“Gather the Hounds” Team Trail Ride Challenge
Online Entry
"Gather the Hounds" Team Trail Ride Challenge!
What is it?
Teams of 2-6 riders are invited to ride a 4-5 mile marked trail at your own pace through the woods and fields and over streams around the Bull Run Hunt kennels. Along the way, look for our "hounds" that have scattered and can be found on the trail, and gather them up (take a picture of each or write down/remember their names) to bring back to the kennels. Teams that find all the hounds by the end of the ride will win a prize!
Additionally, the marked course will go through our jump field at both the beginning and the end of the trail ride loop, and participants are welcome to have a school over the coops, logs, and natural obstacles that our huntsman uses to prepare staff horses for the hunt field.
ALL riding disciplines and different types of equines are welcome!!
Date: August 10, 2025
Time: First riders out at 8:00 am, last riders out at 12:00 pm
Location: Bull Run Hunt kennels, 22207 Cedar Mountain Dr, Mitchells VA
Cost: $40 per rider, children under 6 on leadline are FREE
Attire: Casual (helmets are required)
To guarantee your preferred ride time, online entries are strongly encouraged! Click HERE
Riders who enter online will automatically be eligible for a drawing to win a complimentary cap for a day of foxhunting during the 2025-26 hunt season. Online entries are due no later than August 8 at 4:00 pm.
Day-of entries also accepted; check ahead for available time slots.
Waiver and current Coggins required for all riders and horses.
Contact Tosh Bledsoe 540-847-1849 or natatiabledsoe@gmail.com for more information, and to email waiver and Coggins ahead of time!
