The Old Dominion No Frills ride will be TWO DAYS this year! Friday, April 25th, and Saturday, April 26th.
Time to get your horses ready for this really incredible opening season ride. Gorgeous scenery, challenging trails, beautiful mountains, lots of social fun at ridecamp, and a guaranteed cornucopia of weather sure to make your ride a memorable one to tell about for years to come.
Entry forms are already online at: http://www.olddominionrides.org/
We'll see you at John Crandell and Ann Mebane’s farm in Star Tannery, VA in April!
Monday, 3 March 2014
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
PS: Bar H ride postponed
Due to deteriorating weather, the 2-day Bar H ride in Gavilan Hills, California has been postponed to April 5-6.
For more information on the Bar H ride, see
http://xprides.com/rides/bar-h/
For more information on the Bar H ride, see
http://xprides.com/rides/bar-h/
W: Tevis Fun Ride
July 4th- 6th, 2014
Join us for a weekend of fun on the Western States Trail at Foresthill, CA
Two trail options to choose from: a 20- mile one-way ride on the California Street WS trail, or a 12- mile out
and back ride to Michigan Bluff.
Enjoy camaraderie, spectacular summer flowers, and gorgeous views along the trail. Participate in the hands on clinics that will be ongoing throughout both Saturday and Sunday as well as the possibility of winning a100 Mile Western States Trail Ride entry.
Your $50 donation will include all of the above as well as helping the WSTF with trail maintenance and
improvements on the Western States Trail.
Contact: Western States Trail Foundation
Terryl Reed (530) 852-2111, hraflame@hotmail.com
Join us for a weekend of fun on the Western States Trail at Foresthill, CA
Two trail options to choose from: a 20- mile one-way ride on the California Street WS trail, or a 12- mile out
and back ride to Michigan Bluff.
Enjoy camaraderie, spectacular summer flowers, and gorgeous views along the trail. Participate in the hands on clinics that will be ongoing throughout both Saturday and Sunday as well as the possibility of winning a100 Mile Western States Trail Ride entry.
Your $50 donation will include all of the above as well as helping the WSTF with trail maintenance and
improvements on the Western States Trail.
Contact: Western States Trail Foundation
Terryl Reed (530) 852-2111, hraflame@hotmail.com
Friday, 7 February 2014
W: Mariposa Run For the Gold
http://www.aerc.org/Calendar/2014RunForTheGold.pdf
The Mariposa “Run for the Gold” Endurance Ride is back by popular demand and dedicated to the memory of Richard Theodore who passed away August 27, 2010. “Rich” was born in Oakland, CA on October 30, 1935 and moved to Mariposa in 1977 after riding the Mariposa “Run for the Gold” Endurance Ride in 1976. His family was responsible for the ride being held from 1998 until 2008.
Rich loved riding his horses and was active with the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC), the Western States
Trail Foundation (TEVIS), the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Posse, Mariposa Pioneer Wagon Train, Mariposa County 4-H, Mariposa Mountain Riders, California State Horsemen’s Association, and the North American Trail Ride Conference
(NATRC).
The Rich Theodore Memorial Mariposa “Run for the Gold” 25 or 50 mile Endurance Ride is set for May 31, 2014, in the AERC West Region of California and will be hosted by the Mariposa Mountain Riders. There is also a 15 Mile FUN Ride
for those who want to experience endurance riding at a beginner’s level. This is a picturesque ride that consists of trails and fire break roads along ranches and U.S. Forestry land heavy with growths of pine, cedar, oak trees and Manzanita in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of Mariposa County. It has many panoramic views, some into Yosemite National Park. The trails have been rerouted and will not be as difficult as in the past. Elevations vary from 3800 feet to 5000 feet.
Base Camp opens for overnight camping on Thursday, May 29th for an additional $5.00 camp fee. Ride Entry fees include
overnight camping from Friday May 30st to Sunday June 1st and will be on the Circle 9 Ranch, a historic working ranch in
Jerseydale, about 10 miles northeast of the town of Mariposa.
Join us Friday at 6 pm for a “Bring Your Own Meat BBQ” with all the other meal trimmings and desert provided by the
Mariposa Mountain Riders for a $5.00 donation. Raffle tickets will also be sold Friday by the Mariposa Mountain Riders,
and all raffle prize winners will be announced at that night’s dinner. Bring your own chair and join us around the campfire for horse stories, cowboy poetry, and friendly folklore.
An awards banquet will be held on Saturday, June 1st. This function will close out the 25/50 Mile Endurance Ride with an
awards presentation which will include 1st in each category, Top Ten, and Best Overall Condition. All competitors completing the 25 or 50 Mile Ride will receive a commemorative award and, of course, a delicious BBQ Chicken dinner.
Additional awards banquet tickets can be purchased for $15.00 each. All entrants that finish the FUN Ride with receive a
certificate of completion. After the awards presentation, join us for more fun around the campfire.
This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend for the love of endurance riding, horses, and Rich
Theodore. For further information on the ride or entry forms, please go to the AERC website ride calendar at:
www.aerc.org/ or
contact:
Jane Smith, Ride Manager
Home Phone: 209-966-4003
or
Becky Hackworth, Ride Secretary
bechack@yahoo.com
Cell Phone: 599-760-6036
More:
http://www.aerc.org/Calendar/2014RunForTheGold.pdf
The Mariposa “Run for the Gold” Endurance Ride is back by popular demand and dedicated to the memory of Richard Theodore who passed away August 27, 2010. “Rich” was born in Oakland, CA on October 30, 1935 and moved to Mariposa in 1977 after riding the Mariposa “Run for the Gold” Endurance Ride in 1976. His family was responsible for the ride being held from 1998 until 2008.
Rich loved riding his horses and was active with the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC), the Western States
Trail Foundation (TEVIS), the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Posse, Mariposa Pioneer Wagon Train, Mariposa County 4-H, Mariposa Mountain Riders, California State Horsemen’s Association, and the North American Trail Ride Conference
(NATRC).
The Rich Theodore Memorial Mariposa “Run for the Gold” 25 or 50 mile Endurance Ride is set for May 31, 2014, in the AERC West Region of California and will be hosted by the Mariposa Mountain Riders. There is also a 15 Mile FUN Ride
for those who want to experience endurance riding at a beginner’s level. This is a picturesque ride that consists of trails and fire break roads along ranches and U.S. Forestry land heavy with growths of pine, cedar, oak trees and Manzanita in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of Mariposa County. It has many panoramic views, some into Yosemite National Park. The trails have been rerouted and will not be as difficult as in the past. Elevations vary from 3800 feet to 5000 feet.
Base Camp opens for overnight camping on Thursday, May 29th for an additional $5.00 camp fee. Ride Entry fees include
overnight camping from Friday May 30st to Sunday June 1st and will be on the Circle 9 Ranch, a historic working ranch in
Jerseydale, about 10 miles northeast of the town of Mariposa.
Join us Friday at 6 pm for a “Bring Your Own Meat BBQ” with all the other meal trimmings and desert provided by the
Mariposa Mountain Riders for a $5.00 donation. Raffle tickets will also be sold Friday by the Mariposa Mountain Riders,
and all raffle prize winners will be announced at that night’s dinner. Bring your own chair and join us around the campfire for horse stories, cowboy poetry, and friendly folklore.
An awards banquet will be held on Saturday, June 1st. This function will close out the 25/50 Mile Endurance Ride with an
awards presentation which will include 1st in each category, Top Ten, and Best Overall Condition. All competitors completing the 25 or 50 Mile Ride will receive a commemorative award and, of course, a delicious BBQ Chicken dinner.
Additional awards banquet tickets can be purchased for $15.00 each. All entrants that finish the FUN Ride with receive a
certificate of completion. After the awards presentation, join us for more fun around the campfire.
This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend for the love of endurance riding, horses, and Rich
Theodore. For further information on the ride or entry forms, please go to the AERC website ride calendar at:
www.aerc.org/ or
contact:
Jane Smith, Ride Manager
Home Phone: 209-966-4003
or
Becky Hackworth, Ride Secretary
bechack@yahoo.com
Cell Phone: 599-760-6036
More:
http://www.aerc.org/Calendar/2014RunForTheGold.pdf
Sunday, 26 January 2014
SE: Broxton Bridge
Greetings Riders! We know the weather has been very chilly this winter - but we are going into a warming trend. Please come join us at Broxton Bridge Plantation at Ehrhardt, South Carolina, on January 31-Feb 1 for a 25/50/75/100 on Friday or 25/50/75 on Saturday.
If we receive your entries (online) by Monday morning January 27 at 8 am, we will waive ALL late fees!
Fore more information, see
http://www.rideentry.org/Broxton/
If we receive your entries (online) by Monday morning January 27 at 8 am, we will waive ALL late fees!
Fore more information, see
http://www.rideentry.org/Broxton/
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
MT: Ft Meade Remount
July 29-31, 2014The Ft. Meade Remount Endurance Ride, sanctioned by the American Endurance Rider's Conference, started in 2007. The idea for the ride at this site came from my mom, Millie Humphrey, an avid horse and mule rider who rode cavalry horses in this area in the 1940s. Anyone who loves history will love riding The Remount.
We are excited to share this accessible, beautiful and historic location with you. Each year our goal is to provide a safe, interesting, well-marked, and challenging ride where riders believe they receive support from ride management and veterinarians.
The ride takes place at the Fort Meade Recreation Area, located in the Black Hills near Sturgis, South Dakota. The 6,693 acres of forest and grassland in the recreation area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Numerous historic structures are along the trail or visible from the trail. Riders will have access to the Fort Meade Cavalry Museum, Bear Butte State Park, Fort Meade Post Cemetery and the Black Hills National Cemetery (called the Arlington of the West). Eleven miles of the 111 mile Centennial Trail (Interagency National Recreation Trail) run through this recreation area. We also utilize Bear Butte State Park, City of Sturgis, Fort Meade Veteran's Administration, National Forest Service, State of South Dakota and private land for this ride.
RIDE CAMP is located at Alkali Creek Trailhead, approximately l/2 mile from Interstate 90 at Exit 34. The elevation is 3,450 feet. While Sturgis, Interstate 90 and Highway 34 are adjacent to the ride area, this land is pristine and very natural. It has an abundance of grass, pine, oak, fruit bushes, sand rock outcroppings, deer, birds, packed dirt trails and natural water. There are very few irritating bugs.
TRAILS We utilize the Centennial Trail, other single-track and double-track trails, pasture, dirt roads, and some gravel roads. Footing is good. We recommend shoes or boots on day 2.
PHOTOGRAPHER Paschal and Deb Karl (Karl Creations) will be taking photos during the ride. They will be available for purchase.
VETERINARIANS Our 2009 veterinarian team will be back for 2011. Head vet is Leon Self DVM from the Central Region. Our other two vets are also experienced endurance vets: Liz Boos DVM and Irina Weese DVM, both from the Mountain Region.
RULES All rules of the AERC and the Fort Meade Recreation Area will be enforced by ride management. No metal detectors are allowed in this area. Hay MUST be certified weed free. We will have CWF grass hay available but please let me know at least one week in advance if you need hay and number of bales. There is plentiful grazing in and around camp. All riders and volunteers must sign a liability waiver. Juniors must wear approved helmets.
You may bring your dogs but NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED OFF LEASH ON THE FORT MEADE RECREATION AREA. No dogs will be allowed at meals or meeting.
CAMPING We will utilize Alkali Creek Campground and Alkali Creek Horse Camp as well as grassy areas along the Byway. We will have someone direct you to a suitable area. You may tie your horses or put up small corrals or electric corrals. These campgrounds are grassy, have vault toilets, potable water, trees, covered eating area, dumpsters, and a seasonal creek. PLAN TO RECYCLE GLASS, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM, TIN, CARDBOARD, AND NEWSPAPER. Manure will be put into a manure spreader. Muck buckets and wheelbarrows will be available.
MEALS Snacks and drinks will be provided at Thursday night's ride meeting, which will be held at the Fort Meade Cavalry Museum. The trolley will be available for riders who do not wish to drive to the meeting. Friday and Saturday evening meals will be catered and are included in your ride entry. Please let us know if you are bringing guests so we can supply the caterer with an approximate number of meals. Restaurants and grocery stores as well as a liquor store are two miles from camp in Sturgis. I encourage you to patronize businesses in Sturgis. We can have bonfires every night.
EMERGENCY Cell phone service is available in camp and on the majority of the trail. We will supply you with important numbers. Excellent surgical/veterinary facilities as well as a hospital/clinic/ER are available in Sturgis if needed.
PLANNING Please let me know if you are coming. It is helpful if we have all information so we can start putting it in the computer before the ride.
AMENITIES We have made arrangements for you to take showers and check your e-mail at a local campground for a nominal fee.
VOLUNTEERS We love our volunteers. Most of them help us every year and many are children who love horses. We appreciate smiles and kind words, since that is the only payment for helping you and your horse.
For more information see:
http://www.ftmeaderemount.com/
Saturday, 4 January 2014
CT: 2014 Texas Bluebonnet Classic
1/4/2014
The Texas Bluebonnet Classic has been sanctioned for April 26, 2014 at the LBJ Grasslands, Decatur, TX as usual. We will only have a 25/50 this year but will have the AHA Region 9 50 mile Championship. Also, the 25 & 50 are sanctioned not only by AERC but as AHA local rides for those that ride for sweepstakes points.
We are in need of a ride secretary as I won't do both ride manager and secretary. So, if you feel inclined to step up and volunteer for this position; please send me an e-mail. All volunteers for ride day would be greatly appreciated and fed.
For more information see:
http://aerconline.org/erol/Calendar/RideDetails.asp?rideID=6252
The Texas Bluebonnet Classic has been sanctioned for April 26, 2014 at the LBJ Grasslands, Decatur, TX as usual. We will only have a 25/50 this year but will have the AHA Region 9 50 mile Championship. Also, the 25 & 50 are sanctioned not only by AERC but as AHA local rides for those that ride for sweepstakes points.
We are in need of a ride secretary as I won't do both ride manager and secretary. So, if you feel inclined to step up and volunteer for this position; please send me an e-mail. All volunteers for ride day would be greatly appreciated and fed.
For more information see:
http://aerconline.org/erol/Calendar/RideDetails.asp?rideID=6252
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