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Horse camp meets vacation Bible school! This week will include Bible-based instruction that ties directly to the horsemanship concepts students will see each day. Scripture memory and music will also tie into our horseback time. In this camp, students will receive the same amount of horseback time as our standard weeks.

Cattle Camp features rope skills and live cattle sorting! This camp is for students who are a little older and have some horse experience already. Students will learn how to handle a rope on the ground, and then move to work roping and tracking a dummy horseback. With the live cattle, our riders will learn about flight zones and how to influence a cows movement with their horse. They will learn to sort, box and drive a live cow. Our Arena Expo the last day will be in the format of a basic ranch horse versatility show, where each student will perform a reining pattern and then work a live cow one-on-one.

This three-day camp will follow the format of our full camp for horseback games. Students will learn fun, playday-style games that promote friendly competition. Our game patterns will vary, but may include a barrel race, pole bending and a flag race. Generally the students practice a variety of patterns through the week, and they choose which ones they do for the Arena Expo on the last afternoon.

Gymkhana games will be our emphasis this week fun, playday-style games that promote friendly competition. Our game patterns will vary, but may include a barrel race, pole bending and a flag race. Generally the students practice a variety of patterns through the week, and they choose which ones they do for the Arena Expo on the last afternoon.

In this camp week, students will learn to navigate a standard ranch trail course. There will be a simple course for our young beginners, and a more complex pattern for the older, advanced riders. The trail pattern may include working a gate, trot poles, moving a rain slicker, sidepass and back-through.

This camp will focus on the basics of Western riding. Students will learn to tack up their horse in a Western saddle, and they will learn to guide their horse with a neck rein and leg cues as their size allows. The Arena Expo this week will include pattern and pole work.