PROGRAMS | HORSES

HVC is one of only a few all-round summer camps that also offer high quality English riding to all campers.

Fun for Everyone

Classes are geared to all levels and include practice in our rings as well as rides on HVC’s open fields and extensive forested trails. We provide helmets and other gear; campers need only bring boots with a heel.

  • English Dressage

  • Vaulting

  • Gymkhana Games

  • Cross Country Courses

  • Trail Rides

  • Horse Care

Two children riding horses in an outdoor paddock, with green grass and trees, and a wooden fence.
A group of children and teenagers standing in a line outdoors, observing a man as he shows them how to hold the horse's bridle. The man is holding a brown horse by the lead rope, and they are surrounded by trees and greenery.
A woman riding a horse over a small jump during a riding competition, with other riders and spectators in the background on a grassy field.
A young girl wearing a helmet and a blue shirt, standing outside next to a brown horse with a saddle, petting its face with her hand, in front of a rustic wooden shed.

Advanced Riding Program

HVC's riding camp, called Brumby, is the best of both worlds; A fun riding camp within an all-round arts and outdoors experience. Named after the wild horses of Australia, the program hosts riders and four instructor/counselors.

Brumby riding campers each manage their "own" horse, feeding, grooming and tacking-up each day. The group rides for 2+ hours daily, enjoying dressage, vaulting, cross-country, gymkhana, late afternoon trail rides and more. The session concludes with an equestrian show for the entire camp.

Brumby campers spend time in our barn hosting 15 animals, with 3 riding rings equipped with loads of jumps, and two spacious turnout pastures encompassing about 30 of HVC’s 350+ acres. And we spend time on several horse trails throughout our woods.

Brumby campers live in cabins with other non-Brumby campers, giving them the full Hidden Valley experience along with special and extend access to the horse program. It really is the best of both worlds!

A young person in a white hoodie and black pants holding a lead rope attached to a brown horse they are walking together on a dirt field, with a red barn and green trees in the background.

What Families Say

  • “We chose HVC of the warm nurturing environment, the ability to have a horse to care for but to also have the benefits of an all around camp to explore other interests.”

    HVC Parent

  • I will never forget the joy of my time in the riding cabin, spending endless hours with the beloved horses, or the bonfires under the big sky.

    Former HVC Camper

  • She was very impressed with the degree of care and concern that was taken during the evaluation process and the perfect match made between her and her horse.

    HVC Parent

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