April 30, 2022 Solvang, CA: World-renowned Mark Bolender of Bolender Horse Park and the Bolender Method™ has built an International Mountain Trail Challenge Association (IMTCA) certified mountain trail course at Monty Roberts’ Flag Is Up Farms, the first IMTCA-approved course in the state of California.
“It was an honor to meet the Roberts’ family and to design and build an IMTCA mountain trail course for them,” shares Lee Bolender, Mark’s wife and co-founder of IMTCA. “The course is beautiful and we cannot wait to go back for clinics and IMTCA challenges.”
The two-acre course is located on the in-field of Flag Is Up Farm’s race track and includes over 22 mountain trail obstacles. The new mountain trail course includes bridges, teeter totters, a trench, water obstacles, a gate, logs, fan, balance beams, crossbucks, Texas two-step and more. The full course will be used for clinics and IMTCA challenges. Mark has added the dates of June 20 and 21 for a clinic on Monty’s farm during his 2022 schedule.
Bolender will also be teaching with his wife Lee and Sir Rugged Chex, known as Checkers, who was given the honor of becoming the first mountain trail horse to be turned into a Breyer Model Horse in 2020. Mark and Checkers will be demonstrating their championship form – bridleless – on Monty’s newly built Mountain Trail at The Movement June 17-19 as well.
For information, visit https://montyroberts.com/
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