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Instruction and Showing
Applications for the 2008 Cheon Il Guk Horsemanship Challenge are now available.
The dates for the 2008
Cheon Il Guk Horsemanship Challenge for ages 14 and up will be from July
19 through August 2, 2008. The 2008 Challenge is also
open to international applicants and there will be one paid
scholarship available for one upcoming rider. Again this year we will
be involved in our Service for Peace project with the Special Needs
Family Camp, as well as a trip to a horse rescue auction. As always,
there will be a lot of riding and horse care, but this year, the
students will participate in paintball, games on horseback, swimming,
archery and marksmanship, a horse show, museums, and other activities. Our spring and summer curriculum exists for individual horse owners, pony clubs and showing exhibitors. Flat work drills utilizing applied dressage prepare horse and rider for competition (whether jumping or dressage), while a command of horsemanship and basic care insure uncompromising animal welfare and rider safety. The classroom lectures include equine health and veterinary, stable management, riding disciplines, equestrian history, breed geography, and sports science and safety. In addition to these classes, there are field trips, films and documentaries, and prominent equestrian professionals who impart their expertise in regularly scheduled clinics exclusive to New Hope Farms students.
Enrollment is available for intermediate
through advanced equestrians; those who own and are showing
their own horses, or those who have qualified through a riding
evaluation and have been assigned an available New Hope Farms' school horse.
An American
Riding Instructors Association certified instructor and manager
insures both quality in the education of Hunt Seat, Equitation, Open
Jumpers, and Stable Management, with the utmost attention given to
horse and rider safety.(cont.)
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. 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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