Two schooling shows this month are sure to capture some attention as a great way to tune up for events later in the year including the AECs. First up on August 18th at Poplar Place Farm is their schooling show with a huge variety of classes to enter with CTs from Amoeba to Advanced plus Intro, Training, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Level Dressage Tests. Plus as well as any FEI, Freestyle, USEA, CIC or CCI test and Showjumping from 18" to over 3'9". To round it all out there is Cross Country of course for all levels. Entries close August 11th, so you better get moving. Dressage will be judged by Joanne Oliveri-Rasmussen. Download the entry form here.

Pine Mountain Horse Shows has their Schooling Show this month on August 25th a week later. As always the closing date for the show is the Sunday prior and levels are Pre Amoeba to Prelim. You can select Dressage only, CTs or a 3 Phase event. Also they allow you to school the Cross Country course on Friday before the event and easy to read color maps of all cross country courses can be found on their website. Bonus! You can download an entry form here.