Horsemanship Badge Day | September
Fri, Sep 18
|Freedom Hill Horse Rescue
Please email us at freedom.hill.org@gmail.com to receive the access code for this program. The program is $25 per participant for a 2-hour session that includes a 20-page take-home packet with all the information we cover.
Time & Location
Sep 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Freedom Hill Horse Rescue, 7940 N Flint Hill Rd, Owings, MD 20736
About the event
To sign up for this program, you must email freedom.hill.org@gmail.com to be given the program's access code.
This program covers a tour of the farm, safety, grooming, horse anatomy, breeds, colors, heights and weights, behavior and language, illnesses and basic horse health care, what horses eat and what they need to stay healthy, tack, a tacking-up demonstration, and horse leading.
This program aims to meet the requirements for GS Daisy Journey Badge, GS Brownie Pets Badge, GS Seniors Voice or Animals Badge, GS Junior Horseback Riding Badge, and GS Cadette Animal Helpers Badge.
The Boy Scouts Animal Science Badge and Horsemanship Badge are mostly covered except for the last requirement indicating that a scout ride on a trail ride or around in the arena independently and perform back up, turn, stop, etc. Boy Scouts seeking this badge must also go to a riding facility for the last requirement as Freedom…
