Marshall Hall Riding Academy Summer Camp

Marshall Hall Riding Academy aims to have plenty of fun for our summer campers. Our young campers will learn the basics of safe horse handling, grooming and tacking of our mounts, comprehensive instruction for our beginning and returning riders with plenty of daily saddle time… as we say, “Back to the Basics to Bring them Forward.”

Only 5 Campers for Each Session
Always a minimum of 2 rides per day

Camp dates: 6/10/24–8/23/24
Hours: 9 am–3 pm (aftercare available)

Our Daily Activities:
Daily Horse Related Curriculum = HORSES

The children spoke, and we listened. No books, lectures, or any activities that do not have a physical horse involved!

• 9:00–10:30 — Horse Safety, Grooming, Tacking
• 10:30–12:00 — Riding Lesson
• 12:00–12:30 — Horse Untacking
• 12:30–1:00 — Lunch
• 1:00–1:30 — Free time to play or some Arts and Crafts
• 1:30–2:00 — Horse Tacking
• 2:00–3:00 — Bareback Lesson

Wednesday afternoon we paint, and the horses are our canvas!

Topics Covered
Horse safety, disciplines, breeds, colors, markings, terminology, anatomy, and triage. We will ask our campers what interests them and tailor each week to our group.

We also might go on a field trip to Sonoma Horse Park to watch a competition in action. On Fridays At 2:00 we like to present to the parents what we have learned at camp! We will show off our new skills and have an interactive riding lesson where we demonstrate our posting trot and steering skills, a pop quiz on terminology we have learned, and a Q &A session at the end so everyone goes home knowing a little more about horses!