Prairie Rosea year-round equine event center & horse motelArena

Upcoming events
A rider in a cowboy hat on a cutting horse, crouched low and squared up to a calf in the indoor arena.
Photo by Galloping Winds Photography

No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.

Winston Churchill

Upcoming Events

Shows, speed events, clinics, and club practices

  1. Snowflake Jump Schooling Series

  2. Puffy Pony Barrel Race #2

    Fundraiser for ISU Rodeo Club. enter here https://saddlebook.com/events/17662

  3. Puffy Pony #3

    Fundraiser for ISU Rodeo Club. Entry will be through Saddlebook so check the FB page for the link. Pre-entry not required but certainly encouraged, pay CASH at the show.

  4. Snowflake Jump Schooling Series

See the full schedule

Open Ride

Bring your horse and get some practice in. The indoor arena is open rain or shine.

A black horse lowering its head to a miniature horse held by a girl in the arena.
All sizes welcome
  • April–October
  • November–March
  • Cost

You can ride at other times by arrangement.

Horse Motel

The long covered horse pens at the end of the gravel drive, beside the arena building, under a big sky of rippled clouds.
Photo by Galloping Winds Photography
  • Trailer parking and hook-up
  • Trailer parking, no hook-up
  • Covered pens

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Facilities

One of the biggest indoor arenas in the state, covered and insulated to keep you out of the sun, dust, and wind all year long

Inside the indoor arena: a long groomed dirt floor under red steel trusses and rows of lights, with a few riders at the far end.
  • 100 × 250indoor arena
  • 30 × 250indoor staging area
  • 40 × 130outdoor warm-up arena
  • 18acre property

Safe, consistent footing that doesn't freeze in winter, and summer temperatures inside rarely pass eighty degrees. Outdoor cattle pens lead straight into the arena for roping and ranch horse events.

Site plan of Prairie Rose ArenaA schematic plan: NE 56th Street along the top; the indoor arena runs back from the road with a gravel loop around it; trailer parking with hook-ups is to its left; the covered pens are behind the arena.NE 56th StTrailer parkingIndoor arenaCovered pens

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