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Summer Pony Camps at Dunbyrne Equestrian

We are delighted to have our Summer Pony Camps up and running for Summer 2024. We will be running pony camps every week starting the 2nd July.

Camps will run Tuesdays to Fridays from 9am to 5pm making them ideal fort busy parents, working parents and avid pony fans aged 6-17!

Camps will include 2 riding sessions each day, arts and crafts, stable management and games. We will have a camp riding display on the Friday that parents are of course welcome to come and watch.

Camps cost 250 euros which works out at just under 8 euro per hour giving great value for anyone wanting to learn about horses and ponies.

For our existing customers, camp can be booked using the links and information that the office will have sent you.

For anyone who hasnt ridden with us before we would ask you to come for a try it session (for beginners ) or an assessment session (for those who can ride). These last 30 minutes and cost 20 but if you proceed to book a camp afterwards, we will take the 20 euro paid off your camp balance for you. This means that you will essentially get your try it or assessment session free of charge,

For beginners, try it sessions allow parents to ensure their child enjoys horse riding before committing to a pony camp. For those who have ridden before, an assessment session allows riders to become familiar in a new place and allows our instructors to gauge their riding ability to ensure we place them in the right group.

You can learn more at this link - https://dunbyrneequestrian.ie/pony-camp

We are based at the Hill of Allen just between Milltown and Kilmeague in Kildare.

Please pop us an email dunbyrnestud@gmail.com with any enquiries

Summer Pony Camps at Dunbyrne Equestrian - August 2023

Can you believe it’s August already?

We are running half day Summer pony camps all through August at Dunbyrne Equestrian in Kildare.

Our camps run Tuesdays to Friday. Our morning camps run from 9.30-12.30. Our afternoon camps run from 2-5pm. Riders aged six or over of all levels are welcome

*for beginners aged ten and under we recommend riders to come for a 30 minute try it session costing 20 euros before booking camp. The reason for this is 1) it allows parents to see if a child enjoys horse riding before committing to a camp and 2) it means that the child can attend camp without having to have a parent or a guardian aged 16 or over accompany them the first day of camp to lead them.

Camps include horse riding, horse and pony care, arts and crafts and games. On the Friday riders will perform a riding display and parents and family are more than welcome to come and watch.

Children must be at least aged six or over to attend camp. We will provide riding boots, helmets and back protectors for use during camp for new riders. Riders must wear long sleeved tops without a hood, thick leggings or tracksuit bottoms (no shorts!) and given its Ireland a waterproof jacket an sun cream are always wise to bring as you will probably need one or the other. Long hair must be tied back and jewellery aside from stud earrings must not be worn for safety reasons.

What to bring - suncream, waterproof jacket, a snack and a drink.

Camps cost 120 euros and a 30 euro deposit via online booking is required. Full payment of balance must be made the week before camp. Deposits are not refundable. Camp payments after one week before camp are not refundable.

To book camp -

Book online - https://itsplainsailing.com/org/dunbyrne#merchandise

Enquire Online - just pop us an email at dunbyrnestud@gmail.com and tell us your childs age and level of riding experience. We can then discuss your enquiry with you.

Thank you

Try Horseriding with our Intro sessions for aged 6 upwards

Try Horseriding with our Intro sessions for aged 6 upwards

Summer 2022 - summer childrens pony camps and intro sessions for beginners who would like to try horse riding.