Equine Facilities

To see availability of Fairground facilities, check the Booking Calendar linked on this page below.

Select a date and time that you would like to book for your activity

Fill in the information required on the Booking Form below (digital form or PDF). Please note that BADAS requires a qualified coach to be present for all Cross-Country Course schooling and related jumping activities. Riders may NEVER ride alone, and at least one person on the course must be equipped with a cell phone in case of emergency.

BADAS requires that at least one, and sometimes two, people be designated as the Person(s) Responsible (PR) – see definition adapted from Equine Canada on the Booking Form. For most events, the coach will be considered as the PR, assuming responsibility for the riders, horses and facilities under her/his care and control. For larger events, an Alternate PR may also be identified to assume responsibility for all aspects of the booked event that do not directly involve horse-rider training activities, including respectful use of the facilities.

Fill out the booking form online or by downloading the PDF. If submitting PDF copy, once completed and signed, send the Booking Form, scanned as a PDF document (no jpg images please), to a BADAS Booking Agent to finalize the booking.

• No scanner! Download the free app Adobe Scan for either iOS or Android devices.
• Email address for bookings – bookings@beaumontagsociety.com.
• BADAS Booking Agents – General Manager Bruce Walker (780-983-7525) or Alternate
  Amberly Billings (780-984-2009).
• Once approved, the booking will be added to the Booking Calendar and a confirmation email will be sent. Details about visiting the Fairgrounds, waivers, payments, signing in, access (opening/closing the gate), and other info will be included with the reply.

General Information

• Anyone entering the Beaumont & District Agricultural Society (BADAS) Fairground MUST HAVE permission to do so.
  • For gardeners, this means having registered and paid the fees to rent a plot(s) for the season.
  • For equine users, this means having booked a time slot to use either the Cross-Country Course and/or sand-ring arenas.
• Comply with Alberta Health Services public health orders for isolation if you are symptomatic or have recently traveled abroad or tested positive for COVID-19. In other words, STAY HOME if you or anyone in your household is sick, especially with respiratory issues.
• For more information please reference COVID-19 info for Albertans.

Fairground Access

• Starting July 01, the main gates will NOT be unlocked in the morning and re-locked at night.
  
• The combination code for the gate locks will be distributed to gardeners and the Person Responsible (PR) for equine groups using the Fairground facilities. To open the combination lock, dial in the combination code, depress the shackle into the lock to release it before pulling the lock open.
• If you or your group have permission to use the Fairground, unlock a gate (west gate used most often), and make sure that the panels are secured in an open position. NOTE: Even a light wind can move a panel if it is not secured either by a stone or wooden prop, or by chaining it in the open position to a post so positioned for that purpose.
• If you are the last person/group to leave the Fairground, please re-lock the gates using the supplied chain and lock. Scramble the combination numbers before firmly pressing the shackle into the lock – make sure that it is truly locked before you leave.

While at the Fairground

• Even though AHS guidelines regarding physical distancing and sanitizing common surfaces were lifted for outdoor activities as of July 01, we recommend that Fairground users continue to maintain physical distancing of 2 m (6 ft) among individuals/family cohorts and wash hands often. Be advised that protocols could be rolled back by Alberta Health Services should the need arise again.

Follow-Up

This has been and continues to be a ‘learn-as-we-go’ experience for BADAS. Changes to the protocol will be made if AHS and/or the cities of Beaumont and Edmonton change public health orders.

It is a privilege to use the Beaumont and District Agricultural Society Fairgrounds. In response to observed abuse of this privilege, the Society has now adopted this Abusive Patrons Policy.

The Beaumont and District Agricultural Society reserves the right to sanction at its complete discretion any User who abuses the privilege of using the Fairgrounds.

Failure to comply with the following actions is considered an abusive of the privilege:

1. gain permission to use Fairgrounds;
2. pay fees associated with use of Fairgrounds;
3. hold valid insurance for all animals brought on to the Fairgrounds;
4. control the behaviour of animals brought on to the Fairgrounds;
5. exhibit dangerous or disrespectful behaviours dangerous to self or others; and,
6. any other actions that the Society deems an abuse of the privilege.

The Society will implement the following or other sanctions as it deems appropriate:

1. provide a verbal or written warning to cease an abusive action;
2. place the User’s name on a list for consideration of further sanction;
3. fine the User or increase facility fees for that User; and,
4. suspend the User’s privilege until further notice.