KID'S DAY AT THE ARENA

Saturday, November 6th was Kid's Day at the arena. There was a great turnout of some of our junior riders who enjoyed several hours of fun with their horses and ponies. Activities included musical horses, the spoon and potato race and there was even a mailbox with candy inside and a tarp crossing for the kids to challenge their skills on horseback. It's never too early to start that obstacle training! We finished the day with a "paint the pony" session where our little artists were allowed to apply their creativity with stencils and stamps and decorate the horses. The batteries in the camera died before the glitter paint was brought out but let's just say there were some shining and sparkling steeds by the end of the day!!All of the participants received a prize and a bag of horse treats to take home with them along the memories of a day spent riding tall in the saddle.Thanks to all of the parents and grandparents who came out to help and support our young LARA members and a special thank you to our newest member- Ernie Thomas for donating the horse treats and for all of his help with the event. Hard to say who had more fun- the adults or the kids! Click here to see pictures of this event!

SECOND ANNUAL POKER RIDE A GREAT SUCCESS!

Our Fall Poker Ride was held October 30th at Diamond D Ranch. The Griffin's graciously donated the use of the picnic grounds, where we set up our trail head under the shady oak trees. The picnic area was the perfect spot, because it provided restrooms, plenty of parking, a huge BBQ grill and a large area for the kids to run and play. Fifty five riders participated. The course was along the Three Bridges area of Jennings Forest, and the trail was marked with skeletons, ghosts and ghouls. Thanks to the volunteers who rode the course on Friday and got everything ready for Saturday's festivities.

Local businesses donated some raffle items, which we drew for after lunch. Lisa's chuck wagon provided the hungry crowd with hot dogs, chicken salad, and pulled pork. And yes also the locally famous Tater Salad! The winning poker hand netted $275 to Brenda Saunders. She told us that she would make good use of the money and was very appreciative to be this year's winner!

Again, thanks to the volunteers who spent a long fun day at Diamond D. We look forward to next year's ride, which promises to be bigger and better than this one!

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OCTOBER MEETING

Our October meeting was a great success. Jennings Forest Rangers Frank Burley and Beth Smith joined us and gave an educational presentation about the recreational opportunities at Jennings Forest. LARA members submitted volunteer applications so that we can participate in future trail development and maintaining and upgrading existing horse trails. We learned that two new trail heads are planned for Jennings Forest, one of which will be open by the end of this year. The rangers are working on getting our applications processed so that we can assist with the initial trail development at the first trail head.

To add fun to our meetings, we are giving away raffle items and selling 50/50 tickets. Carol Wells was the raffle winner and got a bottle of show sheen and Traci Woodard won the 50/50 pot. Everyone is excited about the cooler weather and we look forward to getting out and blazing new trails in Jennings. Stay tuned for more info on this project.