Contributed by Claire Affleck / Claire Affleck Training

Riders from Claire Affleck Training attend the LCH ride at Hobbit Hollow:
L to R- Chris Lego and Shadow, Betsy Mokcryzki and Chance, Claire Affleck on Dr.Robert Kiltz’s Geronimo, Lizz Jones on Ransom, and Jeff Shingleton on Mason.

On Saturday July 12th Hobbit Hollow hosted the Limestone Creek Hunt Club and guests for a lovely ride around Skaneateles.  What a fantastic experience that it was for all of us, horse and human!  We are lucky to have such a remarkable facility like Hobbit Hollow right here in Skaneateles!  Riders were greeted with smiles upon arrival, and treated to an amazing brunch after the ride.

Thank you to both LCH and Hobbit Hollow for being so welcoming and generous!

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Contributed by Claire Affleck / Claire Affleck Training

Claire Affleck Training will be hosting a Horse Camp the week of July 14th-18th, 9am-3pm. The camp is open to all children ages 7 & up. We encourage both beginners and more experienced riders to join us.

Besides working on riding skills, students will learn proper horsemanship which includes the daily care of the horse, basic vet care, feeding, cleaning, and will be able to watch a demonstration given by a horse shoer.

We not only focus on horse skills, our hope is also that children gain life skills such as self confidence, self esteem, leadership skills, and positive communication.

For more information please contact Claire Affleck at 315.317.2608, affleck03@sbc.edu , or www.claireafflecktraining.com.

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By Christine Briel / Skaneateles Design

There are people out there in the world doing good things every single day that we never hear about. At Claire Affleck Training (right here in Skaneateles, NY) there is a group of people doing some great things and I wanted to share it with all of you.

Freedom Riders is a horseback riding program hosted by Claire Affleck Training that is therapeutic as well as recreational. The program teaches horsemanship in a controlled and safe environment for youths with disabilities (from ages 5 - 21). These kids are challenged physically and mentally and walk away from the Freedom Riders Recreational Program with a GREAT sense of accomplishment.

This year’s first of 4 Spring sessions began on May 31st with a great turnout, both in riders and volunteers. In Claire’s blog article about the event she invites volunteers to join in this amazing experience and thanks all past volunteers. She also sent out a BIG THANK-YOU to the 3 owner’s of the horses that were used for this riding event: Daryll Wolford (Rannita’s owner), Traci Uyehara (Thunder’s owner), and Dr. Robert Kiltz (Geronimo’s owner).

Keep up the good work at Claire Affleck Training - Freedom Recreation sounds very inspiring!

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By Christine Briel / Skaneateles Design

Skaneateles Design recently launched a new website for Claire Affleck Training. It’s based on the WordPress framework so that Claire can add pics and articles at will. She also has a blog section “Tack Room”.

Claire purchased Skaneateles Equestrian Center almost a year ago and specializes in Training and starting young horses under saddle. Claire has a very exciting event coming up the week-end of May 28th - 29th in Devon, Pennsylvania. For the first time Claire will be showing a horse (I Am Lucia) in the Devon Horse Show. This horse show is a very prestigious show and entails an application process and approval process. Claire made it through the process and will be there with bells on

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