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
Ride—Contact Meaghan McDermott at
boardmember04@trot-md.org for more details
*Carolann has confirrmed with high tide farm a pony swim for trot. Aug 9th. Typically 3pm ish. We need 15 riders for it to be a private.
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When
Saturday Aug 9, 2025 ⋅ 3pm – 6pm (Eastern Time – New York)
Location
High Tide Farm on the Magothy River, 5101 Mountain Rd, Pasadena, MD 21122, USA
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Please join EPIC for a trail ride on Saturday, July 19th at 9:00 AM! Explore the trails in the Breezy Loop Complex with Equestrian Partners in Conservation (EPIC). EPIC’s Breezy Loop Complex features six connected trails, varying in length from one to five miles, beginning at the Potomac Pony Club field in Boyds, MD. This 13-mile trail system offers stream crossings, shady wooded paths, rolling fields, and scenic views.
https://epicmontgomery.org/sign-up-for-a-trail-ride
September 20 … 13th annual SADDLIN’ UP for BREAST CANCER TRAIL EVENT at
Tuckahoe State Park Call Jacquie Cowan at 410-215-4979 or email jacquiecowan@comcast.net
for additional info or visist www.saddlinupforbreastcancer.org **Tuckahoe State Park is an Eastern
Shore anomaly with hills!!!! It also has stream crossings, bridges, varied flora and wildlife. Here is the
link for a trail map https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Documents/Tuckahoe/TSP_TrailMap.pdf