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, Trot Activity.
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:
- Helmets are encouraged
- 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 Trot Activity, 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.
Carolann Sharpe 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 Carolann for additional information about participating in trail maintenance activities. She can be reached at president@trot-md.org.
Please report your trail work hours to Amy, who tracks this information for the state; these hours also help assess park usage.
Calendar
Fundays at Tuckahoe Equestrian Center
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:00am-3:00pm
Tuckahoe Equestrian Center
Alison Schengber Rubenstein: 443-786-7145 or Katherine Shinski: 443-618-9675
Classes: Barrel racing, Big M, Turn N Burn, Crazy 8, Pole Weave, Horseshoe, more classes if requested. Free pizza provided for riders. All levels, disciplines, and ages welcome. Laid back fun days. Negative Coggins required. $30 for the day or $5 a class Tuckahoe Equestrian Center does not rent horses. You must bring your own.
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/events/ for google link to the meeting
Sunday, May 12 Trail Ride…celebrate Mother’s Day with friends and your horse at the NORTH TRACT of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge … for a scenic ride along the dirt roads with Elizabeth and Sandy…there are some gravel areas, so shoes or boots are recommended for tender footed horses … bring a lunch for after at the trailers … per TROT policy, helmets for adults are optional, required for under 18… trailer parking is limited, so trailer pooling is recommended… rsvp for time and directions jacquiecowan@comcast.net / 410-215-4979 … https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/NT%20Internet%20map.pdf
Late morning start time.
MHC PLANS TO HOLD AN EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR FOR OUR INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THIS COMPLEX AREA OF TORT AND CONTRACT LAW. THE TENTATIVE DATE IS MAY 21, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. MHC WILL POST MORE INFORMATION ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGES AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE
Also, come join Anne Arundel County horse lovers at “Horse Talk” gatherings. No membership/no fees. Just come, chat, and
hear a guest speaker or two. The third Tuesday of each month, 7 PM, at Glory Days in Edgewater; run your own tab. See the
Anne Arundel County Horse Network on Facebook or contact Jacquie Cowan (<jacquiecowan@comcast.net> or 410-215-4979).
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/events/ for google link to the meeting