HOOFPRINTS Newsletter - Spring Issue Jump for Joy Equestrian Center-Covered Arena Finally, A Place of Her Own!  Linda Luger owns and operates her new facility! NOW OPEN! Jump for Joy has moved into a new home near Magic Mountain in Valencia California. The new center is a full service boarding/training facility on 8 acres featuring four arenas, one of which is covered. Five Arenas! The outdoor arena is 200'x 150' and the covered arena is 90'x 175'. These 2 arenas are adjacent to each other with a fence separating the two. Both have newly added sprinkler systems. There is one other large arena, one small arena, and a round pen. Footing conditions are an excellent sand base. All arenas lighting for evening work Boy, have we made changes! Here's a partial list of all the improvements we've made in just two short years: We have: installed a sprinkler system in both main arenas. added two new tack rooms. (Tack room one is now complete with lights, electricity, new flooring, and a thermostatically controlled fan.) plumbed water to the pipe corrals. repaired countless plumbing leaks. replaced the old rusted waterers with new, push-type waterers. had parties! upgraded the clubhouse to include couches, a refrigerator, and a microwave. rubber matted all the stalls.  (one more to go) begun rubber matting the aisles. rubber padded the wood beams on the covered arenas. reconfigured the pipe corrals by the road reconfigured the pipe corrals in the barn. built a new hay barn. added a tractor. switched to new bedding. added lights. improved the arena footing. enlarged the upper arena. bought and painted new jumps.   added cross ties in lower barn. added custom swing arm in lower washrack. added park benches. added new street light along pathway.  And that's in our "spare time"!         More to come... WHAT A YEAR! JUMP FOR JOY CHAMPIONS This show year was quite successful, as you can see.  Our two "showgirls" cleaned up at the Tri-Valley Horse Show Association Year End Awards Banquet! Tammy Barker, in her first year showing, with her once horrible, now wonderful gelding, Crash, won : Rusty Stirrup Division 18 & Over Reserve Champion Rusty Stirrup Division 18 & Over Reserve Champion Hunters Rusty Stirrup Division 18 & Over Reserve Champion Equitation Over Fences Rusty Stirrup Division 18 & Over Reserve Champion Equitation/Flat Tammy was also awarded with the coveted Sportsmanship Award!  What a wonderful honor!   Patti and Pimento      In their first year showing together, Patti and Pimento were sensational! They ended the year with all of these high-point awards from the Tri-Valley Horse Show Association: -Champion Low Pre-Green Hunters Open -Champion Pre-Green Hunters Open -Reserve Champion Pre-Green Hunters Under Saddle -4th Pre-Green Hunters Open -4th Tri Valley Hunters Open (First class) -4th Tri Valley Hunters Open  (Second class) Patti and Pimento