Girl Scouts Horse Fan Badge.
Approximately two hours, the horse fan badge focuses on safety, building confidence, and cultivating respect for horses. Students participate in an interactive demonstration where they learn:
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- Safety
- Grooming and Tack
- Saddling
- Horse breeds, colors, and Uses
- Horse care and feeds
- Beginning equitation
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Following the demonstration, scouts will put their knowledge to use on a riding lesson. Should it rain, we’ll ride in our beautiful indoor arena. (Our indoor arena is competition-sized. This means there’s plenty of room to ride and your experience isn’t diminished just because it’s raining.)
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Price: $30.00 per person, helmets are provided and required.
Horse Rider Badge.
The horse rider badge stresses a “hands-on” horse experience. Our program is geared to riders with a general understanding of horses and offers the next level of training for your girl scout. This clinic includes:
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- Etiquette and safety
- Basic horsemanship
- Saddles and fitting
- Bits and bridles
- Conformation
- Emergency procedures
- Compare English and Western riding styles
- Nutrition and care
- Horse careers
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The Girl Scout Horse Rider badge program is approximately two hours long and expands on the information learned in previous lessons (horse fan program). After a thirty- minute discussion, instructors will teach and assist riders as they groom and saddle their own horses for a trail course ride in our indoor arena. In addition to taking in the view and fresh air, scouts will perfect their control of their horses and refine their horse riding skills during their one hour riding lesson.
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Price: $30.00 per person, helmets are provided and required.
