Last Date to Submit Entry Online | 04/08/2025 |
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Special Fee Cut Off Date | 04/01/2025 |
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Registration Type | - Pre-registrations appreciated
- On site registration accepted with additional fee
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Ride Distances Offered by Day | Day |
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Saturday |
50End\25LD\25C\12Novice |
Sunday |
50End\25LD\25C\12Novice |
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Ride Manager 1 Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
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Ride Manager 1 Phone | (217) 971-5673 |
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Ride Manager 2 Name | Robin Schadt |
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Ride Manager 1 Name | Lucy Stafford |
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Ride Manager 2 Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
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Ride Manager 2 Phone | (708) 280-8241 |
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Which organizations are sanctioning this ride? | - AERC, Umecra, Oaats, Sedra
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Facebook Page | facebook.com |
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Ride Camp Location | Sand Ridge State Forest - Mokernut Meado Forest city, IL 61532 Map It |
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What are the ride camp map coordinates? | 94R7+GW Topeka, Illinois |
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Ride Camp Description | - Camp is in an open field
- Camp is on public land
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Camp site information | - Ample room for all sized rigs
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Horse Containment | - Tie to trailer - optional
- Portable corrals allowed
- Pens allowed
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Camping - additional information | FREE CAMPING! Camping is primitive and will be at Mockemut Meadow, which has fire pads, tables and tethering posts.
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Fees Required | |
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Onsite Amenities | - Non-potable water on site
- Porta-John toilets.
- Cell service is poor
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Meals Information | - Award potluck dinner (bring a dish to pass)
- Gas Station within 15 minute drive
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Dogs & Generators | - Dogs allowed - leashed only
- Generators allowed within specified hours only
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Trail characteristics | - Loops
- Mild Sand
- Deep Sand
- Two-Track
- Single-Track
- Flat ride
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Trail Description | What better way to start your ride season than at this old-fashioned primitives ride, so please come prepared. The trail is sandy and should be available to ride this time of year regardless of weather. You're sure to have a good time riding through this beautiful forest!
For those who think central Illinois is one big corm field. Sand Ridge State Forest will come as a very pleasant surprise. The forest is an island in a sea of agriculture. Just minutes southwest of Peoria, this 7,200 acre forest, the largest of Illinois' State Forests, boasts sweeping expanses of native oak-hickory, extensive plantations of pine, sprawling open fields, grasslands, and completely unique sand prairies. For a refreshing, invigorating taste of unspoiled nature and an opportunity to experience a truly unique environment. Sand Ridge State Forest is ideal.
The area is the result of a prehistoric dry period when more than desert-like conditions existed. Today it remains one of the few places in Illinois that supports an intriguing variety of plants and animals more associated with southwest than midwest Those include badger, silvery bladderpod, pocket gopher and prickly pear cactus to name a few.
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Description | - Announced at ride meeting -No earlier than dawn
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Vet Checks | |
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Number of Holds (50-60) | |
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Tentative Schedule | Description |
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Announced at ride meeting -No earlier than dawn |
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Mail Registration To: | Robin Schadt 7342 W 115th Street Worth, Il 60482 |
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Make checks payable to: | TBA |
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Email Registration form to: | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
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Any other information or comments? | BOGO discount! (Does not apply to novice rides)
Rider's second day of competition entry is 1/2 off advertised fee
Horse's second day of compettion entry is 1/2 off advertised fee
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