A Special Week of Horseback Riding Vacations for Horse Lovers

Horseman's Week

2013 Dates - September 1-8

This is a very special week for horseback riding vacations at Colorado Trails Ranch. This time is set aside to offer personalized riding instruction for all skill levels. Whether you’re a beginner who has never ridden before, or have your own horses and want to improve your riding or horsemanship skills - this is the week for you to visit our dude ranch.

The experienced and accomplished wrangler staff at Colorado Trails Ranch has earmarked this week to show you everything you want to learn. For our novice guests, this week will rank as an adventure vacation. For the more accomplished horsemen, it will be more intense, yet still be easily rated a horseback riding vacation.

Discounted rates apply to this week.

Not only will you be taking advantage of excellent personal riding instruction, but also enjoying 20% off of our current regular rates. If you have any questions, please contact us. We’d be happy to address all of your questions or concerns.

Highlights of this special dude ranch week.

Orientation
Lessons
Ground Work
Ride Options
Arena Work
Miscellaneous Instruction
Evening Activities

Orientation

Riding basics and how to safely move around horses.
Properly matching you and your horse.
Ensuring you and your saddle are a correct fit.

Lessons

The Jog – done correctly for horse and rider comfort.
Loping – done correctly for horse and rider comfort.
Private lessons to better your skills in specific areas.

Ground Work

How to catch a horse in a pasture safely -for you and the horse.
Grooming your horse for riding.
Tacking your horse.
Lunging & Groundwork: Involves exercising horses on foot to learn how to control them and work with them in specific areas.

Ride Options

Morning and Afternoon Rides: These 1.5-2.5 hour rides concentrate on walk, jog, and loping skill practice.
Half Day Ride: A 3-4 hour morning ride. You’ll be back in time for lunch.
Full Day Ride: This is typically a 6-8 hour ride into the National Forest with riders packing a lunch that is eaten on the trail)
Longhorn Cattle Drive: Learn how to move a herd on horseback.

Arena Work

Poles
Barrels
Keyhole

Miscellaneous Instruction

Western Tack: Descriptions, uses and care.
Trail Rider’s First Aid
Equine and Veterinarian First Aid
Equine Nutrition
Equine Conformation and Anatomy

Evening Activities

Western movie entertainment.
Durango Melodrama show in town.
Horse Jeopardy games.

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