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Event Phone: 587.394.7674
Ranch Adventures Camp
– Pony Wranglers –
Tues to Thurs for 2 weeks
Aug 6 – 8, 13 – 15
Recommended age: 4 – 8
All takes place on Big Rock Ranch (est. 1885), an active working ranch that has been in the Carr family for 130+ years.
Parents get to ‘drop & go’, and each child gets their own pony wrangler! Every morning our ranch kids will help us do morning chores and then help round-up ponies. Each day kids will spend at least 3 hours with their wrangler and their very own pony. Wranglers will help each child catch, halter and groom out their hairy little horsies, and aid the instructor in teaching the kids how to tacking up, mounting up on their own, balance and ride.
Wranglers will keep their kids on a lead-line as we leave the main ranch on different adventures each day. Individually, as kids gain their confidence, the instructor and wranglers will help them learn how to use reins and maybe even ride on their own! Once mounted, kids spend at least two hours a day in the saddle out on the trail!
Camps run Tuesday to Thursday for TWO WEEKS.
✨New this year are two different time options to consider. Note that the horses will be put away at 1pm, so the time from 1 to 3:30 will be free ranging like typical ranch kids do! Kids can play with the baby goats, explore the creek, water fights, play on the train, cuddle bunnies in the shade, help fix fence and work on ranch projects, watch a trainer work with a colt, or just visit the baby horses again and watch them sleep. There will be supervision, and lots of horse play involved with the wranglers.
- 9 am to 1 pm
- 9 am to 3:30 pm
See also purchase agreement details.
Note: If before and after care is needed please email HorsePlayRanchAdventures@gmail.com to arrange details.
What Kids Need to Bring:
- Their own water bottle, and lunch. (There is also a mini-fridge with $1 pop and pre-packaged snacks on site if kids need more.)
- Children should also have sunscreen applied, bring bug spray, wear long pants/jeans and either rubber boots or cowboy boots.
- Helmet!
- An extra change of clothes (shorts and running shoes) might be a good idea for the trip home after those water fights!
- Any personal medication that may be required.
Venue: Location
Venue Phone: 587.394.7674
Address:
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.
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