This is a fun filled and varied week with for your youngsters which will help them to improve their confidence around horses whilst having to look after their pony for the week.
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Up to 4 hours of riding a day
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Lessons in stable management which include handling your pony, grooming, plaiting, bathing, and tacking up.
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Full day ride with a stop off for lunch (pocket money for cake and lunch needed)
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Fun, interactive games – on and off ponies
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A Tack and Turnout competition which provides motivation to get into that healthy-competitive mood!
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A show morning which allows kids to show off skills they’ve learnt during the week with rosettes.
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Sleeping in the farmhouse in girls and boys dorm rooms
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All meals homecooked
- BBQ and Games night
- Drop off Monday 12 midday to collection Friday 2.30pm
Sample Itinerary
Monday 09 Aug
Drop off children at the farmhouse at midday.
12.00 lunch, meet and greet and safety briefing
Afternoon meet the ponies, learn to groom and riding assessment
4.00 afternoon tea, structured tack cleaning, free time, evening meal
9.00 – drink, biscuit & bed
Tuesday 10 Aug
8-8.30 - Breakfast
9-10 – grooming, tacking up
10-12 – riding
12-1 – lunch, free time
Afternoon - grooming, tacking up riding/show practise, mounted,
4.00 afternoon tea, tack cleaning, free time, evening meal.
Tonight, weather permitting, we will do the much loved 'River Run'! Pack old clothes and trainers to splash about in our local brook.
9.00 – drink, biscuit & bed
Wednesday 11 Aug
8-8.30 - Breakfast
9-10 – grooming, tacking up
10-12 – riding
12-1 – lunch, freetime
Afternoon - stable management – teamwork for show prep, learning how to turn out a horse to show standard, practise plaiting, washing tails
4.00 afternoon tea followed by tack cleaning, free time, evening meal and weather permitting a river run.
9.00 – drink, biscuit & bed
Thursday 12 Aug
8-8.30 - Breakfast
9-10 – grooming, tacking up
10-4 – DAY RIDE with a lunch stop
4.00 - afternoon tea followed by BBQ & Games night
9.00 – drink, biscuit & bed
Friday 13 Aug
8-8.30 - Breakfast
9-12 – grooming, show prep & SHOW TIME
12.00 Lunch & Pack up & Prize Giving
2.30 Collection
Suitable for Ages 8 - 16
Beginners and Experienced Riders
These camps have been successfully run over the past few years, dramatically improving many children's riding skills but please note there is no arena and lessons are carried out in the surrounding paddocks and while out hacking.
DATES & PRICES
£695 per child
Monday 09 - Friday 13 August 2021