Welcome to FoxTROT's blogspot!

If you trail ride in Tennessee on a Missouri Fox Trotting (MFT) horse, then this site is for you! Whether you live in Tennessee or travel here to ride, we invite you to participate. Our desire is to provide an association that will enhance the enjoyment of trail riding the MFT. FoxTROT is an affiliate of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association.

SCHEDULED TRAIL RIDES

The rides listed below are scheduled organizational rides. Additional day and week-end rides are scheduled by Regional Reps and among members as time and opportunity allows.

2017 FoxTROT MFTHBA
National Trail Ride Schedule

(Pending approval by the MFTHBA Trail Committee)

FoxTROT Spring NTR
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
3-7 May 2017
Zenith Stables & Campground
Allardt, TN
931-879-5252
http://www.zenithstables.com

FoxTROT Octoberfest @ East Fork
11-15 October 2017
East Fork Stables
Jamestown, TN
931-879-1176
http://www.eastforkstables.com
In addition to camping and stall fees, this ride requires purchase of the meal package which covers ALL MEALS starting with supper on Wednesday and ending with breakfast on Sunday - $165.00 per person. It's best to MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS VERY EARLY! Reservations require 25% deposit with balance pay out through the year. There's a 10% discount for pre-registration.

Someone of FoxTROT is riding nearly every week end and some week days. For info on regional day rides contact the following anytime for specific plans --

Big South Fork FoxTROT
Lea Valentine, 865-556-3485/931-879-0808, leavalfox@bellsouth.net
Rose Walter, 931-269-0580, rosewalter52@yahoo.com

Smoky Mountain/Eastern TN & Western NC FoxTROT
Lloyd Styles, 865-805-0620, lstyles1968@gmail.com
Debby Gerhardt, 423-237-8726, debbygerhardt@yahoo.com
Sam Gerhardt, 423-237-8724, smfoxtrotters@hotmail.com

2017 Clinics/Events of Interest

Southern Equine Expo
24-27 February 2017
Tennessee Miller Coliseum
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
http://www.southernequineexpo.com
FoxTROT will be representing the MFTHBA with a booth at this event! John Brandreth and The Kansas Kowboy D will provide the MFT breed demo!

MFTHBA Spring Show

3 Year Old Futurity
National Trail Ride
6-9 June 2017
Ava, Missouri
http://www.mfthba.com/springshow
417-683-2468

MFTHBA Show and Celebration
National Trail Ride
5-11 September 2017

Ava, Missouri
http://www.mfthba.com/
417-683-2468

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Some of you may not have heard of the 84 horses rescued from Cannon County (Woodbury area).
Right now, they are needing everything from help mucking stalls to dollar contributions. I know many of us live too far away to show up and muck a stall, but every $1 adds up.
I'd like to know if anybody has suggestions, or the "know-how", on the avenues to take that will eliminate this type of treatment from so-called humans.
What is to prevent them, or people like them, to just start doing this over again? My heart is heavy with this type of cruelty.
Moira

Read On:

The US Humane Society has seized 84 horses from a Cannon County farm in TN and has taken them to TN State Fair Grounds in Nashville for immediate care.

They need supplies and volunteers to help care for these horses. The main need at this point is feed and hay (no round bales until the horses are moved away from fairground).

People interested in donating supplies or volunteering can contact the manager of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds at 615-862-8980 or email HSUS at tnhorserescue@hsus.org
From Humane Society:
In the coming weeks these horses will be moving further along the road to recovery at our emergency shelter. When our vets have decided they are stable enough for transport, we will start moving them out to rescue groups from whom the horses can then be adopted. As of now, we will not be doing direct adoptions from the emergency shelter. The rescues who take in these amazing animals will be publicized in the local media and on the HSUS Web site www.humanesociety.org and those groups will be handling adoptions.

Please ask anyone who is interested in fostering or adopting to e-mail at this address and their information will be forwarded to the HSUS employees in charge of placement and they will contact those interested directly with more information.

Email Address: tnhorserescue@hsus.org
Subject Line: Adoption or Foster

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