Our expert staff is ready to introduce you to all the joys of ponies at a series of five-day camps (Mon-Fri) during Summer Break.
Each four-hour day will be packed with lessons, skill development, riding, and just plain fun as you learn to be a pony's rider, best friend, and caretaker.
Pony-related crafts will create take-home keepsakes to keep the dream alive through the long wait until next year's camps.
Our instructor/trainers have years of experience teaching horsemanship from beginning through advanced levels up to beginning jumping.
Our camp counselors are boundless in their enthusiasm and creativity, and truly care for children. A high ratio of both instructors and camp counselors to students guarantees that you will receive the personal attention that makes for an unforgettable learning experience.
You will learn pony grooming, washing, tacking, riding, feeding, health care, and maintenance of their stalls and paddocks.
We will match the riding lessons to the abilities of individual campers. If the number of campers requires us to split each lesson into two groups the campers will be grouped by experience level and the availability of ponies matching their skills.
Traditional instruction will be supplemented with lots of riding games on the ponies (Red light-Green light, etc.) to help develop newly learned skills.
Crafts and barn chores will be adjusted to fill the available time. Barn chores include pony feeding, mucking out stalls and paddocks (oh yes, ponies have two ends and we learn to take care of both), cleaning saddles, general care and maintenance of horses and ponies, etc.
Riding and group lessons will be in our sand riding arena and hilly pastures; lunch and crafts will be in the adjacent, covered area.
Pricing and Logistics
All sessions cost $600 per camper for the five-day week of 4.5 hour days.
We request a $150 non-refundable deposit to hold your camper's spot.
We aim for a maximum of eight campers per session. Our trainer/instructors will oversee each riding session, with at least one craft person overseeing any campers doing crafts/chores.
We reserve the right to cancel or consolidate partly-filled sessions. We will accept sessions of as few as two campers, so if you need to attend on a particular week the best way to guarantee your spot is to recruit another camper (a friend, or even a sibling).
Since in large sessions we will group riders of similar skill levels we cannot guarantee that you will ride with your friend if your skill levels differ greatly. No worries: by week's end you'll all be friends.
We accept campers 7 to 12 years old. We can arrange occasional hand-led rides during camp for younger siblings, but unfortunately we can't accept them as regular campers.
We accept registrations via phone or email, but Liability Waivers must be signed papers.
Required materials:
Sack lunch every day
Helmet, either riding or bicycle
Clothing you don't mind getting dirty, including:
Long pants
Closed-toed shoes (think mucking out stalls...)
Shirt that preferably covers the shoulders
Warm Jacket
Hat
Medicines or other necessary materials
Summer Dates, 2024
June 24th - 28th
July 15th - 19th
July 29th - Aug. 2nd
Price
$600 per child
Daily Schedule (9:30AM-2:00PM)
9:30 AM - Campers arrive, start barn chores
10:30 AM - Morning Ride: tack up, ride, untack
11:30 AM - Cleanup
12:00 PM - Sack Lunch
1:00 PM - Group Lesson and Crafts
2:00 PM - Parents pick-up campers
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