What would you like to achieve with your horse?

Our camps are unique, as they focus on what you want to learn and develop. It could be getting out hacking or moving up a level eventing? Is it figuring out lateral work and understanding the meaning of “inside leg to outside hand”? Is it having control and communication with your horse on the ground or ridden?

Could it be jumping a clear round with confidence or having faith in your horse that you can control it in company? Will it be about improving your position in order to feel safe, or developing a balance and core to allow your horse to do his best?

With Gamston Wood camps

YOU choose the date
YOU chose who you want to attend with
YOU choose the length
YOU choose the itinerary

The choices are all YOURS!

Non-residential children’s camps.

With only Rachel Ashworth BHS accredited Coach our Children’s camps are unique as you children attend with a group of their own siblings and friends of up to a total of five riders, minimum age of 5 years

Ponies arrive and are stabled on the first day and leave on the last, ensuring that your child undertakes all the care of their pony during the duration, under the supervision of Rachel.

Camps are booked on dates suitable to you, subject to availability and at an amount of days to suit you, from one to five days. Unfortunately, I can only include one weekend day.

Cost will include hay and bedding for your pony, but children will need to bring a packed lunch, drinks and an afternoon snack.

Daily routine

(This can be flexible according to the age group.)

• 8.30am first day arrival with ponies, following days 9am

  (ponies arrive the night before for an extra charge of £10)

• 9am muck out, groom and ride

• 11am fill hay nets for the next 24 hrs

• 11.30 morning break and stable management

• 12.45pm lunch

• 1.45pm tack up and afternoon ride

• 3pm evening stables, prepare feeds, fill waters and clean tack.

• 4pm home time.

Rachel will give feeds 7am and 5pm pop in hay nets and check ponies late evening.

Only one parent to attend and help each day for the group. If nobody wants to attend, a helper with a DBS certificate can be provided.

Rider/parents can choose from the following lesson plans for the duration of the camp or Rachel can assess the riders and create an itinerary.

Lesson plans (ridden)

• Flat work including lateral work

• Position and core strength

• Dressage test riding

• Pole work

• Jumping position and security

• Grid work

• Show jump course

• Jumping accuracy and turns

• Games

• Hacking

For an additional cost of £15 we can take a trip to Eagle Moor for a cross country lesson. Transport will not be provided.

Lesson plans (non-ridden)

• Mucking out

• Grooming

• Field Management

• Feeding

• Tacking up

• Rugs

• Lunging

• Shoeing

• Loading and travelling

• Basic veterinary care

Camps for Adults

Just as the Children’s camps, our camps are unique as you pick the dates and a group of friends that you want to attend with.

Camps can be arranged from one to five days, with three day camps proving to be the most popular.

Again, its all about you and what you want to achieve with your horse for the duration and you can pick lesson plans from the following:

Choice of lessons can include

• Flatwork

• Position and core strength

• Dressage arena craft

• Polework

• Jumping exercise

• Show jumping course

• Gridwork

• Groundwork

• Escorted hack

  For an additional cost of £15 we can travel to Eagle Moor cross country, or for £20 to Danethorpe Hill cross country.

  Choice of theory

• Feeding

• Bits and bitting

• Plaiting and trimming

• Fitting tack including boots

• Grooming for health and fitness

• Conformation including dynamic

• Working horses from the ground

• The foot and shoeing.

If attending on a Wednesday, a lecture demo can be arranged with farrier Richard Newbert on correct and remedial shoeing for an extra £10.

Example 3-day adult camp schedule
(this is very flexible!)

Day 1

• 9am arrive, settle horses in, induction.

• 10am, self escort hack around farm to warm up for lesson at 11am

• 12pm theory session

• 1pm lunch

• 2pm yheory session

• 3pm lesson

• 4pm evening stables etc

• 5pm finish

Day 2

• 9am arrive, muck out, groom and tack up

• 10am lesson

• 11am coffee break

• 11.30 theory session

• 12pm lunch

• 1pm lesson

• 2.30pm theory session

• 3.30pm tea break

• 4pm evening stables

• 5pm finish

Day 3

• 9am arrive, muck out, groom and tack up

• 10am lesson

• 11am coffee break

• 11.30am lesson

• 12.30pm theory

• 1.30pm lunch

• 2.30pm lesson

• 3.30pm hack to cool off

• 4.30 evening stables, pack up to go home

Your horses will be fed if needed at 7am and given a hay net.
They will also be checked and water topped up at 8pm.

Prices

Total Price for up to five riders

£230 per day

Includes hay and Sorbeo wood pellet bedding
Use of all facilities including hot wash, solarium, arena, and hacking

Extras

Eagle Moor x country hire £15 per rider
Danethorpe Hill x country hire £20 per rider
Lecture/demo with Farrier Richard Newburt £10 per rider

New for 2021 - Accommodation for adults and families

(Sorry, no unsupervised children)

Camping £10 per night
Electrical hook up for lorries £15 per night
Self catering barn conversion with two single beds and one double sofa bed, kitchen, shower and BBQ £50 per night

Non refundable deposit required on booking

1 day £50
2 day £100
3 day and above £150

Please email Rachel for available dates and bank details will be given. Booking will not be confirmed until deposit received. Payment in full will be required 7 days before the start of camp.