We paid $225 for what we understood would be 5 one-hour lessons. Instead, my daughter received 2 1/2 hours of riding instruction (10% discount for a lesson 5-pack). That works out to $90 per hour. The reasoning we were told is that young 13 year old riders tire easily; so, a half hour tacking up and a half hour riding. And if it is raining, the student will get a "barn lesson." Those also last no more than half an hour. Apparently, young minds also tire easily, even those with a thirst to learn.
My daughter and I have both taken riding lessons at Trinity Farm for about 5 years. We have owned our own horse for about 4.5 of those years. I reviewed and visited several barns before trying Trinity Farm. My first concern was safety of the riders and the horses followed by quality of instruction, inclusiveness, opportunity for growth as a rider and a person and a sense of community. Trinity Farm was the only place I visited that met my criteria and I believe is reasonably priced.Riding lessons are usually 30 minutes (if private) and 45 minutes -1 hour if part of a small group. However, instruction begins with tacking the horse and preparing for the ride and untacking and caring for the horse after the ride. My 5 years of experience with the trainers is that there is a minimum of 30 minutes of actual riding instruction. However, if a student is struggling, the trainers work with that student until they reach a point where both the rider and trainer feel that the lesson has been successful.I am aware that a recent review has complained about purchasing a 5-lesson card and not receiving 5 HOURS of instruction. Unfortunately, the review offered by the author of "Buyer beware" is not in any way accurate. I can verify that the lessons are never described as "one hour" unless they are part of a group lessons. New riders ALWAYS begin with private lessons, no matter what their experience, until the trainers can evaluate the new student and determine how best to provide instruction to them. This is necessary for the safety of the rider, the horse and other riders in the arena at the same time as the new rider. I was at Trinity Farm when the child of the person authoring this negative review had their first lesson. The father indicated to the trainer that his child had ridden before and was capable of much more than what the child was able to demonstrate in the arena. As such, it was not possible to put the child in any type of group lesson. Thus, the child's lessons were 30 minutes (with additional horse husbandry instruction before and after the actual mounted lesson). In addition, I observed the parent being what I believe to be intrusive during the lesson. As a parent, it is necessary to allow the trainers to do the teaching. Also, when the weather is uncooperative, students are offered "barn lessons". These lessons provide valuable instruction and experience for riders on everything from horse massage and stretching, how to wrap legs properly, equine first aid, braiding, and other husbandry skills that true equestrians must master. Being an equestrian is NOT only about riding. It is about the entire equine experience. After 5 years at Trinity Farm, I know that safe, quality instruction are received in return for a fair price.
And so your beginner young rider will require those 30-minute private lessons @ ~$50 per half-hour session for quite some time until he or she is deemed ready to be in a group and stay mounted up for a whole hour. Presumably not tiring so easily by then. If that arrangement seems reasonable for beginning lessons, you've come to the right place.
Our daughter has taken lesson here for almost 3 years. She loves it!!! The people are very friendly and the horses are very well cared for. Our daughter has learned more than just riding skills. It is a pleasure to go to the barn and see happy faces and peaceful surroundings.
An amazing equine facility. Poppy the owner is great.
Buyer beware.
We will not be waiting past 5 weeks to learn just how long those short lessons will stretch out to be. We have moved on to a stable near Collierville where $50/hour private riding lessons means exactly what it says. One hour of riding instruction right from the start.
I loved riding the horses. They taught me how to ride english, because I rode western. I love this barn!!! I also love marshmallow
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