MAP Equine Leadership Program #1 - June 12-16, 2023
Learn personal leadership and equitation skills with MAP at Wild Spirit Ranch!


Time & Location
Jun 12, 2023, 9:00 AM MDT – Jun 16, 2023, 9:00 AM MDT
Wild Spirit Ranch, 17565 South Ramah Dam Road, Calhan, CO 80808
Guests
About the event
The Mustang Ambassador Program (MAP) partners mustangs with area youth to provide a navigational tool (a map) for their lives and helps them learn necessary leadership skills for success.
Youth learn foundational principles of leadership throughout the program; they learn responsibility and work ethic (self-management) through the care and feeding of the animals; they learn how relationships with the horses which includes respect and empathy is necessary to building healthy relationships outside the arena; they learn about the importance of clear communication both with the horse and within human relationships; finally they gain an understanding of the importance of healthy problem solving and working out issues they may have.
Students have an end-of-the-week performance evaluation in the form of a horse show where they show off their leadership skills as well as the horsemanship skills they have acquired during the week. The program teaches ground horsemanship skills as well as…