Horse Association & Trail Riders News MiCMO KENSINGTON TRAIL RIDERS ASSOC. Welcome Spring! Get ready for a great time this summer. We start the season off with our Spring Fling campout June 2-4 at the Kensington Horse Staging Area off of Martindale Road in Milford. Information on how to register will be circulated through Infoshare and on our Facebook page shortly. We may have a PayPal option for registering on our website www.kensingtontrailriders.org, so please check our website. Saturday night we will hold a potluck and there will be fabulous entertainment, so please be sure and make reservations early. Upcoming in July is the Milford Fourth of July Parade. Decorate yourself and your horse and come join us as we march down Main Street. Because of our insurance company's requirements, you must be a member to ride in the parade with us. If you are interested and would like to become a member, or renew your membership, you can do so on our website or by contacting us through our Facebook page. We hope you can join us for a really good time. Now that the trails are getting clear and you are heading out to ride, I would like to remind folks to stay on the marked horse trails in Kensington. Outside of Kensington, please honor the 'no riding' or 'private property' signs people have posted on their property. If there is a trail you normally go down that is now closed off, please contact us and we will do our best to give you an alternate route. And remember, you can report a trail problem on our website at: www.kensingtontrail riders.org. We would appreciate it if you would help us keep our trails clear. Don't forget to visit our website and like our Facebook page! Happy Trails, until we meet again...
MAYBURY TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION Maybury is in all of her spring glory! The trails are exploding with wild flowers and the new leaves are popping out all over! Come out and ENJOY! A few of us met at Karl’s Cabin May 10th to plan for the upcoming Word in the Woods Ride, the food and atmosphere were GOOD! The service, not so good, waiter must have had a hangnail or something. Upcoming events! NATIONAL TRAILS DAY SATURDAY, JUNE 3rd, 9AM-12 NOON. We are planning to: build a manure pit, set mounting blocks made by the Boy Scouts, and bush whack around the staging area to be able to put up picket lines. Please be sure to register online at: REI.com/Northville or visit https://www. rei.com/event-cart. Bring a water bottle and some gloves. Free shirts, equipment and lunch will be provided and we, ta-da, will provide the muscle power! If you can spare a few hours please meet us at the maintenance building behind the ranger station off of the Beck Road entrance, it should be a fun and productive time! THE WORD IN THE WOODS RIDE, SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH, 10:00am-2:00 pm. We will have hot dogs, chips and POTLUCK! So please bring a dish to pass! Prizes, 50/50 raffle, and a wonderful time with our horses and friends! Meet and register at the new equine staging area around 9-10:00am, ride our beautiful Maybury park in search of cans containing letters to come up with the BEST WORD! Prizes to be awarded by 2:00 p.m., $5.00 DONATION. 20145 Beck Road, Northville, MI 48167. Contact Cris at crispurslow@yahoo.com or call 248-912-5238. Find us online at: www. mayburytrailriders.org or on Facebook.
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MI COMPETITIVE MTD. ORIENTEERING The first official ride of the 2017 Michigan Competitive Mounted Orienteering is under our belts. The Hadley Hills CMO had beautiful weather and competitive riders. On Saturday first place was taken by Brandi Apol on Gracie in just over two hours. The short course, that has five plates to find, was won by Melissa Fox on Legend. On Sunday Brandi was unable to hold onto her top spot, losing it to The Freedom Riders by eighteen minutes. The short course was swept away by Grandma’s Gang which is led by our newly elected president Trudy Reurink and her lovely grandchildren Hunter and Emily. Melissa Fox lost her top spot to the first place finishers by eleven minutes. If you have never done a CMO before it may sound like that is a lot of time between first and second places but when you are out in the woods for a couple of hours hunting for plates, coming in minutes apart is a close race. There will be more chances to win coming up in June with two rides on the schedule. The first weekend in June we will be heading to Silver Creek County Park for a Saturday and Sunday ride. June 16th and 17th we will head back to Ionia State Recreation Area. After not going for a couple of years, it will be nice to get back to this familiar park. There will also be two rides in July with the first one being at Yankee Springs on July 8th and 9th. Two weeks later we will be riding on the other side of the state at Elba Equestrian Complex. For more information on any of these rides, please visit the Saddle Up! Magazine calendar of events or go to our Facebook page. All of the rides will have a practice station set up if you are new to CMO or would like a refresher. The ride managers or any available competitor will help you to learn how best to look for plates in the woods. If you are thinking of joining us for any of the rides, please contact the parks for camping reservations but there is no need to sign up before the day of the ride with the ride manager. Riders are started on a first come, first serve basis in increments of at least 10 minutes. Any riding attire and any breed is welcome. WWW.SADDLEUPMAG.COM