HOLIDAYS
CHILDRENS RIDING HOLIDAYS AT PONY CAMP
Why not come and stay with us, you can help us look after, ride and play with the ponies for a few days while your folks take a trip of their own, have a well deserved break or just get a few things done for themselves. We take no more than six keen horsey girls or boys at a time from the age of 8 up to 18 years old, to live and stay with us as part of our family in the farmhouse at our riding stables and Pony Club Centre.
You will have so much fun at the farm, meet new horsey friends and have your own horse/pony for a few days who will help you to win rosettes and pass tests if you want to.
My mother has always been asthmatic and some of my children have allergies to hay or dust so we have plenty of experience with these ailments, there’s also a first aider on site. You will be supervised in all activities day and evening and if the tides are with us we will organise beach rides, (though not in the July and August as the IoW council forbid it). There is a tuck shop here where you can buy crisps, sweets, postcards, ice lollies etc.
Hill farm fun and safety are paramount at all times. Though not at the farm , we can arrange for bed and breakfast very close by if required for parents/ guardians.
A typical day would be;
07.00 Wake up, get washed and dressed (screens can be used in the room).
07.45 Put feeds around, tie up haynets and catch up ponies.
08.15 Breakfast (juice, milk, toast, spreads, cereal, fresh fruit).
08.45 Groom and tidy stable.
09.30 Set out lesson (jumps, cones) etc in manege and tack up.
10.00 Mount your horse/pony for 1hr lesson
11.00 Put pony back into stable and untack and tuck into elevenses of squash/cakes, biscuits or fruit.
11.30 Organised games and treasure hunts or stable management or badge practise
12.30 Feed and water ponies, tidy stables
13.00 Lunch; squash, cheesy jacket potatoes and salad, ham sandwiches, jelly/ice cream
14.00 Brush off and tack up horses/ponies
14.30 Hack out through the parkland, bridle paths and lanes
16.00 Untack, brush off and turn out ponies/horses, muck out.
16.30 Tea time; cake, biscuits, crusty bread and jam.
17:00 Tack cleaning – clean your own tack ready for morning.
18.30 Supper – spaghetti bolognaise & garlic bread, pizza, sausage, mash and beans.
19.00 Quiz time/treasure hunt/swim, or one of many other fun activities. Chill time, bathroom, bedtime depends on your age, but you will all sleep soundly.
All lessons and rides are tailored to your own ability and will include anything from basic walk and trot flatwork, to jumping lane and jumping courses to bareback lessons if that is what you would like to do, it is up to you. Help is always available to you and you are part of our team.
You will have lots of fun, have so much to tell your friends, improve your riding, win rosettes and make many new friends during your stay at the farm. Let us know if you are a Pony Club member and would like to take a badge while you are here
Special dietary needs can be catered for within reason, just let us know in advance. Just email us for full details and availability of places at Pony Camp.