The tallies are in for the Summer Hunter Pace on Saturday, August 3rd.
Weather-wise, 85 degrees, sunny skies, light breeze.
Trail-wise, 6.4 miles, mostly wooded, a few fields, hills, and a creek.
70 riders on too many horse breeds to count.
34 horse trailer rigs.
1 drone operator (Don) and 1 photographer, see Nathan Jerome’s photos posted.
BIG Thank you’s to:
13 landowners for allowing the Hunter Pace go through their propterties.
6 men with chainsaws to clear the trails.
12 horse riders to mark and unmark the trails with streamers.
16 volunteers the day of the event to run registration, time riders, manage parking, serve refreshments to riders.
5 Hunt members to distribute flyers, post info online, email lists.
And here’s the riding results:
1st Place, Fastest time, 48 minutes. Steve Prain, Jan Wylie.
Optimum Time, which means, go at your own pace. The times that come closest to a pre-event ride, by a Hunt member, will receive a beautiful Metamora Hunt ribbon in the mail. (it will be sent to your team leader)
The Optimum time was 1 hour 45 minutes.
1st Place, 1 hour 44 minutes.
Team #24. Joanne Odermann, Heather Bearden, Tim Bearden, Kim Gorman.
2nd Place, 1 hour 43 minutes.
Team # 22. Klaire Schienke, Sarah Dering.
Team #19. Layla Saatchi, Nafisch-Bozargzad, Yoss Afshari, Jan Wylie.
3rd Place, 1 hour 42 minutes.
Team # 26. Jennifer Hubbell, Tracy Young, Julie Moore.
4th Place, 1 hour 50 minutes.
Team # 27. Dean Boivin, Bonnie Kanicki, Sandee Long, Jayme Spear.
Team # 28. Nick Farnetti, Torrie Jacobs.
Team # 34. 1 hour 40 minutes. Madison Rossi, Lola Srugis, Mesa Tobin.
5th Place, 1 hour 52 minutes.
Team # 30. Kira Pennock, Jenna Moore, Bella Spezia, Ericka Tobin.
Team # 33. Gay Kent, Olivia Griffith, Porsche Fischer.
6th Place, 1hour 37 minutes.
Team # 12. Denice Gerstenberg, Patti Garavaglia.
We hope you enjoyed your ride, please send us any comments.
Save the date for the Fall Hunter Pace on Sunday, September 22.
We will post the new location soon!
