Stablemates

Stablemates Program

The Stablemates program, for children 11 and older, is a semester series of one hour lessons taught during weekday hours. Lessons may be taken once or twice a week. Most Stablemates classes are limited to 6 riders, although this limit is waved occasionally when classes are combined for special events. Since Stablemates classes range from beginner through advanced, only an outline can be given about the experiences the rider will have with us as a participant in this program. Classes are formed with careful attention to each student's age, level of maturity, physical development, and the skills they have attained through previous riding experience.

If your child is new to riding, you will find an outline of first riding expectations in the description of our Short Stirrup and Pony Pal programs. This valuable information will enable you to understand the process that your rider will undergo in order to achieve basic riding skills. If your rider has had previous riding experience they will be in a class that continues their riding education from the point at which they had achieved acceptable competency. Once riders regularly begin trot work their mounted classes become more vigorous, while on-the-ground classes continue through advanced horsemanship.

We teach balance seat equitation, in the English riding tradition. Our teaching methods include: mock horse shows, drill team, mounted games, ring work, gymnastic patterns in jumping, and cross country work when riders are secure in their fundamentals.

Our small class structure provides the most reluctant riders a chance to excel and more forward riders a chance to work at an independent pace. The decision to move from the Stablemates program to the Rough Rider program is made when a rider feels the need to spend more time working in our barn.

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