Pony Camp at Seattle Farm
We have hosted a day camp for approximately 10 to 12 children from Bertschi school for the last 6 consecutive years. Ideally parents come up with their own group for camp and dates (ideally 3 week days). If you could come up with a group, please use the Contact Us link and we will work on dates for your group. If you would like to be included in a camp email list, please sign up below and we will see if we can put something together.
Description of Camp
We welcome beginner and intermediate riders (ideal age 6 yrs old and up) to a three-day camp (9am-3pm) at Seattle Farm. Campers learn safety, grooming, proper leading and groundwork, horse breeds, body parts, conformation, behavioral patterns, animal husbandry and of course riding! Activities include riding in the covered arena and on-site trails, horse clipping and bathing, administering vaccinations (kids get to give shots instead of get shots!), pony-in-hand obstacles, sending horses through jumping chutes, and examining horse skulls and hooves. If available, we may have our veterinarian, farrier or horse dentist come to camp to provide direct learning from experts in their fields. Because Lisa Sferra is an M.D. specializing in family practice, the camp has a strong science component with anatomy lessons using the horses with clinical correlations using real animal bones and organs.
Gloria Sferra aka “grandma”, who judged horse shows in our area for more than 35 years, will point out some of the finer points of horse conformation and will likely take us on a tour of her extensive tack room and bit collection in the ground floor of the original farmhouse.
Our usual farm riding instructors and many helpers will technical riding instruction. We aim for at least one helper for every two to three campers. All of our camp ponies and horses (11 of them) are well-seasoned. Supervising adults include farm owners: Lisa Sferra MD, her husband, Garth Olsen, and Gloria Sferra, aka “Grandma”.
If you already have a group of 8 to 10 go to the Contact Us page and tell us about your group, and we will see if we can accommodate you.
$900 per child (Sibling Discount $50)
