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
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/events/ for google link to the meeting
For more info https://www.facebook.com/share/1BuWr1vuuo/
From facebook: We are very excited to be having our fourth annual weekend trail ride this year. The ride will be at The Historic Sotterley at 44300 Sotterley Lane Hollywood, MD 20636. We will have our poker run on Sunday and some lucky rider will take home 250.00 cash!! We will be providing Crab dinner on Friday, Buffet dinner on Saturday, pastries and coffee Saturday and Sunday morning and lunch Saturday and Sunday. All meals while at the event are provided by SMQHA and it’s sponsors. Also our Easter Egg Hunt Sunday morning with prizes to top three egg finders! After dinner on Saturday evening live music for fun time with friends and family! Free drawings throughout the weekend!!
Trail Ride through the spectacular grounds of I Am Historic Sotterley. A marked 9mile trail follows beautiful historical sites, the Patuxent River, wooded forest and many open fields. The terrain is flat: horseshoes are generally not required. Each rider can proceed at his/her own pace. Shorter and longer loops are also available.
All Breeds are welcome!
Limited Registration to 100 trailers and Pre-Reservation Only- Must pre-register no later than March 30, 2024
Weekend Ride Package- $100.00
Contact Meagan McDermott boardmember04@trot-md.org if interested
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/events/ for google link to the meeting
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/events/ for google link to the meeting
Details and exact times will be finalized closer to the event.
Sunday Jun 22, 2025 ⋅ 10am – 4pm (Eastern Time – New York)