Residential Horse Camp: ages 8 thru 16. One and two week sessions promoting a loving, educated and skilled relationship with horses.Residential Horse Camp: ages 8 thru 16. One and two week sessions promoting a loving, educated and skilled relationship with horses.
Activities will include daily mounted and unmounted instruction, trail rides, mounted and unmounted games, arts and crafts, evening campfires, trips to the local hot springs pool, a schooling show and other purely recreational summer fun.
Meals are nutritious, delicious and plentiful. Special diets will be accommodated. Housing will be in roomy camp tents. Residential staff to student ratio will be 1 to 3 with guest instructors providing an even lower ratio. Enrollment is limited to 8 campers.
Staff: Joanna Dokson has been working in the equestrian field for more than 30 years. Growing up on the east coast, riding in equitation, in local hunts, working as a Vet. Assistant and on race tracks and breeding and training farms while attending college in Kentucky provided the foundation for managing her own breeding and training facility in Washington state. Numerous years of leadership with Pony Club, 4-H and as a soccer and basketball coach round out her experience. Joanna is also an RN with a background in emergency medical services.
Eli Dokson has been a teacher, administrator and school counselor for more than 25 years. He is also an accomplished guitar player currently playing in a local band.
Jocelyn Marra, with many years of teaching and showing experience, is a graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in Equine Science.
The staff includes counselors with both horse knowledge and youth leadership experience and guest instructors in art and equine disciplines.
Pick-up from Alamosa Airport is available.
Areas of instruction
2007 Horse Camp Schedule & Prices
Payment is due in full one month prior to camp session. $50 discount for full payment by April 1st. Last Updated: All contents copyright © 2007, The Baca Grande Stables
English
Western
Specialities
Hunter-Jumper
Pleasure
Horse Behavior
Dressage
Trail
Trail Riding
Cross Country Jumping
Showmanship
Barn Management
Nutrition, Anatomy
Session 1
June 10 - 16
$900
Session 2
June 17 - 23
$900
Session 3
June 24 - 30
$900
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