lESSON pROGRAM

River Run Riding offers a comprehensive horseback riding lesson program for children and adults.

We welcome haul-ins!

River Run Riding also offers coaching and practical support for students who wish to pursue competition (i.e. shows, play-days, etc.). Contact us for details.

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Teaching Philosophy

At River Run Riding, you will learn more than just how to ride; you will learn to connect with your horse in a way that empowers you to be a confident horse-person, a physically and mentally capable rider, and a conscientious competitor. Lessons with River Run Riding are comprehensive and include the fundamentals of horse care and horsepersonship, proper equine nutrition, groundwork, and mounted instruction.

River Run Riding’s teaching philosophy is firmly rooted in compassion, safety, courage.

Compassion: You cannot teach without it. You cannot learn without it. A major cornerstone of becoming an effective horse-person is developing a compassionate perspective of your living, breathing, thinking equine partner—and of yourself. River Run Riding students learn how to embrace the life-long journey that is horsepersonship through a compassionate mindset that serves them both at the barn and beyond.

Safety: River Run Riding students learn how to make intelligent decisions on the ground and in the saddle. Critical-thinking, experience, and practice keeps both students and their horses safe, sound, and happy.

Courage: Horses need a courageous leader. River Run Riding students, through their compassionate mindset and safety-first decision making, become natural leaders for their horses and their equestrian community.

New Students

Prior to joining River Run Riding's lesson program, all new students will participate in a private riding skills assessment. This allows the instructor to formulate a fully customized training plan that is tailored to the individual student.

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