Lessons
RIDING LESSONS AT RIVENDELL FARM
Rivendell is a farm devoted to the exploration of the relationship between horse and rider. It is our goal to help you make that magical connection and let horses become a part of your life. We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons for children and adults.
Our mission clearly is geared to more than just riding. We seek to help people, young and young at heart, who understand the emotional bond that can exist between horse and rider, and seek to find it.
Punctual arrivals are essential for obvious reasons. Scheduling the right horse for the right rider requires you to be there at the time reserved. Please respect the rights of the students who are waiting for their mounts to be groomed and cared for.
Child
Riding Lesson
English & Western
$60
/ half hour
$110
/ hour
$480 for a Package of 8 Lesson
Learn Horse Respect and Care
Create a Special Bond/Friendship
Instructions For Every Level Rider
Children seem to be born with an innate love of horses.
The heart of our riding lessons is in the wonderful staff at Rivendell Farm and the variety of horses available to fit every skill level and every child’s dream of what riding can be. We are passionate about horses and look forward to sharing our love of this incredible animal with new and experienced riders alike.
We not only teach your child to ride but to also respect and care for the horse and help them to develop a bond of friendship that will last a lifetime. From the beginning all the way up to the show ring, we offer instruction at every level and help your child achieve their own personal goal.
With our English and Western riding lessons, you will learn the basics of grooming and tacking up your horse. Beginning riders are given lead line instruction as well as developing skills at the walk, trot, and canter. We begin with the focus on balance and making sure you feel secure. You set the pace based on your experience level and confidence.
Adult
Riding Lesson
English & Western
$60
/half hour
$110
/ hour
$480 For a Package of 8
Learn Grooming and Tacking
Learn to Walk, Trot, and Canter
Beginner to Advance Jumping
Did you know; the largest group of horseback riders is adult women either trying the sport for the first time or getting back to horses after riding as a child?
Better than any exercise program, riding is both fun and a good healthy activity. Riding at Rivendell Farm provides a great challenge and a beautiful setting to carve out some much needed time for you. To those riders getting back into the sport, it’s never too late and once you step into the barn, those good memories will come flooding back and you’ll fall in love all over again.
Our horses are well trained and are suitable for the beginner all the way up to even the most experienced rider. You will never be asked to do something your not comfortable with, and you will find after a few short weeks of lessons at Rivendell Farm, you’ll be amazed at how much your skill level will progress..
We encourage parents to join in their children’s learning by taking riding lessons themselves!
Besides being a great activity for exercise, hoseback riding is a great way to bond with the family and create new friendships with other riders. A great benefit to riding is the ability to just have fun!
Groundwork
Lessons
$60
/half hour
$110
/ hour
$480 For a Package of 8
Horse Handling including Care and Grooming
Build a Relationship with a Horse from the ground
Learn Showmanship, Groundwork and in Hand Events
If you aren’t interested in riding in the saddle but still want to learn to work with horses and experience the magic that comes from them, groundwork lessons might be the perfect option.
We teach you everything from basic grooming, groundwork (longing and in hand maneuvers) to in hand trail events and showmanship. Did you know that you can even show a horse ‘in hand’ vs. in the saddle and that there are special classes for it? Experience the Rivendell Farm difference and more aspects of horses than just time in the saddle.
ENGLISH & WESTERN
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
With our English and Western riding lessons, you will learn the basics of grooming and tacking up along with riding at all 3 gaits. For English riders we also teach jumping up to 2’6” with a focus on hunter jumper. Our Western program focuses on Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Trail and Showmanship.
Showing opportunities for English and Western are available at the local level, and at the rated/breed levels for those seeking a more competitive team.
PLEASE COME DRESSED APPROPRIATELY
Boots with heels are required
Long pants are recommended
You must wear a helmet while riding
BOARDING
LESSONS
OUR HORSES
LEASING
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IEA TEAM