About

The Carmel Valley Trail and Saddle Club is located at 85 East Garzas Road in Carmel Valley on 15 lovely acres. As a non-profit organized in 1956, the Club is dedicated to the encouragement of equestrian activities of all sorts.

Interested in becoming a member? Click below for more info:

Curious about our Board of Directors? Click below for pictures and bios:

Renting the Club

Every year, the Carmel Valley Trail and Saddle Club is host to various horse shows and clinics. With an all-purpose club house, BBQ grounds and facilities, many private groups also rent the grounds for meetings, parties and other gatherings. For a schedule of upcoming events, please refer to our calendar.

Interested in booking the club for an event or get-together? Click below:


History

Over the past many years, club historian Judi Leavelle-King has worked tirelessly to save and share pictures and other material related to our club. This picture is of a 1971 color guard (l-r: Sally Bennett, unk, Danny Kunts, Kristi Klump, Carole Crockett, unk).

By the way, we still have these original rayon flags (now over 50 years old) and you can see them on display each year during our September Ranch Roundup.


Original Site Plan

Here is a scan of the original site plan for the club. The date here would have been late 1950’s. Club historian Judy Leavelle-King reports that the Club was incorporated in November of 1956, with the grounds purchased in 1959. It’s fun to note that in addition to stables, tennis courts and a swimming pool, the plans show croquet, horseshoes, shuffleboard and archery.

History Overviews & Scans

Please take the time to look through the interesting documents linked below. We suggest you read the overviews, then have a look at the scanned original items. It gives you a peek into a gone-by time, and gives a great appreciation of the hard work and foresight that has gone into the making of what is our wonderful club today.

VIEWING TIP: Clicking on the links below will either open the document in a new tab or download to your computer, depending on your browser and settings.

Overview 1989-1995

Overview 1970-1989

Overview 1956-1970