Riding Lessons
Available on your horse or one of our school horses
English riding lessons are available to adults and children ages 7(ish)* and up. We have one resident trainer and two freelancers with privileges here, who can take students from beginners on up. All of us are big believers in the importance of cross-training to keep things fun and interesting for riders and horses alike while we’re training the mind and body, and all of us have a foundation in dressage that we apply whether we’re teaching dressage, jumping, or someone who just wants to strengthen their skills for trail riding.
We have lesson horses available for students up to 200 lbs. to take lessons and compete on at the lower levels of dressage, eventing, or hunter/jumper, and who are sometimes available to half-lease. More advanced students are encouraged to begin looking into purchasing or leasing a horse that can take them further up the levels, and we will do our best to find a spot for your new partner here when one of our students finds the right horse to take them to the next level.
Truck-in lessons are welcome, but all horses coming onto the property must present proof of negative coggins test and rabies vaccination within 12 months and flu/rhino vaccination within 6 months, and not be displaying signs of illness at the time of visit. Visiting horses are not to be allowed to touch noses (or anything else!) with resident horses.
*This is not a firm number. If you are wondering whether your child is ready to start lessons, ask yourself the following questions: Can the child follow directions, at least so long as someone prompts them one step at a time? Are they able to obey simple rules (“no doing ___ in the barn”)? Do they have the attention span to walk to the paddock, lead a pony in, brush the pony, help put tack on the pony to the extent that they can reach/lift it, ride, untack, brush, and put the pony back out?