SWELL Horse Club | Ages 16–18
Horsemanship • Riding • Leadership • Life Skills
 
Know Yourself. Lead Your Life. Build What Matters.
 
SWELL Horse Club is a six-week experiential program designed to help teens build real horsemanship and riding skills while developing the confidence, self-awareness, emotional strength, and leadership skills they’ll carry into adulthood.
 
At ages 16–18, life is full of transitions—relationships, increasing independence, work, school, future plans, and important decisions about who you want to become.
Horses provide a powerful environment for teens to learn about themselves along the way.
 
Through riding, horsemanship, and Horse Guided Empowerment experiences, participants will explore how they communicate, respond to pressure, establish boundaries, build trust, navigate challenges, influence others, and choose the people they surround themselves with.
 
Leadership starts with me. Your herd matters.
The SWELL Experience
Each week, participants rotate through three small-group experiences:
 
RIDE
Develop balance, communication, confidence, and riding skills while learning how our own awareness and leadership affect the horse beneath us.
HORSEMANSHIP
Learn horse safety, grooming, handling, tack, groundwork, horse behavior, body language, pressure and release, and how to build trust with a horse.
SWELL — Horse Guided Empowerment
Participate in experiential challenges with horses designed around the five SWELL principles:
S — Self Mastery
Understanding yourself, your emotions, your nervous system, your patterns, and how you respond under pressure.
W — Wellness
Building habits, relationships, and practices that support physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and relational well-being.
E — Emotional Strength
Learning to navigate stress, disappointment, uncertainty, failure, and difficult emotions with greater awareness and resilience.
L — Leadership
Learning to lead yourself first through responsibility, communication, integrity, boundaries, and intentional choices.
L — Love & Service
Understanding the importance of healthy relationships, belonging, contribution, service, and surrounding yourself with people who help you grow.
 
Program Details
Ages: 16–18
Dates: Mondays, September 21 – October 26, 2026
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Length: 6 consecutive weeks
Location: Swell Retreat | Castle Dale, Utah
Group Size: Limited to 12 participants
Tuition: $270 for the full six-week program
Just $45 per two-hour session
Payment: Paid in full at registration
Included: SWELL Horse Club shirt
Experience: No previous horse experience necessary
 
Commitment Matters
SWELL Horse Club is designed as a six-week journey rather than a series of individual riding lessons.
 
Skills, relationships, confidence, and trust build from week to week, so registration reserves your teen’s place for the entire six-week program. Participants are expected to attend all six sessions.
Because enrollment is intentionally limited, missed sessions are not refundable or transferable.
 
More Than Horse Lessons
Your teen will absolutely learn about horses.
They’ll learn to ride. They'll learn to groom, handle, communicate with, and care for a horse.
 
But that's only part of the experience.
A horse can teach us what happens when we become frustrated. What we do when something doesn't go according to plan. Whether our boundaries are clear. Whether our communication matches our intention. Whether we lead through force or relationship. And whether we can regulate ourselves before asking someone—or something—else to trust us.
 
Those lessons don't stay at the ranch.
Our goal is for teens to leave SWELL Horse Club knowing a little more about horses, a lot more about themselves, and with greater confidence in their ability to lead their own lives.
Leadership Starts With Me.
Your herd matters. ❤️
A SWELL Foundation Youth Program at Swell Retreat