Cowgirl Christmas 2015

Monday, November 9, 2015

4th Annual Cowgirl Christmas Fundraiser

This is our 4th annual Cowgirl Christmas fundraiser for the Santa Fe Pony Club. The Santa Fe Pony Club is a chapter of the United States Pony Club. The Pony Club's goals are to teach safe, humane riding practices and good horse management to children ages 8-21years. Any child can join Pony Club whether or not they own a horse or pony. Most Pony Clubs have horses available to be ridden by children who do not have their own. Pony club meetings are divided between unmounted meetings when members learn about tack and tack care, veterinary care, stable care, and feeding and mounted meetings where Pony Clubbers practice safe riding techniques and improve their skills. In addition Pony Clubbers attend rallies and horse trials. There are 5 levels of accomplishment for pony clubbers, each with a manual, and each pony clubber must pass tests in order to move on to the next level. Many now famous riders and very many veterinarians began their careers as United States Pony Clubbers. When the United States Equestrian Federation announced the short list for the 2012 Olympic Equestrian Team 8 of the 11 riders were former Pony Clubbers.

Barn Dogs strongly supports the United States Pony Club and the skills it teaches. In 2015 the United States Pony Club voted to allow adults to join and learn. This is a wonderful opportunity for first time horse owners and adults who have just begun to ride to learn from the ground up in a fun setting.

For more information about the United States Pony Club please visit United States Pony Club. To learn more about the Santa Fe Pony Club please visit Santa Fe Pony Club.

Members of the Santa Fe Pony Club at their annual holiday party in 2013.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Ricky Lee Regan

Ricky Lee Regan is an artist and actor from Wichita, Kansas who now makes his home in Lamy, NM. For 3 years he has designed the poster for Cowgirl Christmas and we are very grateful to him.

This year he has even made us a you tube video which is a tribute to Roy Rogers. There are some wonderful vintage clips and photos included. Dale Evans must be about 16 years old in some of them.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Santa!

Santa will be at Cowgirl Christmas from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in building A. He will have a special space among the vendors and is looking forward to hearing what Eldorado children want for Christmas!

Friday, November 6, 2015

NM K-911

NM K-911 rescues dogs from New Mexico's high kill shelters and from dangerous, neglectful and abusive situations. They will bring dogs available for adoption to Cowgirl Christmas. What a wonderful Christmas gift a safe, loving home would be for a dog who was once thrown away. For more information about this non-profit group visit NM K-911

Cookie Decorating

We will have cookie decorating in the Barn Dogs store. We will provide sugar cookie horses (well, naturally!), icings and decorations. Children can go to town with their creations. We have had some pretty amazing cookies in the past.

Barn Dogs has moved from its old location and is now on the front of Building A. It will be necessary to come outside and around to the store to decorate cookies. There will be signs and any of the vendors or pony clubbers will be happy to direct you.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Vendors

The following is a list of vendors who will participate in Cowgirl Christmas. Clicking on the vendor name will take you to their website (if they have one). We will continue to add to the list as new vendors sign up.