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CALENDAR of EVENTS
Fabulous Fall Fundraiser a Fantastic Success!
An inspiring dressage demonstration, an exhilarating high jump competition and some entertaining bidding resulted in over $150,000 being raised at our recent Fabulous Fall Fundraiser! Over 300 guests were treated to some wonderful equestrian performances including an incredible dressage demonstration which was ridden by 18 year old Laura Nunez. Laura is visually impaired and uses Ride On volunteers as her "living letters" to guide her safely through her test. An international field of super talented equestrians including Gold Medalist Will Simpson entertained the crowd with a thrilling high jump competition which left everyone a winner as they all jumped clear!
The evening's fundraising efforts were focused on just two critical parts of our program: caring for our horses and scholarships for those in need. The generosity shown during our auction and Rein in Support was outstanding and will help put riders with disabilities on horseback 6,000 time in the coming year!
Special thanks to our honorary chairs Ellen DeGeneres, Porti de Rossi, Will and Nicole Simpson, Anke Magnussen and Mary Tesoro for helping make our event a success. Thanks also to our brave auctioneer Simon Jones, Linda and Mark Goodwin and our volunteers, horses and staff that worked so hard to create this magical evening!
Trailfest Winners!
Beautiful fall colors, dramatic skies and stunning scenery set the backdrop for almost 60 of our riders as they experienced the thrill of trail riding during our recent Trailfest event at Paramount Ranch. An army of volunteers, staff and a dozen of our amazing horses spent the day safely giving our riders this amazing opportunity and it was truly a team effort! Huge thanks to the Goldman Family for sponsoring the event, the Kiwanis of Thousand Oaks for providing lunch and the Skelton Family for sponsoring our t-shirts. Congratulations to our Trailfest winners Alissa Goldman, Dylan Geher and Carrie Ziff for raising the top 3 sponsorship amounts and thank you to everyone that supported the event - we raised a total of $15,000!
Hoofprints and Heartbeats Cocktail Reception
June 11th
The Hoofprints and Heartbeats Cocktail Reception which was graciously held at Mitch and Lynda Jacob's beautiful home was a great success! The evening began with some wonderful entertainment provided by internationally acclaimed dressage rider Leslie Morse who delighted our guests with a musical freestyle performance. Our very own rider Natalie Charonnat then impressed the crowd with a beautifully ridden dressage test on Moonie and our speech and physical therapists then demonstrated hippotherapy with Brianna Pitzele melting everyone's heart as she waved and blew kisses to the audience which included event chairs Alex and Stine Van Halen and Nicollette Sheridan. Cody Clock then concluded the demos with a fast and very exciting reining demonstration riding Quick Draw Gunner. Thanks to Gaetano's Restaurant, Sushi Ichiban Kan, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Edible Arrangements and Southern Wines and Spirits, guests enjoyed refreshments and then gathered together to show support and raise funds for Ride On. A big thank you to the following for raising their hand to provide a $5000 Rider Scholarship in their name - Stine and Alex Van Halen, Mitch and Lynda Jacobs, Bryan McQueeney and Gloria Hamblin, Ashlee Bond and Rob and Linda Raznick. Thanks also to the following supporters for donating $2500 to sponsor one of our horses for the year - Barry Nadell, Wyatt and Lisa McCrea, Mary Tesoro and Kathy and Al Andry. Thank you to Joanne Chao and Anthony and Colleen Solerno for a $1000 rider scholarship for one year. A big thank you also to Tim Meissner for his hard work putting the reception together for us and Lynda and Mitch Jacobs for opening their beautiful home to us.
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