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1259 North Poes Road Flint Hill, Virginia 22627 (540) 364-2929 betsyp@crosslink.net |
Summer horse and pony clinic at Hunter’s Rest
(Use my horses or bring your own)
Proposed camp schedule -- Any Tuesday through Sunday
Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. Horse movie night at Hunter's Rest. Popcorn and-or ice cream. Get camp study materials.
Wednesday. 8 a.m. Arrive. Groom and tack up horses for ride #1. (See below for lesson plans.)
8:30 Ride. Lessons videotaped for playback.
10:30 Wash horses, clean tack.
11 Stable management lesson and-or game.
12 noon. Lunch. Horse videos during lunch (screen morning lesson).
1 p.m. Horse craft lesson or field trip (see below for selections.)
Ice cream and ready for ride #2.
2:30 Groom and tack up for ride # 2.
3 Ride (see selection below)
4:30 Wash horses, clean tack.
5 p.m. leave for home.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday are repeats of Wednesday except Saturday we'll get ready for the show instead of afternoon lessons.
Sunday Horse show. Depart around 8 a.m. Arrive half hour early to groom horses. Should be home
by 4 or 5 p.m.
Morning lesson plans will include:
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Dressage
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Jumping gymnastics
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Show jumping courses
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Cross-country jumping
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Longe line lessons
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Quadrille rides
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Dressage musical freestyle (create and design your own)
Afternoon lesson plans may include:
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Polo
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River ride
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Trail navigation
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Treasure hunt
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Murder mystery ride
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Jousting
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Gymkhana games on horseback
Horse crafts and lessons may include:
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How to bake horse treats
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Horse art (how to)
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Horse photography
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Martial arts (how they relate to better riding position – yoga, tai chi, ai-kido, judo)
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Teach your horse a ‘trick’
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Learn ‘animal communication’ with your horse
Field trips may include:
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Equine Reproductive Concepts, Amissville (mares and foals)
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Blue Ridge Farm, Upperville (stallions, mares and foals)
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Montpelier Station breeding farm, Orange (stallions, mares and foals)
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Colonial Downs racetrack, Richmond (flat and steeplechase racing)
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Equine Swim Center, Middleburg (horse swimming pool)
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McClure Racing Stable, Middleburg (thoroughbred training center)
Stable Management lessons may include:
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Equine diseases
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Bandaging
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How to take pulse, temperature, respiration
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Feeds and nutrition
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Parts of the horse and conformation
Notes
- Lesson plans are a guideline that we'll work out by 1) popular vote and 2) appropriate due to weather or other conditions. Requests invited from all students.
- It is possible that our horse show could be on Saturday instead of Sunday, in which case we'll just swap the two day's schedules.