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VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE
NATRC-SANCTIONED
July 10, 11, 2010
Type “A” Ride Open/Novice/CP; Type “B” One-day ride Open/Novice/CP on Saturday
July 10 only
Vet judge: Heather Colby, DVM
Horsemanship judge: Kim Cowart
• Open with pace 4-6 miles per hour, Novice and CP with pace 3.5-5 miles
per hour.
• Open/Novice/CP “A” ride on Saturday and Sunday; 33 miles Saturday for
Open, 17
miles Sunday; 17 miles Saturday and 17 miles Sunday Novice/CP.
• Open/Novice/CP “B” ride on Saturday only; 25 miles Open, 17 miles
Novice/CP.
ENTRY FEES:
• $100.00 (same fee for one-day or two-day), non-NATRC members add $20.
See
Camping fees below.
MEALS:
• There will be two potluck dinners, one on Friday and one on Saturday
evening.
Bring a dish for the potlucks. Management will provide drinks, paper products,
and all meals for ride staff and volunteers.
COURSE:
• Trails are a combination of woods trails and forest service dirt
roads; water
on trail; two 2-mile inclines and several gradual inclines and descents.
Virginia terrain can be quite rocky, therefore, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that
all horses be all-four shod. A licensed farrier will be on grounds. HELMETS
ARE
REQUIRED WHILE MOUNTED.
CAMPING and STALLS (please make all arrangements through Judith Shrum, Ride
Manager):
• Camping will be at Iron Mountain Horse Camp
(http://www.ironmountainhorsecamp.com; owners Danny and Sheila Odom, 4449
Arrowhead Drive, Ivanhoe, Virginia 24350; 276-744-2056 or 276-237-2600 ;
or
email info@ironmountainhorsecamp.com.). Danny and Sheila invite you to come
early before the ride or stay late after the ride and make this your vacation!
• Electric and water campsites for $25 per night per trailer; no
primitive
primitive camping available; $15 per night per horse in stalls with bedding
provided. All horses must be stalled.
• Hot/cold showers are available in the bath house. Hot/cold water
available for
washing horses. Camp fires are permitted at your camp. Dogs must be in hand/on
or on a leash at all times. All children under 10 must be accompanied by an
adult while in camp. Tack shop on premises.
RIDE NOTES:
• Original negative Coggins within the past 12 months. Health certificate
required for out of state riders.
• Rider check-in at 1:00 on Friday July 9; Pre-ride vet check at 2:00
p.m. EDT.
Saturday morning check-in must be pre-arranged with ride management.
• Awards Sunday evening.
DIRECTIONS: Do not use Map Quest directions as they may take you over
roads that
are not suitable for horse trailers.
Coming from NORTH: Take I-81 South, get off at exit 80 (Fort Chiswell); turn
left onto 52 South for 1 mile; at lights, turn right onto Route 94 South for 15
miles; turn right on Brush Creek Rd. (at Brush Creek Store) – do not turn left
on 602 before the store. Go 5 miles, turn left onto Arrowhead Dr.; entrance to
camp is on right.
Coming from SOUTH: Take I-77 North to I-81 juncture; turn left (west) and
follow I-81 to Fort Chiswell exit (#80). From this point, follow same
directions
as above.
Please register for ride and camping on line at http://natrc5.org except in
extenuating circumstances.
Ride secretary: Ginny Tolbert
9598 Antioch Church Rd.
Lenoir City, TN 37772
vtolbert@usit.net
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