{"id":29,"date":"2013-11-13T20:02:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2019-01-29T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:36:35","slug":"trail-riding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/trail-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons on the Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:DocumentProperties>\n<o:Version>14.00<\/o:Version>\n<\/o:DocumentProperties>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><span style=\"color: #365f91; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>We offer a unique feature of having direct access to extensive trail riding on adjacent Wolf River Wildlife Area (Chickasaw Basin Authority) &#8211; over <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">900 acres with trails<\/span> on natural preserve lands\/wetlands (equestrian trails maintained with assistance by Shelby Farms Equestrian Alliance volunteers)<\/strong><\/span>. <strong>We also offer trails on our own 25 acre farm property.<\/strong><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <a title=\"Map of Riding Trails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/SCF-Trail-Riding-wolf_river_wildlife_area_map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCF Trail Riding wolf_river_wildlife_area_map<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"EventDetails\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Guided Trail Riding &#8220;Lessons on the Trail&#8221; are available! As we continue to grow this exciting opportunity, the Wolf River rides are currently only offered on a limited basis <em>and<\/em> to those who have demonstrated their riding ability in the arena in previous lessons &amp;\/or on shorter rides. Riders who are less experienced but still want to experience a trail ride will enjoy lessons that begin in the arena and then finish on a ride through our wood and field trails. Please <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/contact-us\/\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">contact us<\/span><\/a> if you would like to know more and set up a ride.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"EventDetails\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Please note: There are NO horse rentals and all rides are structured as lessons with a trainer to guide and instruct you along the way.<\/span> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EventDetails\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Wolf River Wildlife Area, Collierville<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"EventDetails\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/trail-ride-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/trail-ride-pic-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"trail ride pic\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/trail-ride-pic-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/trail-ride-pic-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/trail-ride-pic.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EventDetails\">Read some info available on the internet re this trail system:<\/p>\n<p class=\"EventDetails\">Collierville\u2019s newest park contains over 2,000 acres of woods and wetlands along both sides of the Wolf River. The 5-mile crushed limestone trail is open 7 days a week from dawn to dusk and can be accessed at the Collierville-Arlington Rd. bridge where there is a gravel parking lot on the north side of the river. The park can be accessed at its western end from Bethany Rd. Eventually, the trail will extend for 8 miles to Houston-Levee Rd. The farm fields north of the woods are now open for hiking and biking. The map below shows a trail on the farm roads. There are two parking areas off Collierville-Arlington Rd.,one on the north side of the bridge, and one farther north at the main trailhead. On the map, TR-1,2,4,5,6 all represent the tributary weirs. There is no hunting and no ATV (four-wheeler) use allowed.\u00a0 Day-use only. The County sheriff\u2019s deputies have begun checking the parking areas after dark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We offer a unique feature of having direct access to extensive trail riding on adjacent Wolf River Wildlife Area (Chickasaw Basin Authority) &#8211; over 900 acres with trails on natural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3077,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/3077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadycreekfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}