Kids show off skills learned at horse camp
The Devonwood Farms Summer Horse Camp at Deerwood Stables held its end of the week show Friday afternoon. Several of the students returned for their second week at the camp.
The students participating in this week’s camp were confident and comfortable and were not the least bit intimidated with the show atmosphere, as they were more than happy to show their grandparents, parents and siblings what they had learned over the course of the week.
One of the students had ridden previously for nearly four years, and she was given two horses to ride, said Wendy Garrett, Devonwood Farms. The other girls were novices, but, at the end of the week, they were able to tack up their horses, lead them to the arena and ride, she said.
“It’s been great to see them get familiar and comfortable with the horses,” said Garrett. “They were all a little nervous at first, grooming them, and now they’re stepping right up there, and they’re moving them around in the barn and tacking them up. You can see the progress they’re making.”
Friday’s horse show featured the campers negotiating an obstacle course, where the riders weaved in and out of cones.
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