HORSE ASSOCIATION & TRAIL RIDERS NEWS MICHIGAN TRAIL RIDERS ASSOC., cont. sections have a good start to being cleared for the June rides. Neither rain, snow, nor cold stopped us from the task! Our first scheduled ride is the Blossom ride runs from May 12-16 with a pig roast and potluck planned for May 14. This ride is at South Branch trail camp, no moves to other camps. There are many circle rides and the trail goes west to Curtisville which is a good stop for lunch and then return to camp or heading east towards River Road trail camp. Our first trophy ride of the year is June 2-13 from Oscoda to Empire (east to west). There will be one layover day as we’re not able to access the trail through Mayhem swamp. New steps are being built by MDNR for crossing the Manistee river at Goose Creek. I'm looking forward to seeing them. MTRA website www.MTRA.org lists all of our rides and ride calendars. Also follow us on Facebook at “MTRA friends.”
All of our current forms are on the website. Remember that you have to nominate your horses for year-end awards and all memberships need to be up to date for the current year. Membership applications get sent to Amy Leibold and all other forms for the shows get sent to Emily Wollery. As always please check out our website at www. ohiopinto.net and our Facebook page for the most current and updated information. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of our officers or directors at any time.
PROUD LAKE TRAIL RIDERS ASSOC. Hello Everyone and Happy Spring! We are very excited for the Circle Ride which will take place on Saturday, June 18th. This is our annual ride with KenPinto Horse sington. The ride consists of riding from one Association staging area to the other. It does not matter which one you start at. If you prefer not to of Ohio ride the entire route, just come out and ride PINTO HORSE ASSOCIATION OF OHIO the trails. The ride will begin around 10 am, May brings shedding horses. The weather is so we suggest you roll in and register finally breaking and we are enjoying some around 9am. The cost of the ride will be $10 sunny days here in Ohio. By the time you per rider and lunch will be included at both read this we will have completed our first the Proud Lake staging area, as well as the show of the season. Spring brings looking Kensington staging area. We are also forward to the coming summer and coming offering camping for the weekend. Camping show season. Many of our exhibitors and will be from Friday, June 17th to Sunday, members are setting goals for their show June 19th. The cost of camping is $50 for season as well. Just around the corner is the non members and $40 for members. We will Pinto World Championship show held in be serving breakfast for campers on SatTulsa, Oklahoma from June 13-25. Many of urday morning and there will be a potluck our members are preparing to attend this dinner (we will provide the main dish) on Saturday night. If you would like to register amazing show. News from the PtHA Convention: Ohio for a spot, please contact Nancy Efrusy at had the honor of having two extraordinary efrusy@yahoo.com equines put into the PtHA Hall of Fame. TS We are also very happy to report that we Black Tie Affaire, and Zips Sacred Slipper. have added even more obstacles to our Both horses were exemplary in the show obstacle course. Please come out and give it a try! Absolutely no charge, just enjoy. ring during their careers. If you plan on attending our shows, pre- Proud Lake Trail Riders has been working entries are due one week prior to the show. diligently with the DNR to separate our trails Our next show will be May 20-22 at Fulton from the bikers. A huge hurdle was just County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, Ohio. We accomplished in that the location of the new look forward to seeing everyone there. Also, bike trails has been decided and agreed if you need to register your horse with pinto, upon. The next step will be cutting out the we will have people on the grounds who can trails. Once the trails are separated, there help you with that. will be signs up stating what are horse trails MAY 2022 • C & C PUBLISHING, INC. ©2022 (20)
and what are bike trails. We have been working on this for the past several years and we are thrilled that the park is committed to making this happen. As of right now, the GPS maps have been submitted and we are moving forward. If you encounter bikers on the trails that are not giving the right away to horses, please contact the DNR immediately. If you are able to get photos, please try to. If you would like to join our email list, please email me at efrusy@yahoo.com and also remember to like us on Facebook! Stay safe and keep riding!
ROSE OAKS EQUESTRIAN FRIENDS The rangers have been hard at work with lots more to come this season! The fence in the staging area has been moved to allow for additional parking area. There is one step to be completed and that is the removal of the old fence posts; once that is done there will be spots avail-able on both sides of the staging parking area. The rangers also built two sturdy mounting blocks for everyone to use. This spring will see the addition of 18 tons of material to the low spots on the trails. Keep eyes and ears open for the sound of equipment as they work for our trails! Come out and explore all that Rose Oaks has to offer! Find and join “Rose Oaks Equestrian Friends” on Facebook!
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