update April 2012 - The sand was spread on the arena. Fencing around the arena will also be complete this month, then as our budget permits we will be installing lights and purchasing a course of simple training jumps. We will break in the arena with a Steuart Pittman, Jr. clinic to benefit Second Stride April 26-27!

update 11/20/11 - The soft fine limestone has been laid on top of the coarse big limestone gravel. When they are done they will seal it, and we will let it season and get rained on a bit. Then if all looks good we will get the sand. We also are going to go ahead now and get the railroad ties to help hold it all in place. It looks lovely.

update November 2011 - Limestone rock is now in place over a leveled subsurface (the heavy work of trucking in dirt and leveling was done last summer). Filter fabric and irrigation drains were installed under the arena leading to culverts that run out the low side.

update 9/20/10 - Ground is broken but weather forecasts say it may be some time before we get enough rain to soak the dirt and allow our contractor to completely finish preparing the arena site. In the meantime, they will cut the road in that will have a mouth wide enough for very large horse vans like those used at race tracks. The road will go up and along the arena and then behind it towards the barns. It will have an unloading chute and a circle out to the driveway. We will be calling it the Rutherford Arena in honor of Maxine Rutherford who donated a large amount of the funds for arena construction.