Did you know
The Colorado Horse Park...
• is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization?
• has been actively preserving open space in Douglas County?
• is an international equestrian complex with more than 30 events a year?
• has 11 arenas, 300 permanent stalls and enough portable stalls for 1000 competing horses?

 

 

About the park

Situated on a hill overlooking the surrounding countryside, world famous mountains and romantic sunsets, The Colorado Horse Park offers the opportunity to enjoy the tradition and romance of the horse.

The Colorado Horse Park is modeled after the State owned Kentucky Horse Park. However, unlike Kentucky, the Colorado Horse Park is a private 501-c-3 foundation depending on private charitable donations.

The Horse Park's purpose is to promote amateur athletics and to lessen the burden on government for the community, the region adn the country in a number of ways including:

SPONSORING AMATEUR ATHLETICS

  • Host North American Junior and Young Riders Championships during which young riders compete for their countries as the first step to be Olympians.
  • Initiated, as a member of the Colorado Sports Council, equestrian sport as part of the Colorado State Games, hosted the competitions for two years, for all ages.
  • Established the first ever equestrian team for the University of Denver.
  • Hosted Accord Riders With Disabilities competition in conjunction with NAJYRC in 1998 and 2000.
  • Host Pony Club clinics and shows every year at a minimal charge.
  • Host Clinics and educational events annually for all ages, including Olympians as clinicians.
  • Established qualifying events never before held in Colorado for junior riders who wished to compete in National Championships without having to travel to the East Coast to qualify.

PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE (worked with the following organizations or projects)

  • Bayou Gulch Open Space Corridor
  • Trust for Public Lands
  • National Equestrian Lands Preservation project
  • Wildlife Park
  • Colorado State Trails
  • Parker State Park

FUNDRAISING FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES

  • Children’s Hospital, 1994.
  • Morris Animal Foundation, 1995
  •  North American Riding for the Handicapped, 1998.
  • AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, 2000
  • Make-a-Wish, 1999, 2000, 2001.
  • Emily Griffith, 2002, 2003
  • Ariana Zamaris Foundation, 2006
  • SECOR 2007
  • Morgan Adams Foundation 2007

 

SUPPORT FOR OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  • Parker and Elizabeth Trail Riders
  • 4-H Clubs
  • DECHC
  • Parker Arts Counsel
  • Colorado Arabian Breeders Alliance
  • Colorado Arabian Horse Club
  • Various HOA’s
  • Douglas County Schools
  • Elbert Country Schools
  • Leadership Program of the Rockies
  • Central Colorado Quarter Horse Association

Among others…….

The Colorado Horse Park has served as a role model for other horse parks.  Planners and staff from proposed parks in California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas and Canada have visited and studied the park.  The Colorado Horse Park alone, however, does not depend on government for its support, but rather depends on private, tax-deductible donations to the Foundation.  The Board of the Colorado Horse Park encourages you to help the Horse Park fulfill its mission with a gift.