Come join us for a safe, fun, educational, pony filled week!
Pleasant Ridge Farm's Summer Day Camps
are for horse crazy kids who want to better their horsemanship and riding.
Summer camps for 2023 are full
Check back in March of 2024 for new camp dates and to register
In 2024 we will be hosting 2 Early Rider camps, 2 dressage camps, and an Eventing camp!
Space for the early rider camps will be extremely limited so be sure to get on our mailing list!
Pleasant Ridge Farm's Summer Day Camps
are for horse crazy kids who want to better their horsemanship and riding.
Summer camps for 2023 are full
Check back in March of 2024 for new camp dates and to register
In 2024 we will be hosting 2 Early Rider camps, 2 dressage camps, and an Eventing camp!
Space for the early rider camps will be extremely limited so be sure to get on our mailing list!
Early Rider Day Camps
Ages: 6+
Times: 9am-3pm
Days: Monday through Friday
No previous experience required! Come learn about everything horse related with experienced equestrians and upper level Pony Club members who are excited to share their knowledge. Each child will learn all aspects of horse care from grooming and barn management to tacking up, safety, basic equitation, veterinary care and more! Students will improve their equitation skills with morning group riding lessons. Horsemanship activities include feeding, stall cleaning and daily animal care. Daily learning activities include horse related games such as breed scavenger hunts, tack knowledge relay races, "vet" day where students are given various scenarios to address, horse anatomy contests, bareback riding, craft projects and more! Our camps are limited to 10 at a time and students are broken into smaller groups for riding and other activities.
All campers receive a PRF summer camp "book" outlining all the things they learned during the week.
The last day of camp, students will perform in a camp horse show.
Parents, friends and family are all welcome to attend. Real printed ribbons and awards will be given.
Sample daily outline is as follows
9:00-9:30 Settle in. Tack up
9:30-11:30 Riding lessons/unmounted activities
11:30-12:00 Untack
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Barn management - stall cleaning etc
2:00-3:00 Afternoon activity
3 :00 Pickup
Daily Fun (subject to change)
Monday- Parts of the horse, paint picture frames, bracelet making, make an obstacle course to ride in Tuesdays lesson.
Tuesday - Equine health care. Emergency vet care activities
Wednesday - Saddle and Bridle parts. Bridle take apart and put together competition. Pizza day! Visit the creek. Make horse treats.
Thursday - Horse breeds. Horse markings. Make brow bands for Friday horse show. Bareback riding.
Friday - Horse Show Day! Horse show starts at 12:00. Friends and family are welcome. Real ribbons and awards will be given
Ages: 6+
Times: 9am-3pm
Days: Monday through Friday
No previous experience required! Come learn about everything horse related with experienced equestrians and upper level Pony Club members who are excited to share their knowledge. Each child will learn all aspects of horse care from grooming and barn management to tacking up, safety, basic equitation, veterinary care and more! Students will improve their equitation skills with morning group riding lessons. Horsemanship activities include feeding, stall cleaning and daily animal care. Daily learning activities include horse related games such as breed scavenger hunts, tack knowledge relay races, "vet" day where students are given various scenarios to address, horse anatomy contests, bareback riding, craft projects and more! Our camps are limited to 10 at a time and students are broken into smaller groups for riding and other activities.
All campers receive a PRF summer camp "book" outlining all the things they learned during the week.
The last day of camp, students will perform in a camp horse show.
Parents, friends and family are all welcome to attend. Real printed ribbons and awards will be given.
Sample daily outline is as follows
9:00-9:30 Settle in. Tack up
9:30-11:30 Riding lessons/unmounted activities
11:30-12:00 Untack
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Barn management - stall cleaning etc
2:00-3:00 Afternoon activity
3 :00 Pickup
Daily Fun (subject to change)
Monday- Parts of the horse, paint picture frames, bracelet making, make an obstacle course to ride in Tuesdays lesson.
Tuesday - Equine health care. Emergency vet care activities
Wednesday - Saddle and Bridle parts. Bridle take apart and put together competition. Pizza day! Visit the creek. Make horse treats.
Thursday - Horse breeds. Horse markings. Make brow bands for Friday horse show. Bareback riding.
Friday - Horse Show Day! Horse show starts at 12:00. Friends and family are welcome. Real ribbons and awards will be given
PRF also has a vibrant and fun full time lesson program! Click here for more info
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DRESSAGE CAMP
July17-21 - 1 spots available Aug 14-18 - 4 spots available Ages: 6+ Times: 9am-2pm Days: Monday through Friday Join us for our popular Dressage Camp! This camp is for riders of all ages, adults as well! Come learn the foundation of all correct riding, what it is, why we use it and how it benefits our horses long term health. All participants will pick dressage test to work on for the week. Each day we will work on parts of the test and exercises to improve each movement. At the end of the week each participant will ride their test , discuss what needs improvement and re-ride to correct. Aka a Fix-a-test! Please note: Some riding experience REQUIRED. Must be able to safely tack up, and walk/trot independently. Basic outline of camp and information that will be covered: Monday pick tests/talk about the moves/terms/show prep Tuesday Evening Dessage field trip Wednesday guest speaker Thursday watch videos of tests Friday prep and ride/score tests
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