Posted in horse on Apr 29th, 2008
RBC Riders! Get excited to meet “Gordon” from St. Andrews College! Gordon is a 17.1 hand gray thoroughbred gelding and is eager for his first summer at Rockbrook Camp. His favorite things are Jenna Branson (affectionately known as “JB” at the barn) and training for dressage. You’ll recognize him when you see [...]
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Posted in equestrian on Apr 16th, 2008
Here he is! Profound is a 15.2 hand 12 year-old chestnut Oldenburg gelding. This will be his first year at Rockbrook camp and he’s excited to get to know all the campers. Profound was a show horse for several years before coming to St. Andrews College and still gets to do horse [...]
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Posted in horseback-riding on Jan 25th, 2008
“Can I learn more advanced riding skills at Rockbrook Camp?”
The Director of our riding program, Cara, places each camper who wants to ride at camp in a class with girls of similar ability, and assigns each camper an appropriate mount. With outstanding horses from St. Andrews College and Sweet Briar College, and with skilled [...]
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Posted in horseback-riding on Jan 2nd, 2008
“What if I’ve never tried horseback riding?”
Don’t worry! Even the first time rider, the absolute beginner, will be able to experience the excitement of horseback riding at Rockbrook Camp. Cara, our equestrian program director, matches each rider with an appropriate horse, a well-trained horse or pony use to beginning riders. She’ll provide [...]
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Posted in horse, horseback-riding on Nov 2nd, 2007
There are all kinds of horse camps for girls out there, so we often get the question, “What kind of horse camp is Rockbrook?” Well, first of all, we’re a girls only horse camp (no surprise there!). Secondly, we ride and teach lessons in the American system of forward riding, mostly hunter [...]
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Posted in horseback-riding on Sep 10th, 2007
Here in the mountains of western North Carolina we have cooler summer weather than most places in the south. This past summer, when most places were immersed in extraordinaryily hot weather, we had more pleasant temperatures. This is one of the reasons it’s so great for the St. Andrews College horses to spend [...]
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Posted in horseback-riding on Mar 17th, 2006
Annie horseback riding show summer camp program
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Posted in horseback-riding on Nov 2nd, 2005
Horseback riding info summer camp
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