We offer Gymkhana Class. This course is designed to be a review of safety, equitation and horsemanship for novice to intermediate riders. Students will be placed into this course based on testing prior to the first day of class. Students in the course must minimally be able to tack up and warm up their own horse; mount and dismount; ride simple figures at the walk, trot and canter; and cool out and untack their own horse.

The main focus of this course will be on safety, equitation (rider’s position) and use of the rider’s aids in patterns ran in an areana. Students will learn the principles and practices behind gymkhana work for the competive practice; the use of simple and advanced figures while riding for balance between horses and riders; maintaining control and collectivness on basic arena gymkhana patterns, while enjoying the fun, speed and challlenge of the ride.This class focuses more on the correctiveness of the ride than the speed, an controled collective ride is more fast thana wild hurry up ride

These classes are run in 2hr. blocks at 25.00 dollars an hour.

A Horse can Lend its Rider the Speed and Strength he or she Lacks, but the Rider Who is Wise to Remember it is no more than a Loan ~ Pam Brown