Grovespring Farm Riding Programs and Summer Camp

Grovespring Farm Riding Programs and Summer Camp includes riding lessons, ground work, mounted lessons, and summer camp riding every day. Riders can take part in schooling young horses, going to shows, hunters, jumpers, riding to hounds, hunter pacing, field trips to ride out, clinics, and confirmation clinics. Some summer camp sessions focus on schooling young horses, horse showing, or riding to hounds.

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: 2026 summer camps are scheduled for June 8–12, June 15–19, June 22–26, July 6–10, and July 13–17

Grovespring Farm Riding Programs and Summer Camp is led by Susan Deal and Kris Deal. Susan Deal is a certified instructor with the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA). Grovespring Farm is a Recognized Riding Academy (RRA) with the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA). Clinics are a regular part of the program, with Oliver Brown regularly teaching mounted lessons and confirmation clinics, and in 2021 the farm brought in Melanie Taylor Smith with Alicia Byberg-Landman for ground work. The stated mission of the program is: “We help people connect to horses, learn, and have fun!” In 2005, Susan rode her horse Penn Park to the North American Field Hunter Championship, and in 2019 she won the Hunter Division of the Retired Race Horse Project/Thoroughbred Makeover, a national competition in Lexington, KY. Kris was the 2009 Virginia Point-to-Point Association Optimum Time Over Fences overall winner.

Last updated July 19, 2026.