Is Your Child Dreaming of Spending the Summer with Horses?
Experience the difference at Rivendell Farm!
Our farm mission of nurturing the relationship between children and horses flows into all that we do at Rivendell Farm. A fun filled week at our farm will be a cherished lifelong memory for your child.
Safe, fun and informative best describes the activities we have planned in our beautiful new facility. Our Lesson horses and ponies range from our adorable Shetland ponies, Arwen and Legolas who ride and drive, our mid size Arabian, Gandalf who loves to jump and our full size horses, Sierra, Brinkley, Zan, Allegra, Aragorn and Sam. Children of all ages will learn the following:
Grooming
Tacking up your mount
Riding Lessons
Driving Lessons
Breed Identification
Name that body part
Workshop fun
Learning about Equine Behaviors
Stable Management
Our instructors are equine qualified as well as CPR and First Aid certified. Please feel free to stop by the farm for a visit and sign up for our summer programs and pick up a complete packet of information. Call Lisa Passavant for further details 203-984-9232
For Summer 2008
We have separated the summer programs into two groups, young children and beginner riders in group one and older children more experienced riders in the group two.
Dates:
July 7th-July 11th: Group Two (Experienced Riders)
July 14-July 18th: Group One (Beginner Riders)
July 21st –July 25th: Group One
July 28th- August 1st: Group One
August 4th-August 8th: Group Two
Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00am-1:00pm
Fee: $300.00 per child per week, maximum 10 children per session*
Space is limited so sign up soon, your child will be glad you do.
*There will be up to three helpers depending upon the number of children per session
Please view this video from our experienced riders group
last summer performing a drill team exercise.
