Thomas Equestrian Center
The Thomas Equestrian Center a program area on the Boy Scout Camp "Camp Cedars". The program was started by Walter Thomas in 1998 with only four horses. Today, the Thomas Equestrian Center is still run by Walter Thomas but now has a miniature horse, two miniature donkeys, a pony, and twenty-two other horses.
Location
The Thomas Equestrian Center is located next to the COPE tower before the main entrance to Camp Cedars and has three individual areas for horses including an 85 ft diameter arena used for basic riding, along with a 175 ft long arena that is used for jumping, advanced riding, and feeding, and lastly the horses at the Thomas Equestrian Center have the paddock where the horses can get their water, eat their hay and cool off.
Classes
The Thomas Equestrian Center has many classes it provides for scouters attending Camp Cedars. As of 2014, these classes are:
- Advanced horsemanship
- Advanced roping
- Animal science merit badge
- Basic roping
- Basic riding skills
- Horsemanship merit badge
- Medieval jousting
- Jr. equestrian
- Jumping 101
- Equestrian obstacle course