Blue Rider Stables

Blue Rider Stables

413-528-5299
info@bluerider.org
15 Farm Lane, South Egremont, MA 01230

Annual Meeting – Wed., April 9th 2025

We are holding our Annual Meeting with the Board on Wednesday, April 9th at 6:00 p.m. You are encouraged to join via  Zoom. This is a great way to meet our Board and learn about the governance of Blue Rider.

The meeting agenda and Zoom link are available here.



Scavenger Hunt – April 19th

Saturday, April 19th
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Valentine’s Day Raffle

Buy a ticket (or many) and enter our Valentines Day Raffle to win one of five awesome prizes. Specify which prizes you may want to win. Our horses will love the support for Valentines Day as well!

Drawing will be on February 13th at noon.

School Break Programs

Giving Tuesday 2024

UPDATE 12/4: WE DID IT! ✨️🐎

Thanks to all of you – everyone in our community – we met, and then exceeded, our Giving Tuesday goal! We had wanted to raise $7,500 (the cost of horse care for the herd for one month). Instead, we raised $8,400 and with a matching grant of $7,500 (thanks to our amazing board members, who matched our donations dollar-for-dollar) our grand total is (drumroll please 🥁) $15,900.

We are so in awe of the support we receive from you, our friends near and far. It means the world to us and our horses 💙

Join the global Giving Tuesday movement and make this season one of radical generosity to support our amazing, loving equines with their daily needs.

In the spirit of GivingTuesday, we are asking for your donations so that we can continue our mission to put people and horses together in a holistic, educational environment where, through their mutual therapeutic experiences, they can broaden the scope of their lives.

Join the global Giving Tuesday movement and make this holiday season one of radical generosity to support our amazing, loving equines with their daily needs.

Our cost to feed and provide medical, dental, and hoof care for our hard working horses and donkeys can be as much as $90,000 per year! They are worth every penny of that, but as we all know, money doesn’t grow on trees – or in our pastures – so on behalf of our equines we are asking our community to toss something in the feed bucket for Bella, Fritz, Zora, Mystery, Tonka, Mia, Marcy, Hekla, Rico, Sprite, Billy Boy, Taquito, Arlo, Svadi, and Garuda.

Our goal is to raise $7,500 (enough for one month of equine feed and care) by Giving Tuesday on December 3rd. Please pitch in any amount you can.

If you are unable to give monetarily, please help out by spreading the word and encouraging your friends, family, and community members to give whatever they can. Every bit helps to support the important and joyful work we do here at Blue Rider Stables.

To learn more about the history and mission of the global Giving Tuesday movement, click here.

2024 Circus Raffle Tickets on Sale Now

As part of our fundraising efforts during this year’s circus, we are selling raffle tickets:
$10 each or 6 for $50, with 50 PRIZES TO WIN from local businesses – see the list below.

Drawing to be held on June 1st at our Blue Rider Stables Circus.

We are truly grateful to all the local businesses who are donating goods and services to this year’s circus raffle in support of the work we do at Blue Rider Stables.

Prizes:

SoCO Creamery$20
Pawsh Buddies$25
Manhatten Pizza$10
Applebees$25
Masseo’s Meat & Seafood$50
The Shoppe$25
Wards Nursery$25
SoCO Creamery$20
Berkshire Bass$25
No 10$50
Green Branch Urban$25
Mom’s Country Cafe$50
Prairie Whale$25
Applebees$25
Big Y$25
Tom’s Toys$40
Barrington Outfitters$50
SoCo Creamery$20
Bookloft$30
Manhatten Pizza$10
Carr Hardware$20
Roberto’s Pizza$25
Clark’s Nursery$50
Guido’s$100
SoCo Creamery$20
Carlson Heating & AC$50
Eagle Shoe & Boot$25
Agway$50
SoCo Creamery$20
Marshall’s$25
Pizza House$25
The Shoppe$25
SoCo Creamery$20
Wards Nursery$25
Applebees$25
Rubiner’s Cheesemonger$50
GB Eats$25
Tractor Supply$25
Agway$50
SoCo Creamery$20
SoCo Creamery$20
Shire Glass$35
Manhatten Pizza$10
Carr Hardware$20
SoCo Creamery$20
Home Depot$25
SoCo Creamery$20
Applebees$25
Trotta’s$25
Bistro Box$25

Announcing our 2024 Blue Rider Circus!

Saturday, June 1st from 10:30 to 12:30 – Rain or Shine

Please join us for our 2024 Blue Rider Stables Circus, where our students, instructors, and horses will showcase the work that we do here at Blue Rider Stables. Come and enjoy the festive atmosphere, our bake sale, and RAFFLE PRIZES.

No admission fee. Parking $20.00

All proceeds help to support our mission.

As part of our fundraising efforts during this year’s circus, we are selling raffle tickets:
$10 each with 50 chances to win a prize. Drawing to be held on June 1st at our Blue Rider Stables Circus.

Click HERE to see raffle prizes and purchase tickets!

An Update on Taquito

Taquito was diagnosed with arthritis in his neck and shoulders a few months ago. Sadly, this is taking a toll on him, and we have decided to retire him from active duty. He is happily spending his time at the gate with Billy Boy, waiting for hugs and cuddles.

Keep an eye out for our two traveling donkeys now! Billy and Taquito both look forward to their futures as our mascots of Blue Rider.

Summer Horsemanship Program

Summer has begun! We are hosting our summer horsemanship program. Please email info@bluerider.org if you would like to sign your child up for a week (or many!)

Our Circus was a Success!

Our Inner Child Circus of 2023 was a roaring success. We had amazing weather, spectacular riders and participants, and a supportive audience. We could not of done it without all of you.

To see photos of the event, go to https://caitlinvongraf.zenfolio.com/2023circus. If you would like to purchase any of the photos of your child, please email info@bluerider.org to do so.