Horse Camps
The Horse Camp program is directed out of Camp Manitou-Lin's riding center, SPIRIT Farms Riding Center. There are at least 48 horses, and 7 farm animals. All horse camps ride twice a day, once after breakfast, and once before dinner. A camper is assigned to a riding group with 6-8 people, and then to a horse in a riding arena, where the whole group rides (e.g. Sally Sue is in group A and rides on Bear with her group in the Blue Arena).
After one camp week (5 days), all of the riding groups put on separate horse shows on the day that they are picked up from camp, which includes a cook-out. The horse camps also have off-riding lessons, known as barn lessons, where they learn colors, markings, grooming, sickness and diseases, horse parts, etc. There are three arenas: The Red (largest), the Blue (second largest), and the Green Arena (smallest). The Red Arena is for more experienced riders, the Blue Arena is for riders with some experience, and the Green Arena is for non-experienced riders.
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