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Horse camp offers unbridled learning opportunities

Barn manager Amber Meadows, Erin Holder, 12, and Brooklyn Bernarding, 9, paint "Apollo" during the Highlands Riding Center summer camp.
Barn manager Amber Meadows, Erin Holder, 12, and Brooklyn Bernarding, 9, paint "Apollo" during the Highlands Riding Center summer camp. Barn manager Amber Meadows, Erin Holder, 12, and Brooklyn Bernarding, 9, paint "Apollo" during the Highlands Riding Center summer camp.

Hixson Therapeutic Riding Program is located at Highlands Riding Center, based out of the former Old Camp Joy at 6621 Hunter Road.

The center just hosted a summer camp.

Hixson Therapeutic Riding is a nonprofit which offers several lesson options for riders of all levels including therapy.

“We have discovered that through a relationship with horses, students discover skills such as commitment, hard work, leadership, confidence and awareness as well as harmony, balance, courage, and accomplishment,” its website states.

“Horses offer us the ability to look inside ourselves and experience a whole new level of being.”