Children's Riding Camps
(ages 6-15)
These camps are geared for children ages 6-15 and are separated into specific skill levels. Offered throughout the summer and at major holiday breaks (see event calendar for dates)
Pre-K-1st Grade
Kids that have never ridden before to kids that have experience at the walk with a basic intro to the trot.
2nd Grade-4th Grade
Kids that have experience at walk/trot to kids that have been started over groundpoles.
5th-Grade - 6th grade
Kids that have experience at walk/trot/canter and have started over fences, or are ready to start over fences
Our camp involves quite a bit of riding, in fact 2.5 hours per day!! Along with the riding there are skill/age appropriate lectures that range from,
colors/markings of the horse, anatomy of the horse, feeding your horse, proper show grooming, and basic first aid.
Sample Itinerary
9:00-9:30 - Kids Arrive
9:30-10:00 - Groom & Tack-up
10:00-11:00 - 1st Ride (based of theory and basic education)
11:00-12:00 - 2nd Ride (mounted fun ride - bareback, games, etc...)
12:000-12:30 - Untack and Care for horse (might include a bath or feeding a lunch meal)
12:30-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-1:30 Arts & Crafts*
*for younger children, older children will have a 1hr lunch or a 1hr lecture
1:30-2:00 - Lecture
2:00-2:30 - Groom & Tack-up
2:30-3:30 - 3rd Ride (based of final goal for the week)
3:30-4:00 - Untack and Care for horse
4:00 - End of Day
Early drop-off & Late Pick-up available
Competitors Training Camp
(Maiden through Novice)
Our Training Camps have been designed specifically for riders that are interested in pursuing eventing and/or are already competing in the sport of eventing. For riders that have not competed in eventing, they must be competent at walk/trot/canter and jumping 2' course. Our training camps are very intense, but incorporate a lot of fun as well. We usually try to have our training camps scheduled where there is a competition at the end of the week that campers may choose to compete (therefore showing off their skills).
Levels
Maiden - BN
(2'-2'7")
Riders will no eventing experience (must be competent w/t/c, jumping 2' courses) or students that are competing Maiden and ready to move up to Beginner Novice. This is also good for riders that have just started competing BN.
BN-Novice
(2'7"-2'11")
Riders that have been competing BN and are ready to move up to Novice. As well as riders that have just moved up to Novice.
Novice-Training
(2'11"-3'3")
Riders that have been competing Novice and are ready to move up to Training. As well as riders that have just moved up to Training.
