PEPPERCORN RANCH

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    • Home
    • LESSONS
    • WHY CHOOSE US FOR LESSONS
    • LEASING OR SYNDICATION
    • BOARDING
    • FACILITIES
    • EXPERT WITNESS
    • INSTRUCTORS
    • CURRENT RIDING CONDITIONS
    • DIRECTIONS
    • PAY
    • USEFUL LINKS
    • WORKING STUDENTS
    • OLD HORSEMAN'S NOTES

  • Home
  • LESSONS
  • WHY CHOOSE US FOR LESSONS
  • LEASING OR SYNDICATION
  • BOARDING
  • FACILITIES
  • EXPERT WITNESS
  • INSTRUCTORS
  • CURRENT RIDING CONDITIONS
  • DIRECTIONS
  • PAY
  • USEFUL LINKS
  • WORKING STUDENTS
  • OLD HORSEMAN'S NOTES

LESSON DETAILS

GROUP OR PRIVATE LESSONS

Often our lessons are private due to scheduling.  If we do have groups, we attempt to schedule people together with relatively similar skill levels and groups are very small.

SCHEDULING

Lessons are scheduled for half hour or full hour of riding.  They will include warming up, peak work time, and cool out time.


Clients are expected to arrive at the appointed hour to catch and tack up their mounts.  They have their lesson and then take the tack off, groom the horse, and put the horse away.  This is all taught to beginners.  So a half hour lesson often takes an hour and a half time  block and an hour lesson commonly  takes a two hour time block.


Normal lesson times are 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, and 4:00 pm (also 5:30 pm during Daylight Savings Time).


Text 805 217 1549 to make an appointment.

SCHOOL HORSE OR OWN HORSE

Lessons on a school horse are much more expensive in order to pay for the upkeep of the horse.  We strongly encourage people to partially lease or purchase a partial interest in a horse to reduce lesson expenses.  Peppercorn Ranch normally has horses available for lease or syndication where people may purchase ownership shares.  Syndication makes ownership more financially feasible. 

PEPPERCORN RANCH LESSONS

Lessons may be purchased individually, but that is the most expensive way to buy them.


Four lessons to be taken on your own schedule may be purchased as a discounted package.  This is the normal rate people would pay for weekly lessons.


Ten lessons may be purchased for a greater discount where people plan to take two lessons a week and would pay every 5 weeks.


REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum age is 6 years old for 30 minute lead line lessons.  Somewhere between 6 and 7 years old students gain enough maturity to focus for regular riding lessons.  Most begin regular lessons when they are 7.  


We do not have a maximum age limit except that riders need to be in good enough physical condition for strenuous athletic exercise.  Sport horse riding is not passive!


Students need to be within height and weight ranges which our current lesson horses will easily handle.   We recommend that students are at least 7 years old for regular lessons.


Students must wear long pants, hard soled shoes with heels, and ASTM approved helmets. We have a few helmets available to borrow.    However, purchasing a helmet is the cheapest insurance you can buy!


EVERYONE COMING TO THE RANCH MUST WEAR CLOSED TOED SHOES; NO SANDALS OR BARE FEET!
 

RIDING LESSONS

We give lessons at our location or will travel to you.

Children and adults.


Regular lessons begin around 7 years old when hand - eye coordination and ability to focus mature.

Many students are in their golden years! 

Beginning lessons cover the same things for all riding styles.   Safe horse handling, grooming, tacking up, and un-tacking are included.  

For people who have never been on a horse through advanced riders

Beginners focus on learning to balance on a horse in  motion and how to give correct aids (signals) to the mount.  Beginning lessons are the same for both English and western riding.

Riders advance to learn skills for:

Dressage

Stadium Jumping

Cross Country Jumping

Half hour or full hour lessons may be scheduled.

Time should be allotted for catching, grooming, saddling, and grooming after riding, around an hour for this.

Lessons in horse training are available

Students can learn training techniques for starting young horses or teaching skills for advanced competitions.

As in any sport, improvement occurs faster the more one practices

Most people find they need at least one lesson a week and some take two a week


PRICES

LESSONS

ADDITIONAL FEES

ADDITIONAL FEES

 

INTRODUCTORY / EVALUATION LESSON


Instruction, evaluation, and discussion of rider's goals, averages an hour and a half time block:

$95


HALF HOUR LESSONS


30 minute Lead Line Lessons:  $50


Regular Half Hour Lessons:

Purchased Individually:  $50

Package of Four:  $180  (Weekly Lessons - 10% discount)

Package of Ten:  $425  (2 Lessons a week - 15% discount)


Missed lessons can be made up!


HOUR LESSONS


Purchased Individually:  $60

Package of Four:  $216 (Weekly Lessons - 10% discount)

Package of Ten:  $510  (2 Lessons a Week - 15% discount)



ADDITIONAL FEES

ADDITIONAL FEES

ADDITIONAL FEES

USE OF HORSE / PONY


Purchased Individually:  $25

Package of Four:  $100

Package of Ten:  $250

No fee when leasing or riding own mount


ASSISTANCE / INSTRUCTION GROOMING & TACKING UP


Purchased Individually:  $20

Package of Four:  $80

Package of Ten:  $200


HALF HOUR LESSONS + USE OF HORSE +  ASSISTANCE / INSTRUCTION GROOMING & TACKING UP


Purchased Individually:  $95

Package of Four:  $360

Package of Ten:  $875


HOUR LESSONS + USE OF HORSE + ASSISTANCE / INSTRUCTION GROOMING & TACKING UP


Purchased Individually:  $105

Package of Four:  $396

Package of Ten:  $960








 

OTHER

ADDITIONAL FEES

OTHER

SPECIAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT


  • Training your horse by our riders.
  • Training your horse by you under our guidance.


REQUIREMENT FOR JUMPING LESSONS OVER HIGHER FENCES


  • People taking jumping lessons over higher fences must own their own mounts.
  • The expectation is that these riders need to be riding more than once a week to be fit enough for jumping.


COACHING / SUPPORT AT COMPETITIONS


  • One day = Cost of one regular group lesson (your rate)
  • Two or more days = Cost of two regular group lessons (your rate)







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