Top Trail Mission
The purpose & mission of Top Trail is to build a community of equestrians who are passionate about life on the trail, to celebrate and recognize our trail horses, along with encouraging growth in the horsemanship of all our members. Top Trail recognizes equines and their riders for being on the trail no matter what the purpose: pleasure, conditioning, and competition.
Top Trail Ride Logs
Keeps your trails all in one handy place. Each rider and horse gets their own individual Ride Log.
Top Trail Challenges
Top Trail Horse Challenge Leaderboard is monthly, based on total mileage for the month, has three divisions, awards given
Top Trail Rider Challenge is quarterly, based on total mileage for the quarter, has three divisions, awards given
Trail Master GPS Rider Challenge is quarterly, based on the number of rides logged by the rider for the quarter, has three divisions, awards given
Top Trail Milestones
We recognize both horse and rider with our program of "Milestone" certificates which are earned on lifetime mileage totals starting at 250 miles, then 500, 750, 1000, and every 500 miles thereafter.
Top Trail Mileage Certificates & Patches
At the beginning of the year, each member receives a beautiful printed "Official Mileage" certificate which shows their lifetime mileage and the total mileage from the previous year. So for instance, in January, we will generate and mail certificates to members with their total lifetime miles and annual (2018) at the conclusion of 2018 for the rider and one horse. Mileage patches are earned at 1000 mile increments and are mailed out with the certificates every January.
Top Trail Member Patch
With every annual membership purchased, both new and renewals, a Top Trail member patch is mailed out to that member.
Affiliate Groups: Double the Fun
Top Trail Affiliate Groups are available for members of MFTHBA with registered Missouri Fox Trotters, and MOTDRA, which is a regional competitive trail riding association. Affiliate groups are available for our members to join if they are members of those organizations. Affiliate groups also have leaderboards and year end awards for their group members. We are actively working toward additional affiliate groups for our members to join. If you would like your breed or equestrian group to become an affiliate, let us know who we should contact and we will get the ball of twine rolling.
Horses can be expensive but this is affordable
We like to say, “all you need is your horse, a trail, and a GPS.” Just about everyone has a smartphone, right? Well, there are plenty of free GPS apps that can be used with Top Trail. We recommend EasyTrails GPS which is available for both iPhone ($3.99) and Android ($2.99) for a one time fee. You can log into your Top Trail account from the app and directly upload your trail with a few screen touches. A one year Top Trail membership is only $40. You can ride on your own terms and compete, log, post pictures, participate in forums, connect with your friends, earn milestone certificates and patches, and so much more. I pay $40 for a farrier to come trim my horse one time if that helps put it into perspective. Let’s see what else can you get for $40, hmmm… one month of internet? One tank of gas? Top Trail is a great value if spending time on the trail with your horse is an important part of your life.
There’s so much to this program. It’s a “challenge” to describe it all in 800 words or less, so, check it out for yourself. We have a great group on Facebook if you want to ask questions there but you really need to just trot on over and create an account, it’s free for 30 days, what do you have to lose?
Email Troy Lynn Norris for more info
[email protected] or visit our
website: www.toptrailhorse.com
Chelsea Kiter