One of the things we always stressed in our chapter is that you do NOT have to ride sidesaddle to enjoy our club! We make sure that ALL of our activities are friendly to all disciplines of riding and carriage driving. While sidesaddle is our primary purpose, we are inclusive of all riding styles. We just want to help you to spend more time with your horse, enjoy some history, and dress up and have fun with like minded friends! Safety, education, and fun, what can be more important than a community filled with that positivity?
Some of 2022 highlights of things that WNY Sidesaddle Chapter have engaged in personally:
Some of 2022 highlights of things that WNY Sidesaddle Chapter have engaged in personally:
- We hosted 2 sidesaddle clinics in our chapter!
- One of our ladies hosted a poker run! How fun is that?!
- We participated in over 15 parades.
- One of our ladies put together her own Christmas horse parade last year and we all got to ride in it!
- We participated in WNY Equifest
- We have hosted sewing days
- We hosted the National banquet for the American Sidesaddle Ass0ciation!
- We hosted a camping trip Labor Day weekend
- We participated at Native Nations Festival supporting Natives worldwide and the murdered missing and indigenous women's movement.
- We participated in 4 historical reenactments
- We participated at Gettysburg PA Remembrance Day Parade
- We Tailgated at the Genesee Hunt Races
- We made and sold jewelry for local festivals and fairs
- We have hosted tea parties and a movie day
- We created YouTube content for the American Sidesaddle Association!
- We have hosted national virtual challenges for sidesaddle riders to engage in world-wide!
- We have written countless articles for the Phoenix Quarterly!
- We have participated in podcasts or listened to them!
- We have fundraised over $600 for the national office of ASA!
- We have donated saddles, breeches, awards for our banquet, time, energy, trailering and fuel, horse lending, and so much more!