21st Annual Sally's Ride Weekend
at the Marquette County Fairgrounds

Saturday, September 23, 2023
Saturday, September 23, 2023
  • 10 a.m. Gates Open.
  • Noon-5 PM Tickets sold on-site only! Purchase tickets and view bucket raffle items. Located in the Main Barn. 
  • 12-6 PM Smokd Food Truck will be on-site to purchase food.
  • Sally's Trail Ride. 1-4 p.m. Cost is $25. Come ride at your leisure between 1 to 4PM. There will be a 5-mile and a 10-mile trail marked. 
       PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY!

*You can’t ride without providing a copy of Negative Coggins—no exceptions. Upload Coggins When You Pre-Register on EventBrite. Liability waiver has to be signed to ride* 

Click Here for the 2023 Pregistration Link !!
All pre-registered riders will be entered to win a free portrait taken with their horse by Steve Waller Photography!!!!
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  • Bucket Raffle & Silent Auction Winners Announced. 5 PM
CLICK HERE FOR SILENT AUCTION- Online auction opens on Sunday, September 17 at 5 PM and closes on Friday, September 22 at 9 PM. Winners should pick up items day of ride, Saturday, September 23. 
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Camping & Stalls Info
Camping: $25 for one night or $40 for 2 nights.
​(Camping gate open 9/22 at 4 PM. Electric only, no water hook-up.) NO HORSES ALLOWED IN CAMPING AREA. 

Stalls: $10 for the weekend
FREE but Limited Bedding Available!  Stalls must be cleaned before you leave. Contact Cindy Johnson, 906-250-5153, to reserve your stall.

All Sally's Ride Traffic will be directed to the back gate. 

For the love of the horses that will be rescued by Sally's Fund come on out and support this great cause! Please come with or without a horse!

​Please consider donating a bucket auction item  or a silent auction item. Text Cheri Johnson at 906-458-6167 no later than the Sept. 17th.
​Sally's Ride is done in honor of Sally Paajanen, a corrections officer at Alger Maximum Correctional Facility who lost her life on February 15, 2003 in a tragic event. Friends and family initiated Sally's Fund in Paajanen's memory to foster equine protection and offer educational opportunities aimed at preventing equine neglect.

​Paajanen was an avid horsewoman dedicated to her own horses as well as to the care and living conditions of other horses. Proceeds from the ride go to the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS) to promote protection and education solely for horses.  Donations can be sent anytime to the UPAWS, C/O Sally’s Fund, PO Box 968, Marquette MI 49855.