Summer Horse Camp
Overnight Horse Riding Camp
Girls ages 6 - 12 years only!
We fulfill all your "Sleepaway summer hors0e camp near me" needs
Fun & Friends Await You This Summer At Our Sleepaway Horse Camp
Our Summer Horseback riding Camps are the hit for horse loving girls every year and fill up fast
Summer Horse Camps for Kids and Teens at a Price You Can Afford
If your kid loves horses, adventure, and fun, Pony Gang Horse Crazy Camp - Equestrian Camp - is the perfect place for her. At our summer pony camp for girls, she will learn about these majestic animals and gain incredible skills as she creates lasting friendships with both humans and horses alike.
There’s something magical about connecting with a beautiful horse and learning new things in the process. Horseback riding teaches kids confidence, self-discipline, and respect. While horse riding is only one part of the program at most summer camps, we offer our camper a summer camp focused solely on horses here at Pony Gang Horse Crazy Camp.
We are proud to offer an overnight horse camp experience like none other.
Saddle up!
And join us for summer camp 2024
Our Overnight Summer Horse Camp for girls offers the opportunity to immerse oneself into horsemanship, horse play, trail riding and horse care as well as many other fun activities.
English Or Western:
We Ride here at Pony Gang
It begins with a love for horses...
That’s it. Maybe it’s a passion for their beauty or curiosity about their mystery. While most camps lease their horse herd for the summer only, we keep our herd of our own horses year-round for other camps during the remaining of the year and our lessons program. So they’re ready for our campers during the summer. This keeps us intimately familiar with their dispositions, in direct control of their wellbeing, and all the more able to ensure we have simply the best horses and ponies for our campers and counselors alike.
It all begins with the love for horses!
If your kid loves horses, adventure, and fun, Pony Gang Horse Crazy Camp - Equestrian Camp - is the perfect place for her. At our summer pony camp for girls, she will learn about these majestic animals and gain incredible skills as she creates lasting friendships with both humans and horses alike.
There’s something magical about connecting with a beautiful horse and learning new things in the process. Horseback riding teaches kids confidence, self-discipline, and respect. While horse riding is only one part of the program at most summer camps, we offer our camper a summer camp focused solely on horses here at Pony Gang Horse Crazy Camp.
We are proud to offer an overnight horse camp experience like none other.
Daily Horseback Riding Program
Our Western riding and Hunter/English riding campers with existing riding experience (Novice - advanced) will enjoy a group riding time with daily changing activities - like riding arena riding, trail riding, bareback riding, games on horseback and so much more.
Beginners with no previous or only minimal riding experience will build 2 different groups. This groups will be work on their balanced and independent seat. Learn how to move the horse with the correct use of aids and understanding of this aids.
Daily Horse Care and Barn Management
The Barn or Stable management part of our Camp invites our campers to learn what it would mean to own a horse and take care of them.
By the end of the session, they will know that taking care of a horse isn’t simple, it is hard work, but so much fun!
Other Activities
Every Day of the week we will have changing activities they range from water games to ball games, arts and crafts, scavenger hunt, horseshow without horses, and so much more will be on our schedule for 2024.
Highlights for upcoming season:
We will install a small zip line and a gaga ball court. Our arts and crafts will have open access during free times for the campers to pick what they would like to do.
Daily Vaulting & Trick Riding Program
Vaulting is a great Equestrian activity that was introduced into our camp program in 2020 to help our riders develop more balance, confidence, flexibility and body control. We teach beginner level - first on our wooden horse and from there we are advancing to the standing and then walking horse on the lunge line (we follow with this the regular learning steps from Equestrian vaulters). We teach this lesson as group lesson.
Trick Riding activity was introduced in our program at the same time as vaulting. It will help riders to develop body control and flexibility, work on their confidence and self-belief. It is a fun activity and besides horseback riding the most popular one of our campers.
Daily Horsemanship Workshop
In our Horsemanship classes our campers learn
First aid & Health check
In some weeks we will have visits from professionals like vets, dentist and farrier
- Show preparation
- Bathing horses
and so much more
Night time Activities
Every Evening of the week we will have like with our afternoon activities changing activities that range from Ice breaker games on our first night together to horse bingo and jeopardy to movie night.
Our Movie night in 2024 will change because we will be creating an outdoor movie theater for our campers to enjoy.
Daily Schedule at Sleepaway Horse Camp
07:45 am Wake up Call
08:30 am Breakfast
09:00 am Start riding activities
11:30 am Trick riding and Vaulting lesson
01:00 pm Lunch
01:30 pm Horsemanship class
02:00 pm Stablemanagement
03:00 pm Free time (a supervised but unstructured period where the girls can work on small art projects, write home, read a book, chat with each other, play games, etc.)
04:00 pm Afternoon activity (daily changing)
05:00 pm Cabin clean up and shower time
06:30 pm Dinner
07:00 pm Free time
07:30 pm Evening activities
09:00 pm Cabin time
09:30 pm Light out
FAQ
Dates & Prices
$ 1,150*
per Camper
Drop off: Sunday - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pick Up: Saturday - 11:00 am - 11:30 am
2024:
June 9 - June 15, 2024
June 16 - June 22, 2024
June 23 - June 29, 2024
June 30 - July 6, 2024
July 8 - July 13, 2024
"All campers are expected to participate in barn chores, including cleaning stall & feeding horses and cleaning tack."
Why do campers have to do barn chores?
It is a popular activity in every good horse camp because it is teaching the campers the important understanding of the care and work that is put into keeping horses happy and healthy.
It also teaches the campers that horseback riding and/or owning horses always come with responsibilities and work.
Barn chores we perform here at camp daily:
Each camper gets a horse/pony assigned on the beginning of the camp week and will be responsible for the care of the horses. Our counselors or barn manager will assist them if needed.
Cleaning grooming area - as in every riding school we ask every rider to leave their grooming area in the same the condition they have found it and this means every rider has to sweep their area after use.
Cleaning stalls - because horse cannot clean them themselves we Equestrians have to do it for them
Filling water - a horse drinks up to 10 gallon of water a day and in the summer even more. Water is as important for horses as it is for us to stay hydrated
Feeding Supplements - Hay and grass pasture is not enough for a working horse or even older horses to get all the nutrients and vitamins they need. So they need to receive this in form of supplements and feed.
Cleaning water through - Once a week the water troughs need to be washed out to ensure that the horses always have clean water to drink.
Sweeping barn aisle - After riding lessons each camper will clean and sweep the grooming area they used to leave it in the same condition they found it.
Cleaning tack - after every ride campers will wipe down the tack used and on the last day they will clean their tack. It is important to note that tack cleaning is not to make it look ‘pretty’. Tack cleaning is a step we must take to ensure our horses are comfortable when being ridden and to keep the tack functional.
