Lesson Descriptions
Advanced
Riders with experience course work at 2’9”. Will be becoming familiar with complicated courses with a higher level of difficulty and sophistication. Ability to ride green horses and jump without stirrups. Working to further develop finesse and control of the horse. Lessons will include no-stirrup work, transitions, lateral work, lunge line lessons, gymnastics, courses, and trail obstacles.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Advanced Beginner
Riders will ride English working on posting, jumping position, and developing the canter. For riders that have completed 12 weeks of beginner riding.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Advanced Flatwork
For advanced riders that want to fine tune their skills, with an emphasis on using the Dressage Training Scale to improve horses' gaits and maneuverability. Riders will work on cavaletti, lateral movements, no stirrup work, hill work, and a variety of collection exercises. Riders will have their choice of discipline and can use English or Western saddle and a snaffle bit.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Advanced Polo
For riders at an advanced level who can maintain control of their horse at all speeds, can demonstrate control of their mallet on the near side and offside and who have an understanding of the rules. This class focuses on further development of advanced riding techniques, mallet skills, and game strategies.
Instructor: Kylie Dalton
Dressage Lower Level
Riders should be confident at the walk and trot, working towards confidence in the canter. The rider will be introduced to the sport of dressage, dressage terminology and theory. Beginning concepts of connection and balance with an emphasis on equitation. Instruction includes lunge lessons, arena figures, transitions, and introduction of lateral work. Students ride introductory-level tests to improve their accuracy and skills.
Instructor(s): Alena Meacham or Melissa Tindall
Dressage Upper Level
Riders should be confident at the walk, trot and canter. Training level concepts of suppleness, connection, balance and rhythm. Instruction includes refinement of the dressage seat, basic gaits and paces within the gaits, transitions, arena figures, simple changes through the trot, turn on the forehands and leg yields, and cavaletti. Students ride training level tests to improve their accuracy and skills.
Instructor(s): Alena Meacham or Melissa Tindall
English Beginner
For those who have never ridden before or have limited riding experience, less than 3 months. Riders will learn how to groom, tack, and mount horses. Walking, steering, and equitation exercises to strengthen leg position. Trot work securing posting and diagonals, sitting trot, and jumping position.
Instructor(s): Alena Meacham or Melissa Tindall
Intermediate 1
Can walk, trot, and canter safely in a group, known leads and diagonals, ready to start jumping. Riders will work on jumping position, sitting trot, transitions, no stirrup work, lunge line lessons, and cross rails.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Intermediate 2
Riders have experience with course work and have solid jumping fundamentals jumping 2’6”. This group is for riders that want to become more competitive in the show ring, work on seeing distances, equitation, and to further develop finesse and control of the horse. Lessons will include no stirrup work, lateral work, lunge line lessons, gymnastics, flat work exercises, switching horses, and trail.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Intermediate Ground Poles
For students interested in ground pole exercises to help develop confidence in their seat and aids to further their riding both in flatwork and over fences. Must be comfortable riding over multiple poles in succession. Pole exercises walk, trot and canter. This is not a jumping class and is open to Dressage, Eventing and hunt seat riders. Riders may choose between hunt and dressage tack.
Instructor: Melissa Tindall
Polo Fundamentals 1
For riders at an Intermediate or Advanced Level who can maintain control of their horse at the walk, trot and canter, and comfortable on different levels of horses. This class focuses on the introduction to fundamental polo skills, for those with riding experience but no polo experience
Instructor: Jenny Sale
Polo Fundamentals 2
For riders at an Intermediate or Advanced Level who can maintain control of their horse at the walk, trot and canter, and comfortable on different levels of horses. Riders should have either already taken the Polo Fundamentals I course or have equivalent previous polo experience. This class focuses on building upon existing fundamental polo skills and applying these skills into a game setting.
Instructor: Jenny Sale
Western Beginner
Western riding teaches riders concepts of neck reining and is ridden in a saddle with a horn. For those who have never ridden before or have very limited riding experience, less than 3 months. Riders will learn how to groom, tack, and mount horses. Walking, steering, and equitation exercises to strengthen leg position. Jog work sitting and posting.
Instructor: Alena Meacham
Western Intermediate
For riders who can lope. This group is for riders that want to work on improving position and control. Exercises that will be worked on are transitions, lateral work, arena figures, no stirrup work and obstacles.
Instructor: Alena Meacham