On June 28-30 , 2018 we had 16 Youth attend Youth / Young Adult Camp . The drop off time was 12 on Thursday . Joellen Finerfrock ( the previous camp Mom ), Jessica Ellis ( previous camp Participant ), Mikal Spooner ( previous camp Mom ), and I quickly got the kids on horses to evaluate each camper . All 13 girls and 3 boys were very accomplished riders — no one hesitated to push the horses through all speeds . Dr . Bri from Breezeway Sporthorse Medicine came by to discuss a stretching and acupuncture talk . Then we pulled another round of horses out . Everyone enjoyed riding horses from Racking , All Day Pleasure , Country Pleasure , Trail Pleasure , and Lite Shod divisions . Most of these horses were multi-titled International and National Champions .
By the end of riding , we were all sweaty and ready to sit and listen to the important information given by Christina Reynolds ( previous camp participant ) Triple Crown Feed Representative . All learned about what the feed tags mean and different types of nutrients . Plus , the campers learned about the importance of over-all wellness of your horse . The group then retired to Trish Comninak ’ s house for painting picture frames , taking our group shot , and a potato bar for dinner . Finally we cooled off completely by swimming in Aunt Marcia Daniels pool .
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Day 2 started off early . The campers of course helped feed and then headed to Trish ’ s for a wonderful breakfast . We started off Friday with Alaina Parsons Cross ( previous camp participant ) NC 4-h Horse program director , teaching us about judging conformation . There were 3 groups of two horses . Each horse had their conformation analyzed and then gaited under saddle to show how it effects the movement . Russell Hill , farrier extraordinary , was able to tell us about shoeing the Tennessee Walking Horse . He graciously answered all questions !