2 hr Equine Education Program: $ 35 each (8 student minimum - to maximum of 12 students) begins with the 1 Hr Equine Education Program and progresses to mounting, dismounting, emergency dismounts, and basic riding control skills.  Please note this is not a 'full riding lesson program'...it is an equine program focusing on the educational aspects of horses, horse care and safety.  Each child will mount & learn basic introductory riding control for a short time period during the mounted session of this program.  Helmets are mandatory and are provided.   Groups are welcome to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the view!

4 Hr Horsemanship Program:  $50 per child for a 4 hour group program (minimum of 8 students - maximum 12 students- students will work in pairs & share a horse).  All students will receive a formal riding lesson. 

For the four hour  Horsemanship Program, each student participates in hands on horsemanship training from "the ground up".  Safety, grooming, parts of the horse, general medical care, feeding and nutrition, tacking up and untacking procedures, equipment care, and a full beginner, novice or intermediate group riding lesson (lesson includes fun mounted games and activities!)     Bring snacks & sack lunch (lunchables work great) for break time.   Time: 8am -12pm 
 + optional - a short Bible Study on  "What the Bible Has to Say About Horses!"
                                      

Overnight Horsemanship Program:  $75 per child, (minimum of eight students - maximum of 12 students - students will work in pairs and share a horse)

A one night program perfect for Church Youth Groups, Girl Scouts, or Boy Scout Horsemanship Badges, etc.  This program includes the 4 hour Horsemanship program above and is designed for small groups of  approximately eight to twelve young horse loving guests and their  chaperones.   Our Guest Ranch Bunk house sleeps up to 12 in bunk beds with plenty of room for more sleeping bags on the floor.  The program includes Breakfast, and your choice of an evening activity such as a camp fire and marshmallow roast, swim in the pool, a Horsey Guest Ranch movie on the big screen, or a beginner roping lesson.

Please note that there is no charge for two non riding adult chaperones for your group.  Bring your own dinner to cook at the camp fire, have pizza delivered to the Guest Ranch, or we can make reservations for your group at a quaint local country restaurant with a lovely view of the valley.  Bring sack lunches for a picnic lunch during the horsemanship program (Lunchables work great!) Standard Check in time for this program: 5PM C.T. with Check Out at 1PM C.T. the following day.  These times can be adjusted depending the ranch schedule and the group schedule needs.

"River Ride Trail Program" $100 per child, per one night/one day package only available for groups booking a two day minimum program.  The first day riders will train at the ranch and the second day riders will hit the trail.  In this economical ranch program riders will be teamed up to share a horse.  Grooming and ground horsemanship training will take place with all of your group members together.  For mounted riding sessions, the group will be split into two groups.  Chaperones will need to have other activities planned for each group while the other group is riding.

On the second day, riders will 'put to use' all of their horsemanship skills they have learned on their first day at the ranch because they will be hitting the trail!  Students will still be in pairs while grooming and tacking but only one partner of each horse goes on the trail at a time.  The first group will ride to the river and the second group will be brought by 4-wheel drive.  All of the group will enjoy a riverside lunch together and then the second group will ride the horses from the river back to the ranch. The first group will be taken back to the ranch by 4-wheel drive.  Group leaders will need to prepare a another activity to do with their groups when the opposite group is riding.

While learning to control their horse in the wide open spaces instead of the riding ring...students will be 'putting to use' the skills they learned on their first day at the ranch!  Riders will use their new found skills ...including walking, trotting, dismounting, mounting safely without assistance, emergency dismounts, maneuvering through tight areas, quick release knots for tying to trees, retrieving objects without dismounting, backing through tricky areas, and lots more.  The riding instructor is of course with the students during this mounted adventure!  

This is a great program for girl scouts looking to earn badges!  

Deluxe Horsemanship Trail Program:  (for youth or adult)  Each guest receives their very own Guest Ranch Horse at Check-In for the duration of their stay!  $125 per person, per one night/one day package - Minimum two night/two day stay.  A minimum of eight rider are needed in order to receive this group rate.  Each guest receives their very own guest ranch horse. 
            

Includes an all day horsemanship and riding program designed for the level of your group, beginner through intermediate riders.  Riding Lessons and Trail Riding can all be incorporated in, depending on the age and riding level of the riders in the group.  Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included daily.   Groups can bunk together in the Bronco Bunkhouse section of the Guest Ranch, along with an all day horse program including a Horsemanship Course and trail ride with lunch on the trail once students have mastered basic riding concepts in the ring.  Evening activity includes choice of Camp Fire, swim in the pool, or Horsy Movie on the Guest Ranch big screen, or a beginner roping lesson.  Bring your own dinner to cook at the camp fire, have pizza delivered to the Guest Ranch, or we can make reservations for your group at a quaint local country restaurant with a lovely view of the valley.

Price can be adjusted to accommodate a group that does not have the minimum number required. Up to two non-riding Chaperones are permitted free of charge for children/youth groups.  Meals eaten at the ranch are included.  Meals eaten out at a restaurant are not included.  Additional Chaperones can be added if space is available for a fee of $50 each per night.    

WANT MORE?! Build your own package around your groups budget by booking a one, two or three night stay!  Each package is designed to fit the needs of the group.  The program above can also be designed as a Mini Equestrian Clinic for experienced riders with formal equestrian lessons in the disciplines of Hunter/Jumper or Dressage...Or take a break from the formal side of horses and book a Ropin' & Ridin' getaway for your Girl Scout, Pony Club,  4-H Horse Group, etc.  If you are an Adult Horse Lover, round up a group of your horse loving friends for a 'grown-up weekend' horsey get-a-way!   Please note: for groups with less than the required number of participants other arrangements and packages are available.