Horse Riding Camp in York - Horse Riding Camps

• Company Village Camps

• Thorpe Underwood Hall, Thorpe Green Ln, York Harrogate, England - Yorks & Humber

• Ages 10 years - 17 years

An outstanding programme for young riders at our top Equestrian Centre

This is a long established successful family–run Riding Centre with excellent outdoor and indoor faculties. The friendly, experienced instructors use a caring and patient approach, encouraging beginners to progress with confidence. More experienced riders, right up to advanced and competition standards, will improve their skills under the professional guidance of the highly rated team of instructors.

Programme Overview

The Follifoot Riding Centre, about a 30-minute drive from Queen Ethelburga's College, is beautifully located in peaceful farming countryside close to the famous spa town of Harrogate.

Riding Facilities and Instruction Program

The Centre offers a good choice of well prepared horses to suit riders of all ages and abilities from first timers through the intermediate stages right up to advanced.

Lessons are from 09.00 o 12.00 on Monday to Friday. On the first morning the group will be divided so that some campers will be introduced to the stable and the impressive facilities whilst the others will set off for the first lesson. Midway through the morning after a 15-minute break the order will be reversed.

For the beginners and less experienced riders the time spent on horseback will be about one hour at the start and as the course progresses riding time will be increased. For more experienced riders the aim will be to spend about 90 minutes actually riding.

With the guidance of the team of instructors, riders of all abilities will make steady progress with beginners and intermediates walking, trotting, cantering then jumping logs and eventually small fences. As a break from lessons, campers will enjoy fun competitions and pony games! Experienced riders will be taken through a more advanced program. In addition to the riding instruction, campers will also learn about the care of horses, tacking up and stable husbandry, all essential elements of this comprehensive course. On the last morning, a highlight of the course will be the fun individual and team games and competitions followed by the presentation of rosettes.

The facilities include:

a spacious indoor arena with a sand and rubber surface, sprinkler system and a viewing area

an outdoor floodlit manège with a sand and rubber chipping Charles Britain all-weather surface

a paddock of 35 acres

access to country trails

horse-walker for 4 horses

an on-site working forge

The ABRS Assessment & Certificate

On the penultimate day of the course, an independent instructor will test each rider and give an official grading. Shortly after Camp an ABRS Certificate will be sent to the camper confirming the grade attained. Riders returning in a subsequent year will be eligible to take the assessment test to improve their grades.

Please Note: In 2015 the Riding Camp was full for all three sessions. So, we suggest an early booking as numbers are limited to 20 riders.

Accommodation, Excursions & Activities

The Camp site, Queen Ethelburga's College, provides an exceptional standard of state-of-the-art accommodation. The Camp has an impressive range of leisure and sports facilities all in the glorious 'parkland' setting of the green Yorkshire countryside. Highlights include a full day excursion to Manchester with time for shopping and planned leisure activities as well as a half-day excursion to the historic, walled city of York. Campers enjoy an exciting range of evening activities highlighted by the fun team competitions on BIG Night, International Night and the Talent Show.

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