Lessons for both children and adult riders

The main goal of our lesson program is to help our students develop the skills necessary to make them part of a working partnership with a horse, whether it be their own horse or one of our lessons horses. We start from the ground level, teaching our students how to properly catch, tack up, and care for their horses and then move on in the direction they want to go. Each lesson is tailored to help our students meet their individual goals at a pace that they are comfortable with. Our lessons are available as private (1 student) and semi-private lessons (2-4 students). Listed below is our lesson schedule, prices, and brief introduction to our lesson horses. Each lesson is 45 minutes in length. Our lessons in the winter usually are relaxed and the students ride bareback to help them stay warm. In the summer we usually ride with full tack and also make it fun by teaching the students how to bathe their horse on those hot and humid days.
Summer Lesson Schedule:
Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00-6:00
Tues, Thur 10:00-7:00
Winter Lesson Schedule:
Mon, Wed 9:00-6:00
Tues, Thur 9:00-5:00
Saturday 9:00-2:00 Semi-Private Lessons Only (Sat. lessons available in winter only)
Aladdin's Odyssey
Odyssey continues to be the backbone to our lesson
program. He is the horse we turn to when a student is unsure or new to
riding, or if our student needs to just relax and enjoy the ride. He now
is 23 years old, and a big barn baby. He seems to enjoying his
semi-retirement and now only gives 5-7 lessons a week. He has a very
sweet personality and loves the attention his students give him. He
is a good teacher and takes care of our beginners but will step it up for the
more advanced riders. You can ride him under both english and western tack
and he continues to be a fun horse to take out on trails. Odyssey's
favorite treat is apples and he loves it when his students bring him slices to
munch on after his lessons!

Kierra is a 16 year old 14.2 hand Arabian mare. She is another very sweet horse that
loves treats and attention. Kierra has been working with the students that
are ready to ride a horse with a bit of "get up and go". She has an
amazing canter that the students love to ride and is a great teacher. Nothing really seems to faze her and we're also discovering that she is a great
trail horse and is used by my husband when we go out on trails. In fact
John has "adopted" her as his own horse.

This spring (2007) we lost Kierra. We miss
her dearly and have decided to leave her up on our lesson page as a way to
remember her. She was a wonderful little horse that taught several people
how to ride with confidence and she also was a great companion for me. I
enjoyed just hanging out with her and letting her "help" me with chores in the
mornings (she liked to go into the stalls and clean up any food that was left
behind). We will never forget her and her gentle ways.

Stormy

Stormy came to us after we lost
Kierra and he has big shoes to fill. He is a 11 year old bay Arabian that
stands 14.3 hands. He is a beautiful horse with a very sweet and gentle
personality and has stolen the hearts of many of our students. We ride him
under western and english tack and he is very responsive and willing. Stormy and I are in training together and hope to enter the show ring sometime
in the 2008 season. I have moved him up to more advanced students and he
is doing really well. He still is such a ham and keeps everyone smiling
when he's in the barn. He will smile at you until you break down and give
him a treat and he loves pulling his blanket off when you are done riding
him. He also has joined Odyssey in the ranks of a stall baby and loves
coming in at night. He's a great companion for me and has quickly become
my favorite mount when I want to practice my english lessons.


Gracie

Gracie is a 10 year old grey quarter horse mare
that stands about 15 hands high. She is quiet and sweet, and has
beautiful, soft eyes and can make the funniest faces (sometimes she looks like a
little white mule..). She does have some get up and go for riders that are
more advanced and I can't wait to try her in some gaming shows! She rides
under western tack and is great for all level of riders. Gracie is a nice
level headed trail horse and takes everything in stride. We're still
learning about her likes and dislikes, but we have discovered that
she enjoys having her head scratched and standing in the barn with us
while we're doing chores in the morning. She's quickly become a reliable
lesson horse and has picked up the students that Honey left behind when she went
to Georgia.



Daisy Mae

Daisy is my daughters 9 year old pinto. She
stands 14.3 hands high and is Danielle's gaming horse. We put her into the
lesson program this year for the more advanced students to ride since Danielle
is so busy with school and basketball and Daisy's getting pretty chunky out in
the pasture! She has stepped up to the plate and is doing a wonderful
job. She is very quick on her feet and only rides under western tack, or
bareback. She's great for the students that are ready to try gaming and
learning the patterns. She definately is a horse that likes to go! She's also a fun little trail horse and will go all day long.


Winter

Winter is a 14 year old Arabian mare. She
stands 14.2 HH and is a beautiful gray color. She came to us this winter
and we started her in the lesson program in May (2008). She has a very
gentle and sweet personality and seems to love being with people even more than
she likes being with other horses. She is a very sensitive horse and picks
up on everyone's emotions. I've had her stand with her head against mine
on the day's I'm a bit tired or stressed and she helps me just breath and relax
again. She has something about her that just makes you want to pick her up
and give her a hug! She is trained as both an english and gaming horse and
it's fun to watch her with the students. She is a great teacher for the
more advanced students since she is so sensitive and she does have a lot of get
up and go. She's been a great addition to our lesson program and I want to
thank Tom Keumper of Viking Saddlery for finding her for us. She's amazing
and we love her very much.

Baby April 2006

Baby June 2008
Colorado Baby Doe Fleet
Also known as "Baby". She is owned by my mom,
Barbara Smith. She came here as a scrawny two year old and has developed
into a beautiful 4 year old 15.2HH appaloosa dun mare. Baby also has been
a world traveler, she lived with me and went through training here, then
traveled to Georgia to be with my mom, but she started growing and she grew, and
grew and grew. Then she became bored and did things that any bored
horse might do, like eating my moms garage! (She actually ate the shutters
and broke the window panes) So she came back up here so we could keep her
busy. She loves giving lessons and does a terrific job. She has a
wonderful western pleasure type jog and is a great trail horse for the trail
lessons. This summer I plan to put her under English tack and see how she
goes. I bet she'll be beautiful. She is a very social girl, loves
being with her pasture buddies and still can stir up some mischief with the
other horses out in the pasture (but at least she can't get near my
garage!). She's a hoot to watch in action!