Trail Rides
Please come out to enjoy a TROT trail ride and consider leading a ride yourself! TROT trail rides are fun and a great opportunity to learn new trails, meet other TROT members, and find a new trail riding buddy. To lead a ride, contact our trail ride coordinator, Barbara Sollner-Webb.
To participate in a scheduled ride:
- Contact the ride leader to sign-up and learn the ride’s starting time and other details.
- If a ride is postponed or cancelled, the ride leader will notify you.
- Check the TROT website and TROT and Maryland Trail Riders listservs for the most current ride information.
- All ride participants:
- Must wear helmets
- Provide appropriate documentation of current negative Coggins test for the horse, in compliance with Maryland state law.
- Be a TROT member – One-day TROT memberships are available at the ride for $5
If you need a ride to the event or can offer one, please email Barbara Sollner-Webb, so that this information can be included in an upcoming newsletter, or contact the ride leader.
Trail Maintenance
Anytime you are on a trail ride and if safe to do so, you can perform trail maintenance by clipping branches that impede passageway along a trail. In addition, you can participate in scheduled trail maintenance days.
Amy Kimble is the TROT Adopt-A-Trail coordinator and she has challenged all TROT members to perform two hours of trail maintenance a year. Please contact Amy for additional information about participating in trail maintenance activities. She can be reached at 301-748-8310 or amyhkimble@aol.com.
Please report your trail work hours to Amy, who tracks this information for the state; these hours also help assess park usage.
Calendar
Contact Laurey Lobel for location and time.
Meeting starts at 7PM, potluck dinner at 6PM. See newsletter for location and details
The League of Maryland Horsemen (LOMH) invites you to join them on October 5-7, 2018, for a fun-filled weekend of camping,
food, fellowship, and riding on the beautiful trails in Patapsco State Park. The cost is $30 for adults, $15 for youth 6-12 years old for
the 6 meals (Friday dinner through Sunday lunch with Saturday’s dinner a potluck where the meat and drinks are provided); the
camping fees are $12/site or $15 with electric. The shaded camp ground at LOMH has a clubhouse, electric hookups, and
bathroom facilities with hot showers. The terrain in the park varies from hilly with rocks to level with soft footing. Patapsco State
Park offers some of the best riding in the Mid-Atlantic region. QUESTIONS? Contact Joyce at 410-820-6002 or Valerie at
410-922-5053. More information about LOMH is available at <www.leagueofmarylandhorsemen.com>.
[Rain date Saturday, October 20.] A lovely park (see write-up for May 24 ride). We will
have an all-walk and a faster group, about a 2 hour ride, and then a pot-luck lunch.
TROT members are invited to join with the Chesapeake
Plantation Walking Horse Club (CPWHC), which has booked the barn at Fair Hill NRMA for a horse camping weekend! Great trail riding and camping, and a well-organized weekend, since CPWHC has been doing these Fair Hill camping weekends for many years. Fair Hill offers almost 6000 acres of beautiful rolling countryside and 80 miles of trails through the woods and along the Big Elk River. Their large stalls are matted and safe for the horse, and around the barns is very nice #eld camping for the people (a limited number of spots have electric hookup) – and there are real bathrooms with hot showers. Also, hotels are close by for those who do not camp. Sign up early!
Sweet Air (Gunpowder Falls State Park) Baldwin, MD
Sweet Air is one of the most popular riding areas in Gunpowder Falls State Park with multiple trails and access from local boarding facilities. The pace of this ride will be walk- trot and the length is 2 hours. There is trailer parking in a field and a picnic table. Along the trail there are some muddy spots as well as a few rocky areas so boots or shoes are recommended. The trail will go through fields, wooded areas, past farms and may have some water crossings. If the trails are wet, the park will close the area to riders so we will be confirming one or two days before. Please contact Bianca Paterakis at 443-340-4036 biancavanhorn@me.com to register and get ride time. Helmet and current Coggins required. Bring your lunch and a chair if you would like to stay afterwards. The address to use for your GPS is 2840 Dalton-Brevard Rd, Baldwin, MD 21013. Dalton-Brevard Road is a short gravel road. When you get to the end and see the gate and sign for the dog training facilities, turn right and drive up onto the field for trailer parking.
Contact Laurey Lobel for location and time.