Calendar

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

May
29
Mon
Memorial Day Ride to American Legion on May 29th- location TK
May 29 all-day

Memorial Day Ride to American Legion on May 29th

Contact Carolann Sharpe at blackandwhitecookie@yahoo.com for ride time and meet-up location

Dress in red white and blue

 

May
30
Tue
Lauren Nicholson Clinic, Wardeca (Laytonsville)
May 30 all-day

Lauren Nicholson Clinic, Wardeca (Laytonsville)

see wardeca.com for more details

Jun
7
Wed
TROT Business Meeting
Jun 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 830 3145 8057
Passcode: 543609
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Meeting ID: 830 3145 8057
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Jun
13
Tue
Union Mills Trail Ride June 13th
Jun 13 all-day

Union Mills Trail Ride May 9th

Contact Tracy McCommon at 407-579-7989 to RSVP and for meet location and time

Please plan on bringing a dish to share afterwards and wear a helmet.

Jun
17
Sat
Mountain Trail Challenge, Double C Farm (Clarksburg)
Jun 17 all-day

Mountain Trail Challenge, Double C Farm (Clarksburg)

see doublecfarm.net for more details

Mountain Trail Play Day at Double C Farm (Clarksburg) @ Double C Farm
Jun 17 all-day

Mountain Trail Play Day at Double C Farm (Clarksburg)

see doublecfarm.net for more info

Jun
20
Tue
Attend a Wendy Murdoch Clinic at Good News Stable in Boyds MD @ Good News Stable
Jun 20 all-day
Good News Stable is hosting Wendy Murdoch clinics on the following dates in 2023:
Tuesday February 28
Tuesday March 28
Tuesday May 2
Tuesday June 20

The clinic lessons can be done in several ways:

  • You can ride and have your lesson on horseback, and/or have Wendy use the Sure Foot pads on your horse.
  • You can have unmounted body work done by Wendy (Functional Integration Feldenkraiss)
  • You can do a session on Wendy’s instructive horse simulator-it’s like a big, rolling, rocking horse that only is evenly balanced and moving properly when your seat and body are correct.
    • The simulator is quite popular as it  really highlights any rider body imbalances and facilitates corrections to the riders position.
    • NOTE: **If using the simulator, please bring your riding helmet, as well as your saddle with stirrups attached.**

Each private session is 45 minutes long.

The cost for any session in the clinic is $160 for Good News boarders and $170 to non-boarders.  Checks should be made payable to Good News Stable.

Please text Caroline Jordan on 301 424-4562 if you are interested in having a lesson with Wendy.

Anne Arundel County horse lovers at “Horse Talk” gatherings @ Glory Days in Edgewater
Jun 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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 ( or 410-215-4979).

Jun
26
Mon
Woodstock Inn Trail Ride
Jun 26 all-day

Woodstock Inn Ride

Contact Carolann Sharpe at blackandwhitecookie@yahoo.com for details on time and meet-up location

Jul
5
Wed
TROT Business Meeting
Jul 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 830 3145 8057
Passcode: 543609
If your phone does not show the complete zoom URL you can try:
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,83031458057#,,,,*543609# US (Washington DC)
+16465588656,,83031458057#,,,,*543609# US (New York)
Dial by your location
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
Meeting ID: 830 3145 8057
Passcode: 543609
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kz2JmjQ2t