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Tag Archive 'riding-camps'

Big Boy Gordon

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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Meet Profound

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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“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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“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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Girls Only Horse Camps

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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Horseback Riding in NC

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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Annie’s Show

Annie horseback riding show summer camp program

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Rockbrook Horses in the News

Horseback riding info summer camp

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