Instruction and Showing
The dates for the 2009 Cheon Il Guk International Horsemanship and Outdoor Challenge for ages 14 and up will be from July 18 through August 2, 2009.
The 2009 Challenge
is also open to international applicants with one paid scholarship
available for one upcoming rider. Again this year we will be involved
in our Service for Peace project with the Treasures of Heaven
Special Needs Family Camp, as well as field trips to a horse show, a
museum and other sites. As always, there will be a lot of riding and
horse care, as well as paintball, games on horseback, swimming,
archery and marksmanship, and other activities.
Our spring and
summer equestrian curriculum exists for individual horse owners, pony
clubs and/or showing exhibitors. Flat work drills utilizing applied
dressage prepare horse and rider for competition (whether jumping or
dressage); there is emphasis on a command of classical horsemanship
and basic equine care to insure uncompromising animal welfare and
rider safety.
Summer enrollment
is available for beginner through intermediate equestrians who have
qualified through a riding evaluation and who have been assigned an
available New Hope Farms' school horse. Those who own and/or are
showing their own horses may enroll in advanced instruction. All
instruction is on a private basis.
Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation
Another aspect of
ongoing equine education for the student is rehabilitation and
training. Occaisionally the students and staff at New Hope Farms will
rescue abused or neglected horses and ponies whose temperments are
condusive to training and subsequent placement in a new home as a
show animal or family companion. The process of caring for and
training such sorrowful creatures embues the students with
compassion, patience, discipline, diligence, and the necessity of
unconditional love. Through such education as well as the investment
of time and money, heart and dedication, the students are taught that
there is little in the way of "short cuts" when it comes to
bringing these equine back from, oftentimes, the brink of starvation.
Thankfully, these horses earn new, prosperous careers as
well-trained, superb quality show animals as a result of the
unselfish care of the students and trainers.
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