FAQ's & Information

New England Horse & Trail

FOUNDED IN 1984—

PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RECOGNITION TO THE PLEASURE TRAIL RIDER

BI-ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS ● MILEAGE AWARDS FOR HORSE & RIDER

Who Owns the Miles Earned?

Text Box: Keep your membership up to date. Your mileage won’t count if you haven’t joined and remember to register your horse also. If you want to be considered for a Breed Award, make sure we have your breed listed as well as the breed registration number. Sign up for mileage at the ride and write legibly. Remember to give your mileage. If we can’t read your name and number, we don’t guess it. If you are going to use a nickname, tell us what it is. If you use the registered name, that is OK too, but be consistent. Also, make sure you let us know which name you want to appear on the award plaque. Always call, write or e-mail the ride manager or contact person to verify details. Remember that locations and times can change without notice.

As a rider, what am I responsible for?

Text Box: BREED AWARDS Thanks to the generosity of our kind sponsors, we offer the following breed awards. If you want to be eligible for these awards in addition to your NEHT mileage credit, make sure that you specify a breed and registration number on your membership application.

Text Box: NEHT AWARD STRUCTURE
NEHT MILEAGE AWARDS: The mileage you travel in NEHT-affiliated rides accumulates year to year. NEHT awards a plaque to each horse that achieves 250 miles and to each rider at 500 miles. The plaque features an engraved brass plate with the honoree's name and the mileage achieved. For each further increment of 250 miles (for horses) and 500 miles (for riders), NEHT awards an additional engraved plate to add to the plaque.

NEHT also awards an embroidered sheet to horses who have traveled 1000 miles and a cooler at 2000 miles (lifetime). In mileage year 2003, we saw our first 3,000 mile horse. The award for this mark is a rain proof sheet.

Riders who achieve 5,000 miles receive an embroidered riding jacket, with our compliments!

BREED AWARDS: In addition, NEHT administers 15 annual breed awards, provided by the respective breed associations and other sponsors. These awards are for the top-mileage horses each year of certain breeds. And for 2004, we have new awards for mules and donkeys, too. The prizes awarded are selected by the sponsors, and may be a sheet, bridle, camp chair, or other such nifty item.

AWARDS NEWSLETTER AND BI-ANNUAL RIDE LISTINGS: NEHT's January newsletter contains a preliminary list of the horses and riders who are due to receive the cumulative NEHT awards and the annual breed awards for the previous year. This gives members a chance to check their mileage and make sure no rides they did are missing from their total. Once the mileages are confirmed and complete, we announce the final-final award winners in the April newsletter and present the awards at the NEHT annual meeting in April. The April and August newsletters contain the ride listings as well as keeping you up to date on NEHT. There is a new option for members. The January mileage newsletter will still be available to all, but if you find that this website fits all your information needs, you can opt out of receiving the bi-annual ride listings. This will serve two needs. We can get the early ride notices out to you sooner and keep you updated on changes, cancellations and additions as they come in. Plus we can keep costs and dues down. Following are some often asked questions and the answers. If you don’t see your question here, contact our VP in charge of the awards program, Wendy Good, or Jan Collins who is our secretary in charge of the affiliations and mileage.

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