South Bay horse boarders speak out in favor of maintaining facility.
Carabella, formerly known as the race horse ‘Queen of Blades,’ takes a jump with Jenny Whitman at the Bear Creek Stables in this file photo. In a split vote, the board of directors for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District opted to delay a decision on whether to close the stables, located in Los Gatos. Bear Creek is managed by Chaparral Country Corporation, which also manages horse stables at Ed Levin Park in Milpitas and Wunderlich Park in Woodside.
“We don’t need more cement and phones and ways to keep our kids entertained that are not a part of the historical and environmental legacy that we have in this amazing beautiful area that we live in,” said Lisa Mcleod, whose family leased horses at the stables. Some board members expressed support for the second option. But Karen Holman, the board member who introduced the motion that eventually passed, said she wanted staff to have more time to work with community members to come up with alternate solutions to find funding for the maintenance and renovations that the stables require.
On April 4 of this year, Midpen suspended camps, trainings, riding instruction and other equestrian events at the stables while Chaparral works with Midpen to “determine appropriate levels of programming and associated insurance for the site,” the staff report from the meeting reads.
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