Warning: Horse back riding is a sport and takes physical effort, coordination, and a lot of practice. Beware that horses are unpredictable. Even our lessons horses will spook on occasion. At some point the rider will fall off. Our arena is soft and fluffy, but it still hurts and will fill you full of adrenaline when you hit the ground. Please explain this to your child and consider this before applying for classes.

All students will start out with a weekly private lesson. This includes either tacking before then a 30 minute ride or a 30 minute ride with untacking after. Please allow an hour for the full lesson. Students also have access to a 1 hour weekly classroom session to learn more about horsemanship, horse care, and the other parts of barn life.

Private lessons are held on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays. A small number of pony lessons for younger and smaller riders are available on Wednesdays as well. Classroom sessions are held Wednesdays at 5:30 pm.

Once the student has demonstrated they can tack, untack, mount, steer, walk, trot, and canter safely, then they will graduate into group lessons. Group lessons may contain as many as six students, but we try to limit it to four riders at a time. In group lessons the student will learn bend, collection, trot poles, and jumping. The group lessons will help the rider advance in their chosen discipline and support them in becoming an overall better rider.

As the rider advances they may have the opportunity to lease a boarded horse (not a lesson horse). We also provide services and education to owning your first horse when stalls become available.

Students that own or lease a horse can be working towards competing in competitions. When we get a solid group we will start scheduling these events.