A hands-on summer horse camp near Calgary, for kids and beginners alike (ages 8 & up) — no experience and no horse of your own needed. It runs four days, Monday to Thursday, at a real hunter/jumper show barn: grooming, tacking, riding and horsemanship with matched lesson horses, real coaches, and two arenas to ride in — outside in the sand when the sun’s out, in the big heated indoor when it isn’t. Some campers try it once for the fun of it. Some catch the bug and never look back.
Camp runs as a four-day day camp, Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM — on-site each day, home each night. We hold four sessions across July and August, and each one is the full experience from the ground up. Groups are small and matched by level, so beginners and returning campers each get a week that fits.
This summer’s camps have wrapped up. Next year’s dates aren’t set yet — join the camp interest list and we’ll email them to you the moment they’re posted, before they go anywhere else.
Every day is hands-on and hoof-deep — not just riding, but the whole rhythm of a real barn, the same way our lesson riders learn it. Here’s how a day tends to flow.
Camp is built for beginners. You don’t need any experience, and you don’t need a horse of your own — we match every camper (ages 8 & up) to a safe, well-schooled lesson horse and keep the groups small so everyone gets real attention. For a lot of riders, this is exactly where it starts: a camper who catches the bug carries straight on into our weekly Lesson Horse Program and keeps climbing from there. This is the barn you don’t grow out of.
For plenty of riders, camp is where it all begins. A camper who falls for it moves into the weekly Lesson Horse Program, then takes a first low-pressure step into the ring on the Novice Rider Circuit — and one day, maybe, a horse of their own. Same barn, same coaches, every step of the way. Camp is the on-ramp; the road goes as far as they want to take it.
One flat price per session covers the whole four days — the horse, the tack, the coaching and the run of both arenas, all included. A deposit holds the spot; the balance is due before camp starts. Prices include GST.
Questions about camp, or ready to reserve? Email ride@mcequestrian.com or call the barn at (403) 932-3341 — it’s a landline, so please call rather than text. We try to respond within 24 hours.
Camp sessions are small and the good weeks go early. Put your name down and we’ll email you next summer’s dates and the deposit window as soon as they’re set — no need to keep checking back. It’s the camp list only: we won’t sign you up for anything else, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
Four days of grooming, riding and real barn life — the kind of summer a horse-crazy kid remembers for years, and the kind of start a future rider grows from. Next summer’s dates go out to our list first — tell us you’re interested and we’ll be in touch as soon as they’re set.
