P.O. Box 93                               Old Chatham, NY                                518.766.4340
TRAIL RIDE SERIES
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                                     Old Chatham Hunt Club
                                  2011 Trail Riding Series


2011 Trail Riding Series of the Old Chatham Hunt Club (OCHC). The Trail Riding Series
will be held one Sunday a month. The series will start this April, and continue
through the summer and fall ending in October.  Please check below for dates.

Important stuff:
•We will offer both a walk-trot pace and a walk-trot-canter ride. Rides to last
between 1.5 - 2 hours.
•Rides will start at 10am, please arrive early for paperwork and group organizing
•All riders must have approved helmets,  proper boots (no sneakers), current
coggins, and signed releases (see Release and Waiver of Liability).
•Cost:  $20 for adults, $5 for junior (all juniors must be accompanied by a riding
adult), no charge for OCHC foxhunting members.  
•Cap cards can be earned by volunteering for trail clearing of 2 hours – ask for
details)
•Pot luck lunches will be organized if there is a demand.

Reservations required:  E-mail Susan Lynch Smith….freling2@fairpoint.net
Please provide the following info:
         •Name
        •Number of juniors
        •What dish you would like to share
        •Do you prefer walk-trot or walk-trot-canter

We will reply to you by return e-mail with your confirmation and any other details that you
may need.  In addition, you will be notified by e-mail of any cancellations or delays due to
weather issues.  

Please check this website for notices of weather cancellations or postponements
that will posted by 9 PM the night before the ride.

Please note that we will be riding on private land.  Access to the trails is only
granted via permission from each individual landowner.  
Date
Trail Ride
Route
Parking
Post Trail Ride
5/15
MiMi Forer
Starting from Mimi's
barn up a bucolic
lane, past lovely
pond to Blueberry
Hill and around on
dirt country roads
returning to a hill
culminating in a
magnificent Catskill
view.
OldChatham north -
Rt13 rt to 7
BridgesRd (about 1
m) to red barn on
rt, turn rt to field
behind barn
Tailgate
6/26
Good Hope Farms –
Bradford’s
Lovely panoramic
views of Old
Chatham hunt
country
From Chatham:
north Rt.66
- 4.5 mi over bridge,
right Rt.66 -
3.3 mi.,
Driveway on left
Tailgate
7/17
The Day Farm
Route will be
primarily a
woodland ride with
wonderful
conditioning hills in
our southeast
territory.
Directions from Old
Chatham,  south on
route 13, left onto
Rock City RD, left
onto George RD.  
parking will be the
small field on the
right and the
access will be the
second driveway
after you turn onto
George RD.  
Address for GPS
use:
Gail Day
74 George RD
Old Chatham, NY
12136
Tailgate
8/21
Beebe Hill
We will offer two
different routes at
Beebe Hill.  One will
be primarily
wooded trails and
the other will be
wooded trails and
dirt roads.  Once
again we offer
excellent
conditioning hills!
From Chatham,
east on 203, left
onto route 22
heading north.  Left
onto County Route
5 and right onto
Fog hill RD.  All
trailers must park
on the same side of
the road and pull
over as much as
possible.
Tailgate  
9/25
Highland Farm/CLC
Ride
This will ride will
benefit the
Columbia Land
Conservancy and
the cost will be a bit
higher (TBD).  This
ride will include
some of the most
panoramic views in
the Old Chatham
Hunt country and
we will ride through
fields and woods.  
Not to be missed!
Directions: From
Old Chatham,
south on route 13,
left onto Rock City
RD, right onto
Highland RD.
Lunch included
10/ 16
Sue Tanner’s Farm
Behind Route 32,
Brown Rd
Bashford Rd &
Richmond Rd
Pot Luck at Sue's
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
      
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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