2026 Treasure PACE

Combine your detective and equestrian skills for a morning of fun on a marked course across the lovely trails and variety of optional cross-country obstacles! Follow the poetic clues and collect the numbered bottle caps to show that you have found all the treasures. Enjoy your ride on adjoining properties with minimal road hacking!

Date:

  • Sunday, May 24, 2026
  • Start time between 9 am and noon

Location:

  • Silverdew Farm, 228 Lowe Road, Ottawa

Cost:

  • $100 / rider ($88.50 plus HST ) with pre-registration & payment
  • $110 / rider ($97.35 plus HST) to the secretary on the day

Alternatively, ride all 2026 public events and extend your capping limit to ride as a guest in more hunts with our new Public Events Membership!

Pre-registration closes at 11:59 pm on May 23, 2026.

Registration opens May 10
Registration and Additional Information
  • Waivers are included in the online registration process. Provincial association membership is not required. Proof of vaccinations/Coggins is not required although on the waiver you must attest that your horse does not have a contagious disease.
  • Secretary’s booth opens at 8 am. Please register when you arrive with the names of the people who will be on your team. If you don’t have a riding partner and wish to be paired with someone, we can arrange that too! Take note of the number to call in case there is an issue while on course.
  • We recommend that all members of the team take a picture of the emergency number or program it on their phones. 
  • English and Western riders are welcome. Dress code is casual. Safety helmets are mandatory.
  • Bring water for your horse as well as a bucket to put the manure in as trailers should not be emptied on the property.
  • No dogs, please!
  • Riders ride in teams of 2 or 3 riders. The order of go is on a first come, first served basis.
  • The results will be published on Facebook in a few days. The winners are those closest to the secret optimum time ridden by a team of OVH members going at a good "hunter pace" given the terrain and conditions AND who have returned the most treasures (numbered bottle caps).
  • If you capture some nice photos, we'd love to add them to our Facebook album. Please send them to Ottawa Valley Hunt by Facebook Messenger.
Riding the Treasure Pace
  • Riders ride in teams of 2 or 3 riders. Teams can start their timed course between 9 am and noon. The order of go is on a first come, first served basis.  Even if it’s a beautiful day please ensure that you return no later than 2:30pm.
  • Loved it so much that you want another round?  We’d be delighted to accommodate this for a donation to the OVH.  You will only be judged on your first round.
  • Teams are given a sheet of clues and they navigate the course from one station to another, picking up a "treasure" (in the form of a numbered bottlecap) from each station. The team with all its "treasures" and closest to the optimum time wins.
  • Collecting some "treasures" may require dismounting. Mounting blocks or nearby logs are available.  A fun job for your young and young at heart riders! 
  • Stay on course and jump only jumps that are part of the course. You are free to jump some jumps a few times.
  • If you encounter a slower team, please make your presence known and request to pass in a safe manner.
  • Report all falls to that emergency number or to the registration desk. If there is a serious incident that requires medical attention while on course, call 911. Please call one of the emergency contacts for all incidents.