The Facility
The Facility
A World-Class Venue for Your Event
With 600 acres of beautiful grounds, the Virginia Horse Center offers everything you need for a great event. Our facility includes nine show rings, eight schooling rings, a 4,000-seat coliseum, eight barns, a cross-country course, a tractor pull, campgrounds, special event spaces, and a full-service café. It’s a safe, diverse, and exciting space for all kinds of gatherings.
Explore Our Facility
Barns & Arenas
The Virginia Horse Center is known for its safe and well-maintained stalls. Four stall-dedicated barns containing 120 stalls each, including the newly renovated Famesgate, border the Stable Office/Welcome Center. Woods Hill Barn (8) is adjacent to the East Complex and has 122 stalls.
The Big Lonely, Jacqueline & George Orhstrom, Jr., and the recently renovated Bent Tree Barn are laid out around schooling rings and hold 49, 46, and 48 stalls, respectively. The VHCF can also set up temporary stalls for large events.
All barns have internal wash stalls and dedicated manure pits. The stalls are uniformly 10′ wide x 12′ deep, with 7′ 10″ tall walls. The doors are 5′ 7/8″ wide.
Indoor Arenas
Anderson Coliseum, Waldron Arena
150′ x 300′
Clay base/Natural sand mix
The Howard P. Anderson Coliseum is a 4000-seat indoor coliseum centered on the gracious Waldron Arena. This arena hosts “AA” rated and local horse shows, training clinics, concerts, rodeos, horse pulls, and sporting events. With a clay base, its natural sand footing provides for a sound experience for riders and horses.
Ault Pavilion
Waldron warm-up area
Indoor – 90’ x 180′
Sand/Clay mix
Reel Arena in the East Complex
Indoor – 120’ x 260’
Kruse Cushion Ride Footing
Jacqueline & George Ohrstrom Jr. • Schooling Ring (Barn 6)
Indoor – 64.6′ x 180′
Sand/Clay mix
Bent Tree Barn • Schooling Ring (Barn 5)
Indoor – 64.6′ x 180′
Dust-free synthetic/sand
The Big Lonely Barn • Schooling Ring (Barn 7)
70′ x 180′
Cruse Cushion Ride Footing
Outdoor Arenas
Moore Arena
Covered – 96′ x 220′
Sand/Clay mix
Isabel de Szinay Complex (AKA The Dee Dee Arena) and The
Rosevelt warm-up Arena
Two arenas combined equal a 58,074 square foot arena
EuroTex footing
100’ x 20’ spectator pavilion
Rosevelt Adjacent Warm-up
EuroTex Footing
Wiley Arena
130′ x 300′
EuroTex Footing
Northern Arena
120′ x 260′
EuroTex Footing
South Campground Schooling
170′ x 170′
Kruse Cushion Ride Footing
Dressage Arena “A”
96′ x 230′
Kruse Cushion Ride Footing
Sandy Gerald Ring
160′ x 230′
Kruse Cushion Ride footing
Wheeler Arena
Lounging – 96′ x 250′
Bluestone base/Natural sand
Tardy Arena
90′ x 250′
EuroTex Footing
East Complex Schooling Ring
Lounging – 96’ x 250’
Kruse Cushion Ride Footing
Barns
Famesgate Barn 1
Sundowner Barn 2
Silverbrook Barn 3
Barn 4
Bent Tree Barn 5 & Arena
Indoor Arena: 64.6′ x 180′
Dust-free synthetic/sand
48 Stalls
Jacqueline & George Orhstrom, Jr. Barn 6
Indoor Arena: 64.6′ x 180′
Sand/Clay mix
The Big Lonely Barn 7
Indoor Arena: 70′ x 180′
Cruse Cushion Ride Footing
49 Stalls
Woods Hill Barn 8
122 Stalls