RIDING LESSONS

Training and lessons for youth and the adult amateur

Specializing in eventing, hunters, jumpers and dressage

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FEES

LESSON RATES

home Facility:                            (lesson horse)                                 (own horse)

Private 1/2 hour                                       $ 35.00                                       $ 25.00

Private - 1 hour                                        $ 50.00                                       $ 40.00

Semi-private (2 riders) - 1 hour                 $ 40.00 ea.                                  $ 30.00 ea.

Group (3+ riders) - 1 hour                        $ 30.00 ea.                                  $ 25.00 ea.

Supervised practice ride - 1 hour               $ 30.00                                        N/A

 

 OUTSIDE FACILITY

Local Private - 1 hour                                N/A                                             $ 55.00

Local Semi-private - 1 hour                        N/A                                             $ 40.00 ea.

Local Group  - 1+ hour                              N/A                                             $ 30.00 ea

 

(10 -20 miles) Private - 1 hour                    N/A                                             $ 60.00

(10 - 20 miles) Semi-private 1 hour             N/A                                             $ 45.00 ea.

(10 -20 miles) Group 1+ hours                    N/A                                            $ 35.00 ea.

 

(20 - 30 miles) Private - 1 hour                   N/A                                             $ 65.00

(20 - 30 miles) Semi-private - 1 hour           N/A                                             $ 50.00 ea.

(20 - 30 miles) Group - 1+hour                   N/A                                             $ 40.00 ea.

 

(30 - 40 miles) Private - 1 hour                   N/A                                             $ 70.00

(30 - 40 miles) Semi-private - 1 hour           N/A                                             $ 55.00 ea.

(30 - 40 miles) group - 1+ hour                   N/A                                             $ 45.00 ea.       

 

Lease Horses                                  (per month)

Half lease of school horse                    $ 300.00  (allows for 3 rides per week)

Full lease of a school horse                  $ 550.00  (unlimited use)

• When leasing a school horse (full or 1/2) lesson rates are that for a rider with own horse

Our lessons are for:

• Adults and children, ages 5 to infinity
• Beginners to advanced
• English/Western
• Pleasure/Competition

Our lesson styles include:

• Basic horsemanship skills
• Basic riding seat
• Hunt seat, flat and over fences
• Eventing -Dressage, Cross Country, Stadium Jumping
• Western/Trail
• Horse and Stable Management and Maintenance

We offer lessons as:

• Private
• Semi-Private
• Group

Additional Services Available

• Horses for lease
• Lesson horses for competition
• Lesson horse use for extra practice
• Sales and purchasing assistance
• Competition coaching

Our lesson program is designed to be intimate, one on one, relaxed and fun - focusing on the total horsemanship experience.  Learning is comprised of riding, performing horse care, and gaining understanding, compassion and developing good communication with a horse to recognize the hows and whys horses act and react as they do.  Riding and horsemanship is a definitive cause and effect process.

At Darla Opava training / Chocolate Horse Farms the focus is on function over form; meaning that as you ride the horse correctly to gain the horses best movement, you as the rider will inherently be in the correct form.