Barriere & District Riding Club

04/11/2026

Thank you The Local of Louis Creek Artisan Market for these beautiful gift baskets, they are prizes for our June horse show, enter for your chance to win! (Valued over $200 each)

03/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who helped yesterday! 40 new gates on the stalls! The upgrades are coming along so well thanks to the amazing volunteers from the NTFFRA, BDRC & Barriere Men’s Shed! Grant funding from Horse Council of BC, Lower North Thompson Community Forest and TNRD making this possible!

03/24/2026

Help! Hands are needed to get the new doors on the horse stalls at the fairgrounds. If you can help out, meet Harley at the barns 8am March 25.

03/22/2026

The final Ranch Practice Session for March was a success! Everyone and their horses did great! Fun was had by all! Thank you to everyone who helped make it all happen!

03/19/2026

This coming Sunday is our last Ranch Riding Practice Session for March. For this session we will have to park and enter the indoor arena at the East end of the arena. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

03/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to today's Ranch Riding Practice. What a fun day! Everyone did great!!

03/08/2026

Another Ranch Riding Practice session is in the books. Everyone did great! Looking forward to the next one on March 15th!

03/08/2026

First Ranch Practice Session for March is tomorrow from 12 to 4pm! Thanks again to everyone who registered! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

03/04/2026

Equestrian will be hosted in Barriere! Ranch, Driving, Dressage, Western Dressage & Mountain Trail. Riders 55+ are eligible with no qualifying requirements. If you would like to get involved as a volunteer (no horse experience needed!) reach out to the Sport Chair, Darcey Woods.

Equestrian Confirmed for Kamloops 2026 55+ BC Games

Horse Council BC is pleased to announce that equestrian sport will be included in the 55+ BC Games. The 2026 Equestrian Events will take place September 8–11, 2026, at the North Thompson Fair Grounds in Barrière, BC.

After extensive work to secure a suitable venue, HCBC is proud to confirm that the competition will be hosted at the Barriere Fall Fair Grounds (North Thompson Fair Grounds), located at 4856 Dunn Lake Road, Barrière, BC. The facility provides an ideal setting to showcase the skill, partnership, and sportsmanship of equestrian athletes from across the province.

HCBC would like to sincerely thank the Kamloops 2026 Host Society for their collaboration and commitment in bringing equestrian to the Games program. Their leadership and partnership have been instrumental in making this opportunity possible for 55+ equestrian athletes in British Columbia.

Disciplines:

Dressage/Western Dressage
Driving Trials
Ranch Horse
Mountain Trail

For more details about the competition specific to the 55+ BC Games, please review the rules & technical information: https://hcbc.ca/sport/competition/bc-55-games/

Sport Chair: Darcey Woods

Registration opening soon!

12/22/2025

The weather cooperated and we had our second Ranch Riding Practice session. Lots of fun and laughs were had by all. Great social after the riding. Thanks again to Gail, Pat, Chantal and Marina for bring goodies to eat and drink! Looking forward to our next session!

12/21/2025

💢The weather has improved, so we are good to go. See everyone at 12pm! 💢

Good morning to everyone who is registered for today's Ranch riding practice session. The weather appears to be turning and it has started snowing. Keep your eye on this post in case we need to postpone today. Going to hold off canceling for now. But that may change if the snow continues.