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EVENTS 2012

o   April 7th,  Hop on down to Leatherwood’s Easter Celebration.  Egg hunt, pictures with an Easter Bunny, face painting, kids’ games, and a raffle .  Festivities run from 12pm – 3pm.  Egg hunt starts at 1pm.

 

o   April 27th or 28th, (Merlefest weekend) Back Porch Music Jam.  Details to follow
 

o   April 28 – NC horse shoers clinic – Private hamburger & hot dog lunch for registered guests. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS 

o   May 13th,  Treat your mom on Mother’s Day.  We are offering a -10% discounted guided trail ride for all Moms.  Make sure to call ahead to book your trail ride.  Special brunch offered from 10am – 2pm.

 

o   May 18th, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …
 

o   May 18th-19th,Leatherwood Endurance Race - 25/50 mile 2 day ride - Details to follow.  Contact johnstonav@aol.com for ride details.  Contact stables@leatherwoodmountains.com for stalls & camping.
 

o   May 26, Leatherwood Remembers…Memorial Day Celebration.  Enjoy a day of music, food and fun.   Military discount for US veterans and military servicemen and women on guided trail rides all weekend long (26th-28th).  Call to make a reservation for your trail ride.

 

o   June 8th, B-I-N-G-O is the name of the Game!!!   Details to follow.

 

o   June 15th, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …

 

o   June 17th, Treat your dad on Father’s Day.  We are offering a -10% discounted guided trail ride for all Dads.  Make sure to call ahead to book your trail ride.  Special brunch offered from 10am – 2pm.

 

o   July 7th, Fourth of July (on the 7th) Fun at Leatherwood.  We’ve planned a full day of games, activities, and celebration! Highlight your summer, come and play.  Go head to head in some good old-fashioned competitions,  hay stacking contest, three-legged race, greased watermelon race, tug-o-war, and much more.  Stick around and enjoy the parade!  come join us for a good old fashion cookout for a good old fashion price.  Fun starts 4pm and continues through ‘til 7pm.

 

o   July 20th, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …

 

o   Aug 3rd, B-I-N-G-O is the name of the Game!!!   ?Time, food & drink  specials? Details needed.
 

o   August 4-5 – ACTHA – Competitive Trail ride.  Details to Follow!!

 

o   August 17th, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …

 

o   Sept. 1st, Leatherwood’s Labor Day Blues.   We’ve got the 4 B’s…blues, bluegrass, bbq and bonfire.  An all day affair!!  6pm til….

      ‘2nd Annual LW Poker Run’; an organized event where participants, on horseback, must visit five checkpoints, drawing a playing card at each one. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the run. The event has a time limit, however the participants are not timed—winning is purely a matter of chance.  Entry fee, prizes given, raffle.  The’ Run’ will begin at noon and will end at 3pm.  Awards ceremony to follow.

 

o   Sept. 21st, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …

 

o   Oct. 19th, Live music w/option of ‘open’ mic.  Happy hour with appetizer menu offered.  Third Friday of every month, 6pm ‘til …

 

o   Oct. 26th-28th, Best of America, Fall Colors Ride. 
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION 

o   Nov. 22nd, Thanksgiving Dinner. 
 

o   Dec 15-16th –  End of the year ACTHA awards ride. details to follow.

UPCOMING EVENTS - Please watch this section for additional happenings!  Contact abbie@leatherwoodmountains.com for more information or to make a suggestion. 

 NEWS

Leatherwood Author Releases First Book of New Series

 

Inspired by her seven horses, three cats, two dogs and miniature donkey (many of which are rescues), author and animal rights activist, S.L. Lurz, has created the wonderful, fictitious world of Sweetwater Farms.  Using wit and adventure she subtly reveals the series’ underlying theme of respect for all living things.  Come visit this magical place where a young boy who wants to one day be a veterinarian realizes he can not only talk to animals but can turn into them as well! Young readers, and adults alike, are sure to be entertained, informed and inspired by this creative storytelling.

 

Sweetwater Animal Society and The Hidden Mountain is available now in hardcover at the Leatherwood Visitor Center and retails for $16.99. 

Click Here to read a press release about the "Wrangler Ultimate Ride Sweepstakes" Event recently held at Leatherwood Mountains
Click Here to read an AMAZING article published in the September issue of Aspire - written by Kathryn Clark
Click Here to read a wonderful article in the August 2009 Edition of Readers Digest about one of our property owners - Deborah McDonald -
Click Here to read "Star of the South" - a 6 page article in the April 2009 edition of Trail Rider Magazine!!

Leatherwood Mountains is proud of our friends at
Stallion to Gelding Support
Click the link below to learn more about their worthy cause
 

SGS Mission Statement

To end the suffering of innocent horses

by reducing the number of unwanted births.
http://stalliontogeldingsupport.org/index.html

Click here to read about an exciting announcement about our new relationship with the award winning television series Best of America by Horseback with Tom Seay
Click Here to read a link to a wonderful article about Ruth Anne Everett & the 2008 Biltmore article
Click Here to read the December 2007 issue of Hoofbeats - our newsletter
Click Here to read the May issue of Hoofbeats - our newsletter
5th Grader Ashley Broome’s description of her perfect vacation destination - Leatherwood Mountains
David & Anita Hasbury-Snogles from England paid Leatherwood a visit as their North Carolina destination in their year long quest to ride every state in America.  You can follow their travels through their website. 
Mary Lew Johnston - Featured Graduate of Meredith Manor Equine Program
Seeing sights on back of a horse – A wonderful News Paper Article about our own Ruth Anne Everett
 An article about the 2006 NCHC Trail Ride & Meeting www.nchorsecouncil.com/trail_ride_2006.htm
"A Turtle Guide to Completing the Leatherwood Mountains Challenge" - by Jim Holland for Endurance News and Southeast Equine Monthly (PDF file)
Endurance race 2004 - pictures
Endurance race 2003 - pictures
My Leatherwood Quest - by Howard Bramhall - We left town in the middle of the night... Somehow, I had convinced the wife that this was a prudent course of action ...
The Challenge trail ride lives up to its name Gossip being what it is and the undercurrents of false information all flowing strong to tantalize the mind, body, and soul of any rider who dared to challenge ...
Fun Show - pictures
My name is Amy and I'm 9 and I love Leatherwood Mountains ...
Sandhills Endurance Horse Race Winners from Leatherwood
The Case of the Disappearing Horse - She dismounted and held on to him as long as she could, but he bolted and disappeared ...
Slide at home definitely not "safe" - It had sleeted about 4 inches, and ...
25 cents a question about Jeep - Paul lives right beside highway 268, so he has to put up with a lot of traffic, and sometimes that traffic stops and he has visitors ...
Coonwatch, Bear sighted, Bear sunglasses, Let's play "Chicken," Nearby spots of interest (Laura Foster’s grave, Whipporwhill Academy), Holly’s fleet-footed chicken, Skinny Dipping
July fourth done right - pictures
HELPFUL LINKS
HORSE CAROLINA - a horse marketplace for North and South Carolina
EQUINET - Horses, products, etc.
NORTH CAROLINA HORSE NEWS
EQUIWORLD.NET - Worldwide equine resources
PINNACLE LIVING - Information on mountain living in the South
APPALACHIAN TRAIL
NC NATURAL - "North Carolina's #1 Outdoor Adventure Resource"


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