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The Confidence/Horsemanship Clinic May 31-June 1 was an outstanding success!  Muriel McKenzie and Julie Schmidt led the clinic sharing their experience and knowledge. The Clinic was blessed with wonderful weather and no horse related accidents.  Seven riders and their mounts attended the clinic held at Muriel's ranch in Lincoln.  The riders participated in equitation drills, lateral movement exercises and transitions. Riders enjoyed the overnight accommodations and the BBQ which was also attended by a number of volunteers and spectators.  A few kind volunteers helped to make the clinic a success. Total Riders, volunteers and spectators numbered 22.   Muriel and Julie look forward to having another clinic in the fall.

New BAS Equestrian Leaders Announced

New BAS Equestrian Divison Leader Muriel McKenzie has been an avid horsewoman all of her life. She grew up on a small ranch in northern Sacramento County.

Muriel has been involved in many aspects of equestrian life.  After graduating from high school she became a member of the Eldorado County Sheriff’s Dept. Mounted Search and Rescue. Soon after she became a Mounted Officer for the California State Police, Cal Expo Police, Sacramento State University Police and the California Highway Patrol.

In addition to her mounted duties, she also became a Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Certified Mounted Instructor.  She had the honor of being invited to Ottawa Canada to ride with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Muriel has successfully competed in Dressage, Western, English and Team Penning events.

Through Bayside Adventure Sports Muriel was introduced to Bayside Church in Granite Bay where she has been an active member since 2004.

Muriel looks forward to sharing her love of God and her passion for horses.
Muriel can be contacted at  muriel14227@yahoo.com

Equestrian Co Leader 

Julie Schmitz  has attended Bayside with her family for the past 6 years.  Her husband Terry and she have two children, Justin 13 and Jessica 12.  Julie was raised around her grandpa's horses and received her first horse on her 11th birthday in 1981 from her parents and has never been without a horse since.  It’s her passion.  Starting in her teenage years in Orange County, California she professionally broke and trained horses privately and for a local ranch.  She also brokered horses and put on her own horse shows in Orange Park Acres (Salem Park Open Horse Shows).  In 1988 Julie and her family moved to Northern California, where she worked for a local cutting horse ranch in Lincoln (Handley Ranch) for a year or so.  She found it hard to restart her horse career and pay bills so she went into the family construction business that she had grown up around.  Julie and her family live in Loomis on Silver Shadow Ranch where she and her mom Jean Alexander hosted Bayside's Children’s Ministries seasonal and summer horse camps from 2002 to 2006 for John Harvey.  Julie still works in the family business, Westridge Builders, Inc. who specializes in designing and constructing Dental Offices in Central and Northern California. 

Julie looks forward to working with fellow Equestrian leader Muriel McKenzie and other BAS Equestrian members with the new programs they have initiated for 2008.

Division Purpose

The purpose of the Equestrian Division, led by Muriel McKenzie, of Bayside Adventure Sports (BAS) is to provide Christian fellowship and outreach to men, women, children, families, and singles, who have an interest in horses.  Just as with the motorcycle group, not everyone has a horse.  The Equestrian Division is composed of owners and people who have horses, and those who have a BIG INTEREST in horses.  And just as with the motorcycle group, the Equestrian Division will not be providing horses for non owners.

Description

The BAS Trail Riders are a group of horse owners and riders who provide their own horse, tack, safety equipment, transportation, feed, insurance, etc.  They meet and select trails and events in which to participate, which may include clinics and classes.   

Baysiders who do not have a horse may attend the clinics and classes.  They may also wish to develop group activities involving grooming, horse anatomy, shoeing demonstrations, horse art, cowboy poetry, etc.  The Trail riding Division and the Equine Interest Division will work closely in order to make the physical part of this group happen.  This does not include providing riding lessons or providing a horse to ride.  It means providing a horse, when possible, for an instruction in anatomy,  grooming, a shoeing  or vet demonstration, etc.   

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