07-24-2011

29 Highway 8
Deary, ID

Affiliate Contact Information

Name: Steve Taylor
email: [email protected]
Phone: (208) 882-5578
URL: www.appaloosamuseum.org

Sign up now! Registration for this ride closes at 5:00 PM CST on 07/22/2011. ($20 fee for late registrations)

PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER ONLINE TO PARTICIPATE. If you need assistance in signing up, please call the affiliate listed above.

You`ll be riding the beautiful rolling hills of the Palouse country. The Pony Club facility is on George Hatley`s ranch property just East of Deary, Idaho. It`s a terrific, horse-oriented campgrounds. On the ride you`ll have scenic vistas and timber trails (or logging roads) at an elevation of approximately 3,000 feet.

There are 60 open stalls/pens (not covered) available on a first-come, first-served basis. No hook-ups are available, but restrooms and showers are a short walk from the main camp. There are water hydrants and tanks for horse water.

There is a main camp shelter with full kitchen and this is the gathering place for meals and meetings.

This ride is a joint fund-raising effort on behalf of the Latah County Mounted Sheriff`s Posse and the Appaloosa Museum.

There`s a "Ride the West with ACTHA" CTC at Nine Mile Falls, Washington, on Saturday morning. We encourage you to go there, then drive on down to Deary, Idaho, for our Sunday morning CTC. We`ll be having a darned good dinner and some darned good music Saturday evening!

Agenda:

Check-in: Saturday evening or Sunday a.m. before 8:00

Breakfast: 7:00 a.m.

Rider`s briefing: 8:00 a.m.

Ride out: 9:00 a.m.

Trail time: 2 - 2 1/2 hours, 6-7 miles

Awards: as soon as results are tabulated

Menu:

Saturday evening dinner is a fund-raiser for the Sheriff`s Posse and Appaloosa Museum, so it will be good.

Sunday morning continental breakfast.

Photographer:

A local photographer will be at the ride to take everyone`s pictures on trail.

Ride Information:

Entries limited to first 100. Great prizes for 1st - 6th place Open/Pleasure/Junior divisions. Voluntary $20 jackpot for open division at check-in. Open, pleasure, junior, and buddy divisions. See the FAQ page for questions regarding the divisions.

Fees payable online:

• CTC entry fee - $58 pleasure/$58 open/$25 junior/$40 Adult buddy
• New membership fee - $35 individual; $50 family of 2; $85 family of 4; additional horse - $10 ea.; additional rider - $10 ea.

Fees collected at check-in

There is a $25 per night camping fee per "unit." And, a $10 per night, per horse fee whether you use a pen or not (the camping and horse fees are established by the Pony Club that we have to pay for using the facility). Pens are available on a first-come, first-served basis - but the fee applies even if you tie your horse to your trailer.

Sunday morning breakfast is free.

If you join us for dinner on Saturday night, the cost is $15 (kids under 12 are free).

There is a Saturday "fun ride" and a separate "open challenge" ride -- something like an informal trail challenge, both with payouts. Fun ride start times are between 9 and 11. Open challenge rides will involves groups starting 1:00 - 3:00 depending on numbers.

Additional Contests:

Best dressed male/female.

Best horse/rider combination

Sportsmanship

Directions Info:

Travel East from Moscow, Idaho, on Highway 8. You will pass through Troy and Deary. The facility is at milepost 29 on the left. We`ll have signs to help.