Ranch Adventures

An active outdoor adventure for both a guardian and child to do together with their pony.
Recommended age 4 and up.

This is a five week series this fall teaching children (along with a guardian) all about horses, ranch life and nature!  So moms, dads and/or grandparents bring your hiking boots and suntan lotion and be prepared to learn how to wrangle ponies too!

Cost: $335
Total time outdoors: 1.5 hours

We will spend the first class getting to know our ponies, grooming and teaching mom basic horsemanship skills. Once everyone is comfortable we’ll leave the home paddock with the kids on horseback to head out on various ranch adventures and hikes.

These Mini Ranchers will learn how to take care of horses, check cows, open and close gates, go over and through all kinds of obstacles all while exploring the ranch and helping to do a few ranch chores.   During our walks through various alley-ways and pastures, we’ll look for cows & calves, seasonal flowers and grasses, splash through creeks, climb hills, spy on ‘Sally’ the hawk, hunt for foxes, watch muskrats and even visit some old cow bones.  For the older kids that really show confidence on their pony or horse, we will give basic riding advice as we go along and could even have them riding solo before the last class!!

This is a great way to give your child the confidence and balance needed to ride a horse in a natural and fun learning environment.  It makes the transition into solo riding lessons easy!

Other information:

  • Please bring your child’s helmet (any type will do), wear long pants, either rubber boots or cowboy boots and appropriate layers for the weather.
  • Bring  a water bottle that can be tied to the saddle.
  • The bunkhouse has a baby changing station, kitchenette and lounge.
  • Please don’t feed the ponies treats without permission.

HorsePlay is based out of Big Rock Farms, a 120 year old family run ranch just SW of Okotoks.
For more information on location go to the Venue page.

 

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Venue:  

Venue Phone: 587.394.7674

Address:
418215 64 St W, Okotoks Alberta T1S, Canada

Description:

HorsePlay! Ranch Adventures is based out of Big Rock Ranch (est. 1885), a 130+ yr old family owned ranch located SW of the town of Okotoks, AB.

 

DIRECTIONS

HorsePlay! at Big Rock Ranch is just 12 minutes SW of Okotoks (3 min South of the Big Rock erratic).

 

 

From Okotoks:

  • Take highway 7 heading west towards Diamond Valley. You’ll see the Big Rock Erratic and then take the next turn South (left) on 64th street.
  • Look for the ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign on the West (right) side of the road. (If you go past the 434th Ave intersection you’ve gone too far.)
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.

From Calgary: Follow the signs to Okotoks and Diamond Valley.  You can either drive through Okotoks or go via Aldersyde to get to highway 7.  Then follow the Okotoks instructions listed above.

From High River:

  • Take highway 543 heading west towards Hartell and Longview.
  • Turn North (right) on 64th street.
  • Go past 434th Ave and take the first turn West (left) into a wide driveway. There is a big ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign.
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.

From Black Diamond/Turner Valley:

  • Take highway 22 heading South towards Longview.
  • Turn East onto 434th Ave (heading towards the MD dump).
  • Turn North (left) on 64th street and then take the first turn left again into a wide driveway. (There is a big ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign.)
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.