Interested in getting started with us? Here's details:

THE INTRODUCTORY LESSON
Every new student, regardless of horse or dressage experience, starts with one introductory lesson. At that lesson, we ask you to perform some basic tasks that both demonstrate your physical fitness and ntroduce you to some dressage-specific concepts. If you cannot execute these basic tasks, we may not be able to mount you. If we cannot mount you at that first lesson, we will spend the lesson working on your fitness and coordination, then send you home with exercises that you can do. Once you're able to perform those exercises, you're welcome to return to us and start riding.

THE LESSON ITSELF
Lessons last 30-45 minutes. Please be sure to arrive 15-20 minutes before your lesson starts, so that you can groom and tack up your horse.  Please also allow yourself 10-15 minutes after the lesson is over, to clean up your horse and wipe down your tack. Our group lessons are generally limited to 4 students. If you are a beginning horseperson, you will have some grooming and tacking lessons intermixed with your riding lessons until you are ready to do your own grooming and tacking.

ATTIRE
Everyone must wear an SEI-approved safety helmet, specific to horseback riding.  Please note that the helmet must have been purchased within the past 5 years and be free from incidents. As well, please wear breeches, paddock boots & half-chaps or tall dress boots, and gloves.  For your first few lessons, we can loan most of you a helmet and many of you paddock boots; you should wear long, comfortable pants and closed-toed shoes.  Please also note:  if we do not have a helmet that fits your head comfortably and safely, you will not be able to ride until you have a helmet of your own... click here for more information about attire

YOUR FITNESS LEVEL
Before your first lesson, we’re going to ask you some questions about your body and your life:  how old are you, how tall are you, how much do you weigh, what is your current exercise program, do you have any physical/mental issues that could make riding more difficult, etc. We ask them so that we can make sure that we have a horse that can carry you safely. 

PAYING FOR THE FIRST LESSON/CANCELLING THE FIRST LESSON
We ask for a credit card to secure that first lesson.  If you prefer, we also take zelle, paypal, venmo, checks and cash.