Chico Equestrian Association

10/14/2026

2 days to our spooktacular Halloween Playday. I have been out and about gathering prizes and gift certificates today. We will be awarding $25 gift certificates to the winners in each age group for best dressed horse and rider. (Costume ). We also have some great drawing prizes, sacks of feed, bucket of goodies. Gift bag, caps, saddle pads, and more. Plus a grand prize drawing that will be good. Food will be available. 1/4lb. All beef hot dogs , beans potatoe salad, nachos, and maybe pizza. And of course dessert. Full meal is only $10 and includes the beefy dog, beans, salad, dessert and beverage. !!!! Nachos are separate as will be the pizza. There's still time to let me know if you plan on attending. We of course will accept entries the day of. Just like to get a head count. Just pm me Donna Mathis or email: [email protected]

10/14/2026

goats are in the old walnut orchard area near the petersen drive entrance

10/14/2026

We had a good meeting starting with our guest speaker Dr. Jessie. She is always upbeat, super informative, and so enthusiastic about equine health. Last night the discussion was about deworming your horse. What worms to watch out for, which wormers to use, and how often you should worm your horse. The factors that dictate the types of worms are in the housing of your horse and where you live. Is it on a dry lot, stalled with a run, pasture, stall and pasture, and is it sharing space with other horses. Ivermectin and moxidectin (quest) are the 2 main wormers to use, but getting a f***l egg count will help dictate which to use and when. I,m thankful for living in a higher elevation and never deal with bots. Nasty little things. Once licked off their legs they live in their mouth for a few weeks before traveling to their stomach and intestines spending about 9 months there before passing through. Thank you Dr. Jrssie, even for the description of spaghetti looking tapworms!!

10/13/2026

Just to be clear. Our events are open opened to the public. You do not have to be a member to watch. There is no fee. Having people watching helps to support the riders out there. And food is available to purchase as well as opportunity tickets for prizes. Saturday Oct. 17th, the games begin at 10:00 a.m. Please park clear of the horse trailers.

10/12/2026

Are you working on your costumes??? We are 2 days away from our annual Halloween Playday. Sat. Oct. 17th. Dress your horse, donkey or mule up. All ages. Prizes for costume class winners. The test of the day will be fun games on horseback. Musical pumpkins, egg and spoon, barrels, poles, golf ball drop, maybe ribbon race, and sit a buck. Bring your own $ buck. Pictures are from our past playdays.

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

2 days until the Halloween Playday. We need to hear from you if you plan on attending. Right now we have about 12-15 replies. We would love even more riders. Past times we ve had 30.!!! Let's do it. Let,s make this happen. Such a fun day and weather forecast isgreat But you can join in on the fun the day of, of course. No one is rejected. Respond here or to [email protected]. for those helping out, let me know if we have any prizes yet.