ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
10-15-20 MILE ALL BREED PLEASURE RIDE*
(Actual mileage TBA at ride)
NEHT AFFILIATED
BENEFIT RIDE FOR ST. JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Contact: Nancy Russell (508) 476-9974 or nrussell@massarab.org
BLACKSTONE VALLEY BEAGLE CLUB
135 WALNUT STREET
Douglas, Massachusetts
The trails consist primarily of woods, roads, and paths with some railroad bed.
The course will be plainly marked
Check-in: 8:00AM. Ride out at 9:00AM. No ride-out after 10 AM. Food will be provided at the end of the ride. Riders must clean up area and take hay and manure home.
Entry Fees:
Pre-Entry: Members and non-member Juniors - with sponsor
sheet - $15.00
Members and non-member Juniors - without sponsor sheet - $25.00 ($10 donation to St. Jude)
Non-member Adult - with sponsor sheet $20.00 (w/minimum $10 pledge)
Non-member Adult - without sponsor sheet
$30.00
Post-Entry: Everyone $25.00 (w/minimum $10 pledge)
Everyone $35.00 ($10 donation to St. Jude)
click here for printable entry form
Directions to the Ride
FROM THE EAST: take Rte 16 W. Follow Rte 16 through Douglas Center. Stay on Rte 16 to a flashing YELLOW light - GO STRAIGHT (not right on Rte 16 or left on Rte 96). Continue following this road, watching for State Forest signs. At the 4-corners take a Left, still following State Forest signs. Go over a stone bridge. State Forest main entrance is on the right. Continue straight for 1 mile - turn Left onto Walnut St. (street sign is up high on right on telephone pole). Blackstone Valley Beagle Club is about 1/2 mile on left (on bend, so go slow) it is on a dirt road.
FROM THE NORTHEAST OR SOUTHEAST: Take Rte 495 to Exit 20 (Rte 85 W). Follow 85W to Rte 16W. Rte 16W to Douglas Center. Then follow directions above.
FROM THE WEST AND NORTH: Mass Pike (I-90) to exit 10 (Auburn), then Rte 395 South to Exit 2 (Webster), then take Rte 16 E. You will pass a small "TRAIL HEAD" parking area on the right. Continue on to a 4-corners with a State Forest sign on the right. Take that right and continue on through another 4-corners.Continue on, over a stone bridge. State Forest main entrance is on the right. Continue straight for 1 mile - turn Left onto Walnut St. (street sign is up high on right on telephone pole). Blackstone Valley Beagle Club is about 1/2 mile on left (on bend, so go slow) it is on a dirt road.
Please be prepared to take your hay, sawdust and horse manure home with you.
AWARDS
*AHAM welcomes members who do not ride Arabian Horses. There are Open Divisions at all of the Trail Rides and at the Fun Shows for non-Arabian horses. There are awards at the year's end for high point horses in the Open Divisions. For further information please contact: Sandy Crowe at 508-473-2545