Our five-day summer riding intensives provide a rich outdoor experience for children and teens ages.
Our goal is not only to have students experience the joy and freedom of riding which can be very empowering, but also to explore relationship dynamics between horse and rider, and to instill a sense of responsibility for their care. Also, there is the inevitable frustration that will arise with learning new skills with animals that do indeed need to be partnered with and not controlled. In our experience, all of this translates to a week of tremendous growth and excitement.
In the mornings students will have the opportunity to ride and to learn about horses and horsemanship through hands on learning experiences. Activities include grooming, tacking up, the daily care of horses and barn management. In the afternoons, there will be a special horse-related activity, such as, bareback riding, bathing a horse, etc. and / or art activity. (Ages 6-12)
We offer several different sessions; breaking down our camp weeks into different ability levels to be better able to accommodate a wider variety of skill sets and to ensure that everyone learns throughout the week.
Beginners week: new to riding all the way up to learning how to Walk/ Trot Independently, beginning/ intermediate horsemanship lessons
Intermediate: able to be more independent. Working on W/T, learning to Canter and jump; intermediate horsemanship lessons
Advanced/ Eventing Camp: Walk/trot canter, jumping courses, on own horses, or limited availability with ours; Focusing on horsemanship and grooming and preparing to learn how to compete and show
Other Camp Information
Camp runs from 9-2 Monday through Friday.
The days start at 9am with drop off. We spend the morning riding and learning about various different important horse management skills,(such as grooming, anatomy, tack cleaning, nutrition, mucking, etc... pretty much the list could be endless). Then in the afternoon we do a different variety of hands on equine experiential activities, it could be anything from riding again, to lounging, learning about ground work....
Then our day ends at 2pm when they will get picked up.
We will be wearing masks in the barn yard and when in close contact. They will be able to take the masks off when they ride and we will be teaching sans masks so the kiddos can hear us.
We will be taking temps when they arrive, have a hand sanitizing station that we will ask everyone to use when arriving on property. We will be disinfecting the bathroom and the communal equipment frequently.
Please send them with their individual hand sanitizer and sunscreen as we will not be sharing these!
Things to pack for the day:
A packed lunch
snacks
water bottle
Long pants to ride in
shirts that cover their shoulders (to protect from sun and scraped shoulders)
riding boots or some type of boot with a heel (this stops feet from getting stuck in stirrups)
a change of clothes that can get wet (closed toed shoes too!) for afternoon activities (such as washing ponies)
sunscreen
hand sanitizer
raincoat
Sun hat
Some type of bag to store their stuff in (backpacks are nice with zippers to stop curious creatures from exploring)
For the first day please print or email both waivers below