RIDING LESSONS FOR ALL AGES AND SKILLS
Riding lessons are taught in four-week blocks. New students will begin with either a Horse Power lesson or Horsemanship lesson depending on their age (see descriptions below). Horse Power Lessons are one hour long. Horsemanship Beginning A lessons run for one hour. Other Horsemanship lessons run for 1 1/2 hours. Fees are listed below. We offer an early pay discount of $20 and family discounts are also available.
HORSEMANSHIP LESSONS
Horsemanship riding lessons are designed for ages 8 and up and are designed to teach a person to evaluate, care for, and handle horses safely. The lessons are divided into four topic areas:
- Knowledge
- Groundwork
- Grooming & Saddling
- Riding
Horsemanship lessons are mainly taught as group lessons on a four-week block schedule.
BEGINNING A (Safety, Ground and Bareback) is our basic beginning class. Students with no experience at Schow’s Ranchette and over 8 years old will start with this class as well as some 6 to 7 year old that need to move out of YOU & ME & HORSE MAKE 3. Students will focus on safety, ground skills and bareback riding with a little bit of saddle riding. Beginning A lessons are one hour per week.
Beginning B1(Basic Western riding + Beg. A) is our 2nd level beginning class. Students will maintain and grow what has already been taught in Beginning A and move to riding in a western saddle, work on saddling, lots of trotting, and lead line lunging. These lessons are to help build a secure seat and confidence while on a horse. Beginning B lessons are 1 1/2 hours long.
Beginning C1 (Basic English riding + Beg. B1) is our 3rd level of riding. Students will maintain and grow their previous skills as well as add the English style of riding working on strengthening core and leg muscles while walking and trotting in the English saddle.
Beginning B2 (Basic western riding + Beg. C1) is the 2nd half of our 2nd level beginning Class. Students will continue to maintain and grow what has already been taught and will work on bridling and western loping.
Beginning C2 (Basic English + Beg. B2) is the 2nd half of the 3rd level of riding. Students will maintain and grow their previous skills as well as adding the English style of riding at the canter and free lunging. English riding develops strength and coordination.
Intermediate A, B, and C lessons will follow the same outline above A being Safety, ground, and bareback, B being Western +A, and C being English +B. Intermediate lessons will be done in both the inside and outside arena, students ride multiple horses to learn to handle different personalities and energy levels, ride with different levels in the same lesson, and add a 1 1/2-hour Equine Management (EM) lesson. Intermediate/EM group lessons are 1 1/2 hours twice per week.
Equine Management lessons deal with horse care, feeding, medical, massage, trick training, tack care, equipment care and repair, facility maintenance, and other needed knowledge.
Advance A, B, and C lessons follow the same outline as Beginning and Intermediate, but students are working on a competitive level or training level with a young or rehab horse. Advance lessons also include the EM lessons.
Fees
Horse pOWER lESSONS
The Power lesson classes teach our riders about the ABC's of Horsemanship:
A: Attention B: Balance
C: Confidence and Coordination
YOU & ME & HORSE MAKES THREE
You & Me & Horse makes Three is our Power riding lessons designed for 3-5 year old students. We ask that these riders have parental involvement in class as well as our riders who are learning disabled or have physical or mental challenges. Power riding lessons are taught as a half hour group lessons on a four-week block schedule.
Power Plus lessons are for 6 and up, until a student is tall enough to learn to saddle one of our smaller lesson horses. Power Plus lessons will ride horses bareback, western and English with help for saddling. Once the student is tall enough to learn to saddle they will move into out Beginning B lessons.
Fees
Power Lessons - 1/2 hour $200 per block (4 lessons)
2024 BLOCKs
Reg. starts Mar. 16 for Block 4 (Apr. 1 - Apr. 26) Early Pay Mar. 25, 2024
Reg. starts April 13 for Block 5 (Apr. 29-May 24) Early Pay Apr. 22, 2024
Reg. starts May 11 for Block 6 (May 27-June 21) Early Pay May 20, 2024
Reg. starts June 8 for Block 7(June 24-July19) Early Pay June 17, 2024
Reg. start July 6 for Block 8 (July 22- Aug 23) SCHOOL STARTING BREAK Aug 12-18 Early Pay July 15, 2024