'Jump' into summer with this great Eventing Horse Camp !
'Jump' into summer with this great Eventing Horse Camp !
IS A LITTLE EVENTING IN YOUR FUTURE?
Then our 'Eventing' Camp will give you a great introduction!
Brand new, and custom fit to our campers
For serious English Riders who want to
get a taste of what the sport of Eventing is all about!
Eventing Camp is some serious stuff for horse lovers.
Our summer horse campers have always
loved our
jumping program and so do we!
Riders with intermediate to advanced jumping
skills will love our 'Eventing Camp' Program - a
great introduction to the sport!!
The theme
is dressage, stadium jumping and cross country,
the three elements of an Eventing program.
Riders need to have the basics, be cantering
over small courses, and comfortable jumps.
We begin with a skills assessment at the farm.
Riders are matched to their horses and we begin!
Daily lessons incorporate everything the kids
will need to know about competing at an event.
We will take you through the dressage tests,
help you with how to ride an accurate test, and
give you an overview of dressage in eventing.
As the week progresses and our campers
get drills and course work over stadium jumps -
and of course, they get a clinic over our beginner
friendly event course, built with our campers in mind.
Solid but inviting jumps encourage our campers
and give them confidence - and at week's end, we have a
Short Course Demo for the folks!
Less nerve wracking
than a show, the demo shows the PARENTS what's
to be expected from an eventing program - it's fun
to watch and the parents always love seeing the kids
strut their stuff with confidence and skill.
Camp is geared towards a variety of skill levels.
Learning to Jump - having FUN!.
Our facility has a full range of jumps and fillers,
and a large
240 x 130 sand ring, which we make FULL
use of during camp.
Our horses are friendly and talented
beasts that fit many levels
of rider, and we do our very
best to get a good fit so that our
campers can relax and
enjoy the camp and it's many benefits.
Eventing Camp
includes segments on building and designing
varioius
courses, finding distances, developing form, and many
other very helpful lessons, with the goal of improving
their skills WHILE totally enjoying themselves! When
the girls are ready, we hit the new cross country course
we've built here just for our campers - the footing is good,
and it's suited to those who are just beginning in the sport.
Our course includes a big log, a water jump, small banks,
rock wall, cord wood, a ditch and a mini trakehner - and
there's even more in the works! We're proud of the program
we've developed here - and the kids LOVE the course. It
is just the right amount of adrenalin for them while still
giving them confidence and belief in themselves that they
CAN do it - this is a very important aspect for their future!
Simple Cross Country for a TASTE of adventure!
With alot of elbow room here, it's only
natural
that we should make use of cross
country as a
source of Jumping Fun! Simple,
low level jumps
will encourage our campers
to enjoy the thrill
of jumping natural obstacles
over grassy terrain,
while keeping them safe
and feeling comfortable
.
If your rider has
not tried natural jumps yet,
or just plain
LOVES it - this is just the camp
to embrace
the excitement and give it a whirl.
Every year we add fun and interesting jumps!
Flatwork - Fun and Challenging
From a proper warmup and cool down to
flexing/bending, impulsion and leg yielding, we
cover all the basics to encourage proper riding
technique in preparation for jumping. Because
everyone needs to know that the quickest way
to a good jump is through proper flatwork!
Our campers will enjoy it, and the basics will be
moulded into something fun and easy to learn
so that our campers (and the horses!) will benefit!
HORSE CAMP = NEW FRIENDS!
Our Eventing Camp girls have ALWAYS enjoyed the company of other kids
riding at the same level and have the same serious 'eat it up' mentality! By the
the time that campers are ready for cross country they have proven that they
have the dedication to developing a good seat, good safe position, and have
a determination to succeed. Eventing camp has a FANTASTIC return rate, with
campers returning yearly to catch up with old friends, and make new ones!
Our campers will enjoy a clinic
with Heather Kirk, a successful
Eventer and
a Level 1 EC Certified
Coach.
Last year, campers LOVED
working with Heather so she's
back again by popular demand!
Cross country is the focus of this
really exciting all day clinic for the
girls.
Heather wins at Training and
finished in the top three at her first
Prelim event,
so she's very qualified!
As always, we go for full
immersion! From our cozy cabin
with nightly crackling campfire
in an on farm wilderness
campsite ~ to our nightly ritual
of goofing around & relaxing
by a roaring fire or watching a
movie - it's an atmosphere
that's proven itself to be a
popular
teenage experience!
There's room
for everyone
in this spacious cabin
- but
no
fighting over the couch!
Relaxing at night and enjoying
marshmallows is a main attraction
of all our horse camps!
So if your young rider is relaxed around
horses, is obsessed with
JUMPING, is
solid & comfortable at walk trot & canter,
has a good start on the jumping basics,
is willing to learn an in depth focus on
what
it takes to jump well - even if that
means focusing & working until they're
exhausted, then
this horse camp is a
perfect solution! Not for kids who aren't
100% serious about their riding - it's for
those who want to advance in the sport.
Oh it's FUN alright. But in a different
way than most summer horse camps.
Watching our girls rise to the challenge of some in depth work,
makes this camp one of my favorites! And best of all, on pickup
day, we have a 'mini' event where folks get to see a short course
eventing format that will show them what their campers have
learned over the course of the week. It's always a BIG THRILL
to watch them strut their stuff, and it's a great end to the week.
Click here for a downloadable application form,
and a list of what to bring to horse camp.
Just a fantastic opportunity for newcomers to get their feet wet at EVENTING!
Follow this link to a page we've made highlighting all the greatest tack stores
just in case you wish to purchase something for your child's summer horse camp
experience. We'd like to help you outfit your campers within budget!
For more information on how to sign up,
please contact
Highland Wilderness Tours
Matt & Penny Nicol, Box 211,
Maynooth, Ontario, K0L 2S0
1-613-338-2330 or toll free
1-866-RYD-WILD
info@ridethewilderness.com