cars and even a trailer on the west side of the arena. We received about eight more memberships to the club as well. There was lots of competition and I want to let everyone know they all did a great job. A special thank you to the members who helped out at various jobs....you helped make the weekend the success that it was! Thank you to all of you.
The high point winners for each day are as follows:
Saturday:
13 and under: Emma Noyes on Miss Final Delight
14-17 Kayla Jo Bauer on Ghiradelli
18-34: Kirsten Schumacher on This Stars A Legend
35-49:Heidi Krenz on A Fine Time To Star
50 and over: Linda Kay Van Huda on A Lovely Artifact
Sunday:
13 and under: Emma Noyes on Miss Final Delight
14-17: Nicole Morley on Cool Cause I'm Grand
18-34: Kirsten Schumacher on This Stars A Legend
35-49: Heidi Krenz on A Fine Time to Star
50 and over: Steve Zantow on Eyed Be Curious
The high point award is $25 Bit and Spur bucks that can be used toward stalls, entries, food stand, etc. If you did not receive your coupon, it will be waiting for you in the entry stand at the next show.
Look for there to be a spreadsheet showing all the high point tallys on every member coming soon in the "Members Only" section of the website. If you haven't signed up yet....get going! It is not hard.
NEW for 2009
NEW!!! Open ride nights for MEMBERS ONLY every Monday starting May 11 through September 21. We will open the gate (yes, that is new too!) at 6pm until 8pm. We will have a porta potty but the clubhouse and barn are closed.
2009 Show Dates
June 13 and 14
July 11 and 12
August 15 and 16
September 5th and 6th
Arabian Shows
May 30 and 31
July 19
Breed Association Open Show Incentive Programs
The Eau Claire Bit & Spur is involved in the following open show incentive programs:
http://www.arabianhorses.org/activities/incentiveprograms/oeip.asp
Appaloosa (ApHC) Competitive All-Breed Activities Program
http://www.appaloosa.com/show/acaap.htm
Paint Horse (APHA) PAC Information
http://www.apha.com/pac/index.html
Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association Open Show Program
http://www.wqha.com/
Help the Club with the Country Care Program
The Bit & Spur Club has joined the County Care program through the discount horse supplier, Country Supply.
They will donate 5% of your purchase (excluding dewormers and shipping) to the Bit & Spur when you enter our care code at the online checkout.
Our care code is ECBS. The 5% is only given to us if you remember to enter the code. Also it only applies if $50 or more has been spent. http://www.countrysupply.com/ or http://www.horse.com/