2025 SHAKEDOWN RIDE
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Jim Goff's Solid Rock Ranch
23623 North Turkey Creek Road, Evergreen, CO 80465
RIDE SPONSOR: Vigilantes
TENT BOSS Dave Gottenborg
PAYMENT: $55 before June 19, $65 after
PAY VIA:
Zelle (USE PHONE NUMBER 360-830-8581)
Mail a Check (must be postmarked before June 15th):
Roundup Riders of the Rockies
PO Box 271820
Ft Collins, CO 80527
360-830-8581
The Conquistadores invite you to join us for the 2025 Shakedown Ride at Jim Goff’s Solid Rock Ranch in Evergreen, Colorado, off North Turkey Creek Road. The ranch has beautiful views, including stunning rock formations, trees, and meadows in a mountain setting around 7,500 ft. Pioneers, Life Members, and Active Riders are welcome. We encourage and highly recommend all Colts ride with us on the Shakedown Ride to help get you prepared for the Big Ride in July. For those of you who don’t know, Jim has a world class horse park at his ranch with dozens of equine obstacles. With guided instruction and practice in the horse park, trust between horse and rider progressively builds while concurrently enhancing the rider’s horsemanship skills, all of which translate to significantly improved trail riding capabilities and lots of fun!
8:30 am............ Arrive at Solid Rock Ranch
9:30 am............ Ride Out
11:30 am.......... Church Service on the Trail
Noon................ Beer Stop
2:15 pm............ Dinner
3:00 pm............ Ride Horse Park and Arena for those interested
This ride features all types of terrain we may encounter on a Big Ride, including: steep inclines and declines, static and running water, trees, logs, step-ups, rocks, a tunnel under the highway, and so on. It’s a great opportunity to test your horsemanship skills and readiness of your equine partner while ensuring your tack is well adjusted.
COME EARLY & WEAR YOUR BADGE
This year’s Colts and their sponsors need to attend. Pioneers, please join us for the ride, or at least for dinner.
Directions to Solid Rock Ranch:
From Denver, (from C-470 and Highway 285), go south on 285 for about 6 miles until you reach North Turkey Creek Road. At the bottom of the offramp turn right at stop sign onto North Turkey Creek Road. Road is uphill and very windy so take your time and be careful. After 3.2 miles, turn right at brown gate and continue up driveway for about a quarter mile to the Equestrian Center. [If you see Kilimanjaro Road on your right, you went too far].
From Evergreen, take Highway 73 from Evergreen Lake to Marshdale Circle and take North Turkey Creek (2nd roundabout exit) down about 3 miles. Once you see Kilimanjaro on your left, take the next left (after about a half mile) into the Equestrian Center driveway. Drive slowly so you don’t miss entrance on left. It is hard to see from this direction. [If you see Peaceful Hills Road on the left, you went too far]. Big rigs might consider going to 285 and North Turkey Creek Road and coming up that way (described above).