Who does Endurance/Distance or Trail in GA?

[ChocoMare]

Oops! I shall fix Julian’s name above. Darn 40-something brain cells :rolleyes:

Well LMH you may have been a bundle of taught nerves on the inside but you didn’t let any of it show. I’m very proud of you… you faced a fear and just motored on.

If I can find a re-mounting spot on the other side of the railroad track bridge (the one on our right as we came out of Deer Fly Forest), as your and your horse’s confidence builds, we’ll dismount to go across it and ride out farther towards Hiram. Going that way I usually stay inside the tree line the whole time. There are no big hills and no big rocks, etc. It’ll take us past the water treatment plant and some nice ponds/scenery.

I’ve done it twice but I rode Penny over the bridge. It’s not usually recommended :winkgrin: and can be a bit nerve wracking.

Oh and here’s the recipe for Deviled Egg Salad:

1 Dozen Jumbo Eggs - hard boiled & shelled (Start in cold water, covered. Bring to boil and then immediately turn off and let sit covered for 10 minutes. Add in cold water and ice to stop cooking. Leave them to chill.)

3/4 Cup Helmann’s Mayonnaise

2 Tblsp. Yellow Mustard

2 Tsp. Paprika

1 Tsp. Texas Pete Hot Sauce (or more if you like it hotter)

Kosher Salt & Black Pepper to taste

Blend until just creamy and get into the fridge. Best if done night before

Ta dah!!!

[LMH]

Well thank you for the vote of confidence! And the Egg Salad recipe!

I also want to add Chocomare’s farrier ROCKS-I was incredibly impressed with the bare tootsies!

Honestly one of the NICEST trim jobs I have seen and from a FARRIER!!!:eek:

[HoneyB]

Thank you for a wonderful time ChocoMare & LMH!

Just wanted to chime in and say that I had a blast. I am so glad that we were able to get together. ChocoMare is a fabulous hostess and chef (the egg salad was scrumptious!) And LMH is a wonderful travel companion with an awesome rig.

All the horses were well behaved (extra props to Julian for being a very good boy on his first major trail ride). And I just have to mention that my favorite boy Jackson has once again showed (1) not all OTTBs are crazy and (2) short horses make trail dismounts/remounts much easier. Of course Miss Penny Lane showed us that drafties make amazing fearless leaders!

We’ll have to make it a semi-regular thing and have more COTHers join in next time!

[ChocoMare]

For sure! The welcome mat is always out and the barn door is always open. :yes:

[jeano]

still trailerless, now buddyless

Wanted to bump this up, as I am again seeking someone to help me ride my two nags and have access to nearly unlimited dirt roads in Hancock County GA…I have lost my riding buddy maybe permanently, the DH doesnt really ride, and I have time on my hands. I dont know when the trailer problem will be addressed, if ever, as DH points out, actually quite reasonably, that I dont NEED one here. Sigh. Anyway, I am a long way from most of y’all but am most definitely interested in doing some LD sometime with somebody, just cant manage at present to go it alone.

[LMH]

Where is Hancock County?

[jeano]

NorthEast of Macon, SouthWest of Augusta, south of interstate 20, north of interstate 16. I live halfway between Milledgeville (the county seat of Baldwin county) and Sparta, the seat of Hancock, but my next door neighbor’s driveway is maybe 50 feet from the county line. Middle of nowhere, roughly 100 miles form Atlanta, 75 miles from Athens, lots of scenery. If youre in metro Atlanta you would head east on 20, take a right either at Madison (and you’d still be the better part of an hour north of Milledgeville) or at Siloam (and be somewhat closer to Sparta.)