61st M.S.M.A. Pony Express Ride

June 9, 10 & 11, 2023

Osceola Posse Grounds, 21940 6 Mile Rd., Reed City, MI 49677 st The 61 Annual Pony Express Ride is being co-hosted this year by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Posse, and the Otsego County Mounted Division. The ride is also being sponsored by the Michigan Sheriff’s Mounted Association. The Pony Express ride is being held at the Osceola Posse Grounds, 21940 6 Mile Road, Reed City, Michigan 49677.

The Pony Express Ride has been held annually since 1962. Since it began, hundreds of officers have carried thousands of Pony Express Letters along designated routes across Michigan just as years ago, brave riders carried the mail across the west. This nd event is held on the 2 Saturday in June, proclaimed by the Governor as Pony Express Day.

Mounted Police Officers are getting ready to saddle up and head over to Reed City for this year’s Pony Express Ride. The Michigan Sheriff’s Mounted Association sponsors this annual event. Each year it is hosted by a Michigan county and officers from across the state bring their horses to participate. The State Association is currently made up of eleven Michigan counties and has approximately 175 members. It is open to all Michigan counties to join.

Each year the State Association chooses a recipient to raise money for, usually to help with medical expenses. This year’s recipient is a 14 year old boy from Gaylord, Michigan who has been fighting a rare form of cancer

We raise money for our recipient by selling Pony Express letters. We have special commemorative stationary and envelopes for people to write their own letters to friends, family, etc., then they give the letters back to us with a small donation. The letters then become part of the annual event. They are then carried by horse and rider along a route and handed off to another horse and rider until they reach the route end. After the mail carry, the letters are hand cancelled with a commemorative stamp. Afterwards they continue on their way through the USPS mail service.

We also raise money throughout the weekend with silent auctions and bag raffles, with items donated by local merchants, as well as private citizens. Craft items, merchandise, gift cards, services, etc. All donations are welcome. 100% of money raised goes to this year’s recipient.

The mail carry will be held on June 10 starting at 7am following routes across Osceola County. At 1pm there will be an ALL HORSE PARADE through the town of Reed City The recipient and his family will also be included in the parade, riding in a horse drawn vehicle. It is impressive to see so many horses and officers in uniforms and parade gear riding through town!

Following the parade there will be a speed horse show at the posse grounds where riders compete in “friendly” competition against other officers and counties.

Everyone is welcome to come watch the parade and horse show. Come meet the police officers and see all their horses.

There is no charge and we hope you’ll come and see us!

Pony Express letters can be written until the first week of June. If you would like to send a letter, please contact Vicki Reinhardt at 231.833.0123 or Nadia Kidder at 989.858.0935 and we can get it to you or put you in touch with someone closer to you. They can also be written at the Osceola Posse grounds June 7, 8 and 9. Just ask anybody camped there. If you would like to donate something you made or merchandise for our auctions to help with medical expenses, please give us a call and we will arrange for pick up.

Plan to come and spend the day with us, meet the officers and their horses, send a letter by “Pony Express” and cheer for your favorite horse in the horse show Hope to see you there!

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