Big Sky Horse Park Pet Run/Walk 2025

🐾 Welcome to the Big Sky Horse Park Pet Run

The Big Sky Horse Park and the Missoula Horse Council welcomes all dog owners to the 4th Annual Pet Run on May 3rd, 2025! Coincidentally, this is also Kentucky Derby Day, so be prepared for "run for the roses" themes.

🕒 Race Day Start Times

• 10k: Leaving the start line at 10:00 AM
• 3k: Leaving the start line at 10:30 AM
• 6k: Leaving the start line at 11:00 AM

🎉 Event Highlights

We welcome you, your dog, your friends, family, and neighbors to a fun-filled day of racing, prizes, vendors, and pet portraits at the Big Sky Horse Park in Missoula, MT.

This is a timed running event limited to 1 dog per human. This year, walkers and runners with their leashed companions will complete 3 km or 6 km on fine crushed gravel and/or grass within the boundaries of the Big Sky Horse Park. The NEW 10k will lap the park's boundary trail and then extend into the neighboring DNR piece across Tower Street. Though our visitors enjoy off-leash privileges most days, a leashed rule will be enforced for the entirety of race day.

📍 Course Information

View the course map here!

🌳 Community Involvement

• Purpose: The primary purpose of the BSHP Pet Run is to bring multiple user groups together to share the beauty, location, and non-equestrian benefits of the park.
• Support: Because the Big Sky Horse Park is not a dedicated park, it is always at risk of disappearing and being replaced by development. We need your support to protect the park for the long term!
• Membership: The best way to do so is to become a “Non-Rider Supporter”! Your annual $25 membership helps pay for the upkeep and preservation of the wildlife habitat and green space inside the Big Sky Horse Park.

Sign up to become a Non-Rider Supporter, HERE!

🏞️ Park Information

The Big Sky Horse Park, located at the heart of Missoula County, is beautifully maintained and actively preserved by a board of equestrian-focused volunteers, all of whom are also dog owners! The Missoula Horse Council leases more than 90 acres of the park from Missoula County to host events and provide open space for all. Though equestrian activities are seasonal, the Big Sky Horse Park is open 365 days of the year to walkers, runners, dog owners, and high school track teams.

For more details, visit our race page.