Start Date:
September 25, 2025
End Date:
September 28, 2025
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Fall Foliage Pleasure Ride
25 Sep - 28 Sep
Event Details -
A WAIT LIST has begun for this event. Entries received or post marked after 9/5/2025 will be place on the wait list.
This year’s Fall Foliage Rides will feature four full days of pleasure riding! Celebrate GMHA’s 100th anniversary, on a ride through the beautiful Vermont landscape of meandering trails, wooded paths and open fields with incredible vistas from hilltops offered on these rides.
Set your holiday ride in motion with Thursday’s (9/25) “Trailer Ride Out” departing from an offsite location (entries and parking are limited – please plan accordingly) followed with three days of pleasure riding through Sunday (9/28) from the GMHA grounds.
Enjoy the best time of year for trail riding in Vermont with your equine partner and human friends on the beautiful marked trails GMHA has to offer.
Begin the day with light breakfast fare and ride briefing. The trail is then open for riders to head out on either a short loop or long loop option. A pre-ordered lunch served at a scenic location along the way, or back at GMHA.
There are all inclusive (stabling and meals)single & multiple-day ride options as well as “No Frill” rides (no stabling or meals).
- Pre-Registration is required. This ride fills quickly. GMHA does not accept “Day of entries” for this ride. No entries after the closing date, no exceptions.
- A wait list will be put in place once the ride fills. Riders will be notified via email that they have been placed on the waitlist.
- Only complete entries will be accepted and processed (Includes payment & equine health requirements – proof of current noggins & rabies vaccination)
- One rider per horse (no double riding). Everyone must wear an ASTM certified helmet with chin strap secured.
- Entries close September 11, 2025 by 5pm (unless ride is capped)
- GMHA Pleasure Ride’s REFUND POLICY – If entry is withdrawn prior to the CLOSING date of September 11th by 5pm, entry fee & stabling will be refunded minus a $30.00 office processing fee. Refunds after the closing (Or Ride close date) date of Sept 11th (after 5pm) are not refundable.
- Management reserves the right to cancel a ride should there be concerns regarding the safety of a horse or rider.
Event Photographers: Nick Goldsmith Photography
Contacts
Contacts:
- Mickey Perry – Event Manager
- Jeannette Cole – Trail Secretary
- Call GMHA office for more details
- (802) 457-1509
Horse Health Requirements
GMHA requires a negative Coggins and proof of rabies vaccination within 12 months for each horse that comes on the property. Rabies titers are accepted within one year of event date and must accompany a note from your veterinarian explaining the reason why the vaccine could not be administered.
Please note that the State of Vermont requires a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection within 30 days or Exhibition Permit from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s Animal Health office for any horses entering the state. GMHA does not require these documents with entry, but the VT Agency of Agriculture may enforce these regulations at any time.
