Welcome to The Haney Horsemen
The Haney Horseman chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of BC is a not-for-profit equestrian club consisting entirely of volunteers. Our group has been committed to equestrian trail stewardship in the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows area for well over 50 years! In 2025, our club members voted to become a chapter of the provincial organization, Back Country Horsemen of BC to help us continue supporting equestrian trails and riders in our region. With our shared values and history as trail stewards and builders, it is a natural evolution for the club.
A Legacy of Trail Stewardship
Originally under the banner of The Ridge Riders (aka the Maple Ridge Riding & Driving Club, formed in 1942), the club first began supporting development of the equestrian trail network in the 1960s. Our volunteers built and maintained the trails, researched, applied for and secured funding grants, and co-operated with local government and land management agencies to identify appropriate trail routes.
In response to the new Maple Ridge Official Community Plan, The Ridge Riders began planning in 1978 to update the club’s formal structure to better serve our core purpose as trail stewards and builders. The group registered “Haney Horsemen Association” as a non-profit society in January 1981. With that change and the new service contract with the district, we would meet the community’s need for ongoing maintenance on existing trails and the creation of essential linkages between trails in the decades that followed.
In 2012, the Haney Horsemen entered into a revised agreement with the district, to work together at a high level of engagement to determine priorities for maintenance and renovations of existing trails, but no longer performing the inspections and trail work with our volunteers, nor funding the liability insurance, which had become a significant burden.
Most recently, as population growth and development in the BC Lower Mainland continues to impact access to existing trails and natural recreation areas, our members determined that the best way to meet our commitment to trail stewardship would be as part of a larger recreational trails organization. As a result, our members voted in 2025 to become a chapter of the Back Country Horsemen Society of British Columbia, a non-profit society with provincial scope. With our shared values and history as trail stewards and builders, it is a natural evolution for the club.
Use the menu above to discover more about the horse trail network, the benefits of HHA membership, and our legacy of trail stewardship that continues to this day. Connect with us to meet other local equestrians, attend a meeting, report a trail concern or ask a question.
Current Executive
President: Bill Geofroy
Vice President: Kirsten Call
Treasurer: Lynn Byer
Secretary: Cassandra Tattrie