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Location: missouri | Are most of you on this board, members of a riding/saddle club? or one or more breed associations? and why? |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1069
Location: MI. | Yes to two riding associations. They maintain hundreds of designated HORSE trails including the political side of keeping trails open. Yes to three breed associations just because we ended up owning different breeds. |
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Expert
Posts: 2453
Location: Northern Utah | I usually pay dues to Back Country Horsemen, But I rarely attend any of their meetings. Once in a while I will join them for ride. They seem to get access in some areas that I wouldn't be able to access on my own. I do support their efforts to keep trails open and to improve trail heads for horse use. I'm not a big fan of riding in large groups. But as my daughters have grown up it's harder to find friends to ride with. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 350
Location: Newton, NJ | I'm not currently a member, but would love to join up with a club in the NJ, NY, PA area. If there's a group around that would welcome a new rider, please let me know. |
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Veteran
Posts: 114
| I am a member of a local riding club. We have by laws for our group. We have some young members but most are over 50. We have day rides, weekend rides, picinics, and support the local Backcounty Horseman assoc. We have a meeting every month to plan outings, educational sessions, coggins clinics and places we want to ride through out the year. We often have articles in the local paper. It is a good way for people with the common interest of horses to come togather for learning, riding and friendship. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 781
Location: La Cygne, KS | We belong to the Kansas City Regional Missouri Foxtrotter Club. We joined so we could find other gaited horse trail riders to ride with and really enjoy the commardorie of the show people too. Both the show crowd and the trail crowd with this group are very supportive or each others riding disciplines. I have met some great peope through the club and made lots of friends. We attend almost all the scheduled trail rides and we participate in the club show. Weekend trail rides are the best as we get to socialize and share stories around the campfire. Even some show people attned the trail rides so it's a nice varied crowd.
Edited by ponytammy 2010-12-14 12:35 PM
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 781
Location: La Cygne, KS | If you are in the KC area and have a gaited horse (foxtrotter or other breed) or would like to learn more about the club, see KCRFTHA website. You do not have to have a gaited horse or even a horse to be a member. http://www.mofoxtrot.com/kcrftha/
Edited by ponytammy 2010-12-14 12:40 PM
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Regular
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Location: Dublin Ga | I am a member of 2 saddle clubs each club cost 100 dollars a year one club is about 5000 acres has 90 campsites with elec, and water the other club is about 1000 acres and has 50 campsites with hook ups, were building an arena at the second one I dont attend the club rides or the meetings but I do show up for some of the work days, I like it it gives me a place to ride and camp away from the hunters, not bashing hunters I am also a hunter just dont like to ride horses where i know people are hunting. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 648
Location: Coconut Creek, FL | Member of 2 clubs since '95 - the South Fla Trail Riders of Broward County and Dade County, but do more with Broward since I live in that county. We have day rides, about 15 campouts a year, fund raising events, trail work days, parties, meetings, volunteer in the community, etc We've had several members that were city council members (one is currently the Mayor) and that has really worked to our advantage. We have an extensive urban trail system and have gotten the Town of Davie to install 2 bridges over canals linking trails. We are currently doing the 100 miles of Davie trail ride this year, broken up into 12 loops and then get an award for doing all the rides. We have about 6 parks designated as horse parks with trails, trailhead, restrooms, water troughs, wash racks, etc. We have also gotten the nearby town to put in horse trails, a horse park, etc We work with the builders and have gotten them to put in multi-use trails and it really has made a huge difference. We also work with Water Management and local state parks and have built stalls, paddocks, put in water lines, paddocks, etc Both groups have done a tremendous amout of work for the horse community and I'm proud to be a long time member and active one. The state of Fla is chock full of places to ride, not as great a scenery as you have out west, but we have tons of places to ride year round. Just went camping last weekend and have a 10 day trip planned after Christmas. I think it's really important to support the local clubs as well as other ones as being political can help to get things accomplished. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 368
Location: Georgia | It is not exactly a riding club, but I just joined the ACTHA (American Competitive Trail Horse Assoc.) I can't wait for the weather to warm up so me and my pony can start going to the rides. |
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Veteran
Posts: 141
Location: Helena, Ohio | I'm a member of the Ohio Horsemans Council, KMSHA and RMHA. The two breed registrations since I own and breed both and the OHC to help with keeping and building bridle trails in Ohio. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 385
Location: high desert, CA. | Yes, we are members of Equestrian Trails Inc., Corral 138, which is in the Antelope Valley area of So. Calif. We are also members of Lake L.A. Trailriders, which is our neighborhood club, and is mostly just friends from the local township and county. We all go camping, put on Trail Trials, Play days, poker rides, and even shows. If anyone would like to see some of us doing stuff, our website is; etinational.com We have a great group in our local area, and "Corrals" are all over southern, central, and northern California, Nevada, and Ariz. We promote more trails, legislation watch, riding safety, and the equestrian lifestyle.Steve |
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Veteran
Posts: 112
Location: ohio | We used to belong to a local riding club (no longer in existice) and the trail riders took back burner to the show folks. We worked our tails off at the horse shows and when it came time to do a trail ride, it was either too hot or too cold due to the horse shows every month. Now we are members of the Ohio Horse Council but we keep an "at large" membership. We don't do group rides, but we help keep our local trails trimmed up a little each time we ride them. It is much nicer riding with a few friends from time to time. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 368
Location: Georgia | I am member of the Pike County Horse Club and an AQHA member. I have let my membership to APHC expire. Really need to renew it. |
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Veteran
Posts: 157
Location: Perkiomenville, PA | I am a long time member of Circle T Trailriding Club. We have members from your area, and have about 12 weekend or day rides per year, including a one week trip along the Horseshoe Trail. These people are hospitable, experienced, happy go lucky, and host wonderful rides! www.circlettrailriders.com Tell them Eleanor sent you |
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Veteran
Posts: 157
Location: Perkiomenville, PA | I love riding in Florida and have spent a winter in Brooksville. Am looking for a cabin to rent, and horses to ride on good trails, for a few weeks or more this winter - Florida or Arizona were in mind. I train horses, so most folks don't mind my riding theirs, and I am happy to lease. Its easier for me to do that than to haul my living quarters and a horse who is NE PA furry - doesn't work all that well. Any ideas? |
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Expert
Posts: 1871
Location: NY | I belong to the new york state horse council |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 326
Location: Gallatin, TN | We belonged to two different saddle clubs over the years and the only activity was showing, no club trail rides. That was fine and we enjoyed it except for the fact we ride Racking and Walking horses and we seemed to be a bother to most of the non-gaited members of the club. They were happy to see us on work days but on ride nights all we we heard were complaints about how every class is alike and we really only need one class. At the end of the season saddles were given to high point riders in non-gaited events and we were told if we wanted to give a saddle in the gaited events we would have to raise the money ourselves. Keep in mind we paid the same dues as other riders. Anyway, it didn't take long before both these clubs lost us and many of the other gaited riders. I guess that made them happy and now all we do is trail ride which has made us happy. Maybe I need to send out a few thank you notes! LOL |
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Veteran
Posts: 231
Location: Illinois | Use to belong to one...very disorganized..to many chiefs and not enough indians...when it came time to "do anything" the grumbling was enormous. too much conflict with the "show" peeps and trail riders... the officers were not open to new ideas / options for fund raisers and weren't all that interested in deligating responsibilities ( they want all the credit) so in the end it basically dissolved. I recently join the ACTHA..I am hoping for a better experience. I would very much like to see another local riding club start up but I wouldn't know where or how to start. |
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Expert
Posts: 2828
Location: Southern New Mexico | I used to be a member of the South Texas Trail Riders but haven't joined any clubs since moving to NM. I miss the rides and having someone besides my kids to ride with. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 368
Location: Georgia | Terri,
You can go on the ACTHA website (www.actha.us) and join the Trail Rider Community for free (You do no have to be a member of ACTHA). It provides a list of trail riders in your area. You might find a riding buddy or two. |
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Veteran
Posts: 179
Location: Illinois | We belong to one, My husband and I. Can't find anyone to ride with around here. If their buddies don't go no one will ride. So we just go ourselves and enjoy it. And besides that they stop every 1/2 hr. for and hour break. |
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Veteran
Posts: 214
Location: lyle,mn | Belong to different saddle clubs. One club is slowly die-ing(sp?) THe only we do is put on one show every year. The other club we joined because they have trails ride during the summer and in then fall there is trail ride almost every weekend starting in Sept thru Oct. Nice group of people and every family orientated. |
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Expert
Posts: 3853
Location: Vermont | Nope...just the USEF and USDF because it's required to compete... |
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Expert
Posts: 1205
Location: Arkansas | AQHA, Backcountry Horsemen, Arkansas Horse Council, Arkansas Trail Riders Association, ACTHA...... I wouldn't exactly refer to them as riding clubs, more of associations.......mostly trying to support horse trail/outdoor experience/horse & mule trail and public land access..... |
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Member
Posts: 13
Location: All around the globe | member of American Spotted Saddle Horses Of Lower East Side but most of time just go by our initials - lots of members all non dues paying. well, that's Horace Hockey |
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Member
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Location: All around the globe | my e-mails asked which city lower east side we were in. Our initials - A._._.H.O.L.E.S. - members all around the world-you may know some and may be one yourself Horace Hockey |
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