Activities Agenda

All campers participate in six hours of instruction daily, including at least two hours of actual riding. Another two hours is utilized for theory classes, which include basic care and feeding of horses, various types of equipment, bandaging, diagnosis and treatment of minor aliments, lunging horse for show, tack cleaning and more. The remainder of the participants time is spent grooming and tacking up the horses, as well as paddock cleaning. Time is allowed for students to enjoy other activities.

Day Activities

• Big Country Breakfast
• Horse Grooming & Tacking
• Mounted Lessons - Students grouped according to ring ability and experience. The small groups (usually 5 riders) allow for individual a ttention.
• Stable Management - Each group is given instruction in basic care and feeding of horses, as well as more advanced study in types of equipment, bandaging, diagnosis and treatment of minor ailments and preparing a horse for show, etc.
• Lunch
• Free Time
• Repeat of morning's class

Theory Lessons

• cleaning & maintain tack
• stable management
• riding & jumping form
• horse breeds, colours, conformation
• safety around horses
• horse anatomy & psychology
• grooming, bathing, braiding & clipping
• trimming & shoeing
• first aid for horses
• lunging lessons

Evening Activities

Games, treasure hunts, camp fires, volleyball tournaments, trampolines, and soccer are just a few of the planned events.

All is in good fun, and these memorable evenings stay in our thoughts long after the summer is over.

Horse Show

A horse show will be held each Friday. Classes are planned on a level appropriate for the campers participating, so they may vary from showing, to walk-trot equitation, jumping, or riding through an obstacle course. This is more of a chance to show parents the riding progress made during the session rather than a competition. Everyone receives a ribbon or two to take home as well as awards for progress made.