BOARDING
Gloucester Downs equestrian park, equine training center, boarding Gloucester Downs Equestrian Park is a full service Boarding facility with many additional features for the concerned and conscientious horse owner. This facility offers privacy and individual training to the dedicated amateur rider. If you want to get away from the bustle of the regular riding center , come and view our grass trails, wooded walks, training hills and one of a kind International Style training center. Located in Aldergrove, a suburb of Vancouver, Gloucester Downs is within 15 mins of Abbotsford Airport and one and a half hours from Vancouver International Airport.

There are: 33 stalls, 20 stalls for boarders, 21 large turnout paddocks on all weather footing, 9 grass paddocks and fields for group and individual turnout in season. The stalls all have a view for the horses to see each other, dutch doors, auto waterers and new rubber mats.

The feeding program is designed with the horse in mind and includes hay 4-5 times per day (or grass) and grain twice a day. Owner/manager lives on the property and the last stall check is 10-11pm. Worming program every 2 months, regular immunity and West Nile shots managed by the facility. Pregnant mare and stallion programs available.

Features: Indoor Arena, Round Pen, Exercise Mill for horses, 110X220' Large Sand Ring, 100X300' hog fuel over sand ring, Grass Jump Course, 1/2 mile grass/sand race track through the woods,

Gloucester has three rings for riding, two very large outdoor rings one with wood footing and sand over clay base, and the other an advanced sand footing over crusher dust and clay with deep draintile, both have their own sets of jumps. The Indoor Arena is ideal for individual lessons, bright well lit, with its own set of jumps and excellent footing.

The Outdoor Grass Course is the most advanced in the area for training the Showjumper for the Derby courses at the larger Shows. It includes:

Devil's Dyke

Normandy Bank

Hickstead Bank

Irish Banks

Double Liverpools

8 foot Water Jump

Ditches

Training Banks

Table Top

Full Board: $650.00 (plus GST) per month


Board includes:

• 5-6 feeds per day (hay, grain, mineral)
• rubber matted stalls with auto waterers
• paddock turnout daily
• pasture turn out in season
• management of vet care, farrier, worming (billed to owner)

  • mgmt. on site, day and nite

The main barn with a large inner courtyard.

The indoor arena is great for clinics and instruction.

The indoor arena has stabling for 17 and in out paddocks for the stallions.

Good sized, dry, organized paddocks for all the horses.

There are grass fields, round pen and a dutch mill.