Mesquite Trail Ride Rules
Ride Rules
- Attend Safety Meeting before each ride - this is mandatory!
- Please wear your name badge
- Do not bring stallions on the ride.
- Leave your dogs at home (even though we love them). There are no dogs allowed in camp. No dogs allowed left in trailers while we ride.
- No private campfires but please join the group campfire.
- As guest of the Ranch please pick up your litter (bring container for butts if you smoke).
- Ride behind the trail boss and in front of the drag. Be sure you know who these riders are before you leave camp.
- Ribbon your horse's tail if he's a kicker - make it so the ribbon can be seen from a distance.
- Ride with courtesy and be aware of others.
- Ride your horse at a walk pace when on an organized ride with the group.
- Avoid tailgating the horse in front of you, but don't leave huge gaps in ride group.
- Please do not ride alone. If you are in a smaller group, please leave gates the way you find them and avoid all ranch livestock.
- Above all, enjoy and be safe.
Mesquite Trail Ride Notes
15th Annual Mesquite Trail Ride, Dine & Dance
Mesquite Riders,
We hope you are all having a great Summer and apologize for the lack of communication this year. As many of you probably know we are going to be riding on the Vera Earl Ranch again this year and look forward to another fun event.
The dates for this year’s ride are September 25-28. The registration and horse rental form are on the Mesquite ride website.
We already have around 40 folks signed up and will be limiting registrations to 70 riders. So, get your registrations sent in.
We will be providing dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. The meals will be prepared by Rex Dalton with his chuckwagon, and we have music scheduled for both Friday and Saturday nights.
Of course, we will also be having the Equine costume contest on Friday afternoon and the World Famous one of a kind MTR gymkhana on Saturday, and our Silent Auction/raffle on Saturday evening during dinner.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. For those of you that have already sent your registration in I will be sending a confirmation email letting you know we have it. If you do not receive a confirmation email and think you should have, please contact us.
Richard Johnson
520-405-1194
PLEASE BE AWARE:
ARS - 12-553-subsection C - An owner, lessor or agent of any riding stable, rodeo ground, training or boarding stable or other private property that is used by a rider or handler of an equine with or without the owner's permission is not liable for injury to or death of the equine or the rider or handler.