New for 2025, we added this page with links to decent videos to preview Hunter Paces and Paper Chases in central Pennsylvania and Maryland. Enjoy!
See our 2025 Horse Events Schedule for these events and more.
New Market/Middletown Valley Hunt
Nice low-key hunt with a welcoming, smaller club near Frederick, Maryland. Mixed woods and fields, a few rocky spots, possibly small water crossings. Plenty of space despite a large turnout.
Graceful Acres
Started in fall 2024, this therapeutic riding center hopes to hold hunter paces every spring and fall in state forest northeast of Harrisburg near Halifax. This will be the closest regular event to true Central Pennsylvania.
Terrain is a bit rocky, and there is a steep climb up and descent down at the end. Nice ride overall, but shoes or boots might be best. Big crowd, parking got a bit tight for later riders.
Beaufort Hunt
This hunter pace is a relatively long distance and held only in early spring, which seems counterintuitive. After an initial steep climb it seems like most of it is relatively level fields. It starts at Twin Brooks Horse Shows grounds near Harrisburg.
Carrollton Hounds
Didn’t make it in 2024 due to weather, but friends tell me this is a very fun hunter pace course not that far down into Maryland. Hoping for good weather this spring!
Cheshire Fox Hounds Pony Club Paper Chase
Mister Stewart’s Cheshire Fox Hounds Pony Club holds paper chases in the stunning Runnymede preserve at Cochranville, next to Boyd Martin’s farm. Didn’t make it yet, but these rides seem beautiful!
Cheshire Hunt Conservancy Paper Chase
Argh, so confusing! The similarly named Cheshire Hunt Conservancy has their paper chase in the Laurels Preserve near Coatesville. I think. Gotta work on our stream crossings before we go to this one 🙂
Brooklawn Paper Chase
Chester County Equine Events holds paper chases on conserved lands on Newark Road in Kennett Square, right near New Bolton Center. Another Chester county event we need to make.
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Tranquillity Manor Hunter Pace
This farm outside Baltimore has a number of events during a typical year, usually a spring paper chase and fall hunter pace. Spring chases are about 6-7 miles and hunter paces only 2-3 miles. Most are held two consecutive days (Saturday/Sunday or Sunday/Monday), which gives you some scheduling flexibility.
Race to the Rock
Royal Rock Farm in Noxen, west of Scranton, holds a number of small hunter paces and trail rides each year, which aren’t too far from central Pennsylvania.
Fair Hill Paper Chase
The massive Fair Hill Natural Resources Area in northeast Maryland hosts a number of paper chase events. If you’ve never been there, this video will give you an idea of the terrain and trails. There is a reason it’s used to host the Maryland 5 Star!
Cohocton Hunter Pace
Older video but it looks like a really nice pace, with varied terrain and some great rolling fields. We could do without the neighbor’s dogs, lol. Note that NY seems to be picky about health certificates for out of state visitors.
This group is slow to post dates so we don’t have their events for 2025 yet, but assume July/August/September paces will be held.
Horseways
This group holds paper chases in Montgomery county, outside Philly. While it’s a little far when you factor in traffic, we thought we’d throw up this brief preview and add their info.