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WHAT TO WEAR AND BRING

- Jeans, T-Shirt or long sleeved shirt

-Warm sweater and/or jacket

- Shoes with a good heel, cowboy boots or runners

- Rubber boots and rain coats for rainy days

- NOTE: Ponies & horses love carrots & apples as a treat!

Unguided Trail Riding

Currently Griffin Valley Ranch is one of the only trail riding venues that offer un-guided trail rides.  Un-guided trail rides are available with the purchase of a membership for $75 which expires 1 year from the date of purchase.  Members must have riding experience and can take up to 5 friends at a time with them on the trail. 

***Summer hours*** 

(Please phone ahead to reserve your horses)

11:00am to 8:00pm 7 days a week

 

Riding Rates   

1 hour      $35.00

1.5 hour    $45.00

2 hour      $55.00

3 hour      $75.00

4 hour      $100.00

All day     $125.00

Membership   $75.00

 

Prices do not include GST 

Note: All riders must complete an acknowledgment of risk and release of liability document.  Also, riders under 18 years of age must have their legal parents or guardians fill out an acknowledgment of risk and release of liability document for them prior to riding. 

Click here for an adult acknowledgment of risk and release of liability document

Click here for a child acknowledgment of risk and release of liability document

***Members must bring 1 guest to ride with***

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS 

DO NOT:

  • wrap reins or halter around your hands or body.
  • ride with feet through stirrups.
  • trade horses.
  • leave beginner riders behind – you can only ride as fast as your least experienced rider.
  • run horses back to the barn.
  • lead or ride horses over top of wire gates or barbed wire.
  • let go of horses while opening gates.
  • tie your horse up with the reins.
  • bring horses back hot & sweaty – otherwise you will walk them until they are cool.
  • ride while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • run horses downhill – always walk them.
  • smoke on trails.
  • ride in muskeg or boggy areas – stay on the trails.

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DO

  • ride in single file.
  • stay in your group and wait for all riders.
  • close all gates behind you and wait for the rider who gets the gate.
  • have fun and ride safely.

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·        NO DOGS ALLOWED

·        WE ADVISE RIDERS NOT TO RIDE WITH LACE UP HIGH TOP RUNNERS OR BOOTS.

·        ALL RIDERS UNDER 18 YRS. AND ALL RIDERS WHO RIDE ENGLISH MUST WEAR A HELMET.

 

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