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The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.
~Sharon Ralls Lemon
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Where: LBJ Grasslands
Day of week: Saturday
Where: LBJ Grasslands
Day of week: Sunday
Where: Ride from Isle du Bois with lunch at Lantana
Day of week: Saturday
Where: Rocky Point Trail
Day of week: Saturday
Despite a soggy start, May 12th turned out to be good riding weather for the TTC obstacle practice clinic. The 15 riders and horses were a wonderfully diverse group with many different breeds of horses and levels of experience. Thanks to the 4 clinicians: Alanna Sommer, Eddie Rodriguez, Liz Scott, and Becky Rogers.
Terry Hinojosa led a ride on the lovely Spring day of April 22nd from Old Alton Bridge trail head on Elm Fork trail along north side of Lake Lewisville.
Thank you to Susan Bodenmiller, Lisa and Howard Broughton for putting in new trail markers on Cross Timbers trail off Dunham Road.
Thanks to all those who helped on the "Old Alton Bridge & Corinth Trail Clean-up Day" on Elm Fork trail held on April 21st. Special thanks to Phil Shelp and Glenn Schedeen of "Corinth Trails Committee" who filled in a low boggy spot on the trail behind Kensington Estates with rocks.
The walking planks on Old Alton Bridge were replaced and repaired on April 17th.
Thanks to: Kristen Fisher, Andy Eads, the Denton County Commissioner Precinct 4, Danny Smith, Diane Wing, and Lori Walker.
Old Alton Bridge on Elm Fork trail on Lake Lewisville was dedicated April 5th by the Texas Historical Commission as a Texas Historic Landmark.
Linda Moore led a ride on March 24th at Isle du Bois on Lake Ray Roberts.
Several members attended Eddie Rodriguez's clinic on March 24-25th. There were very positive reviews.
No rides scheduled for August
Where: Southlake - Lake Grapevine
Day of week: Saturday
Where: LBJ Grasslands
Day of week: Saturday
Twenty-seven riders making up three speed groups headed out at 12PM from the Red Windmill on February 25th at LBJ Grasslands.
Several members attended the Equestrian Safety Seminar by NATRC Region 4 annual meeting in Decatur on February 18th.
Lisa Broughton led 16 riders on January 8th along the Trinity Trail at the Fort Worth Stockyards followed by group lunch at Riscky's barbecue restaurant in a heated outdoor patio.
Several members gathered in Flower Mound on 12/16 at Victory Farms for an afternoon of arena obstacles practice, plus some pumpkin bread and hot cider.
Elm Fork trail's elevated equestrian and pedestrian walkway over a deep gulley behind "The Bluffs" was installed on November 11th. The bridge and trail improvement was funded by a $200K TPWD grant for the Corinth Trails Committee.
Thanks to Phil Shelp and Kristen Fisher for your work with this trail project. The trail continues to improve and goes all the way from Old Alton Road to Sycamore Bend Park.
Click on photo for article by DRC staff writer Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe.
We had a great turnout at our annual Fall BBQ on November 5th! A big thanks goes to Howard and Lisa for allowing us to have the event at their home. Thanks to Robin Bird for manning the grill and to everybody that brought dishes to pass around. Thank you to Leslie for taking memberships.
Linda Moore led a trail ride at Lake Ray Roberts on October 16th. CTETA provided funding for two Bar-Bar-A horse waterers at trailheads at Lake Ray Roberts (Isle Du Bois and Elm Fork). Thanks to Linda Moore for overseeing the project.
Leslie Olsson led a dedication ride at LBJ Grasslands on September 24th to
dedicate the Red Trail Windmill. The 14 riders rode in three groups (faster,
medium, slower) and afterwards met for a casual picnic lunch.
Click on photo for larger picture of plaque.
CTETA was the driving force in repairing this windmill, although we split the cost with three other entities: the U.S. Forest Service, Friends of the Grasslands, and Hodges Farms (has the cattle lease). Our member Al Olsson helped convince the Forest Service that we could manage the project, then coordinated the work & did lots of the manual labor himself. The result is the best working windmill at the Grasslands!
Thanks to all who participated and volunteered to make the Texas Trail Challenge on June 18th a great success.
Cross Timbers trail has a new trailhead parking lot. Dunham Road Trailhead Opening and Ceremony was well represented.
Click to join CTETA & Yahoo email Group
May Horse of the Month
Sue (Dot's Queen)
Emily O. and her horse, Sue, grew up together. Besides running, Sue's favorite thing is playing in the water. Sue and her pasture buddy get into "water wars" at the water trough trying to see who can make the biggest splash.
Emily says "I wouldn't change her for the world. Sue has taught me so much about horses and myself!"
Click here for Sue's story.