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Several of us here in Virginia just realized that ridecamp for the
Old Dominion 25/50/100 in June will no longer be at the 4-H Center
outside Front Royal, but at Fort Valley Stables (same place as last
year's Ntl Championship)

Ride Manager John Marsh explained that the number of private land owners
whose land the trail needs to cross are growing in numbers and resisting
requests to use their land for trails. He added:

"Not only is this a permanent change - most likely in future years the OD
will not be held in Fort Valley at all but this is not final yet.  Looking
at the George Washington Nat Forest west of I-81 as a possible site.  For
those who want to ride Fort Valley in competition - do it this year or risk
missing out entirely. The trails for the events this year will be the same
trails used in the National Championships last fall, and many segments are
the same as prior OD events, just not the segment to and from the 4-H center
over Skyline Drive."

I sure will miss the interesting 12.5 mile section of OD trail east of
McCoys, which included traveling through the village of Limeton as well
as crossing Skyline Drive. Without the crossing of the Shenandoah at McCoys
Ford, those dramatic photos of horses crossing the rocky riverbed in the
early morning mist, that so often graced the covers of Endurance News, will
no longer be possible.

One good thing about this change is that crews won't have to do as much
driving to get from hold to hold.








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