Horseback Riding in California

Alpine Valley Horsemanship offers mobile horse training services throughout Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties in Northern California. Trainer Caitlin Mogensen has dedicated her life towards better understanding horses and has an incredibly diverse background, having worked with a multitude of different breeds and extensive experience in both english and western disciplines. She implements psychology-based techniques to gain insight and approach each horse as an individual and believes in building a strong foundation to give both horses and riders the confidence they need to reach their goals. Her training style is influenced by clinicians such as Monty Roberts, Buck Brannaman, Clinton Anderson and Pat Parelli.... See More

Kaylawna Smith is accepting new students for the 2019 season! We are a fun, energetic group who specialize in teaching kids and adults from first timers-advanced level riding! We are able to provide lesson horses and riding equipment for all ages!!

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Follow your dreams ..... and start taking Western Riding Lessons
*Fun For all Ages
*Beginner to Advanced Riders
*Only $75.00 per 40-50 minute private lesson
*No minimum lessons required
*Discount package rates available
*Learn to ride from Professional Trainers
*Patient, talented, sweet natured Champion lesson horses provided
*Learn to ride safely, soundly, confidently, with a soft hand & quiet seat & experience success in the saddle!

Here at Rick Baer Training Stables, we offer an established PROFESSIONAL western horseback riding lesson & horse training program. Having over 30 years of proven performance & experience is what sets us apart from many other western training programs. Our barn is a full service performance horse training facility specializing but not limited to, the exciting equestrian sport of Reining. Additionally we start colts/fillies for many equestrian professionals within most disciplines and also work on correcting problematic horses. Our assistant trainers/instructors are true horseman, highly skilled & trained with life-long horsemanship experience. We value the importance of giving you a solid foundation & avoiding the creation of bad habits. We teach you everything from the fundamental basics, to fine tuning & honing the skills of the seasoned rider. Our accomplished lesson horses are sweet natured with an abundance of Reining/Showmanship/Western Riding show experience, thereby helping to provide the optimum results for you the rider. In our lesson program we work on a one-on-one basis customizing your individual needs.
Whether you are wanting some fun & recreation, a man following your Cowboy dreams, an actor or stuntman building your portfolio skills, the young child starting a riding career, A student aspiring to train towards attaining an equestrian college scholarship, an individual training to show competitively or just simply gaining your own personal best.It is our goal to help give you the skill set needed to create & build a safe, sound, soft handed, talented and confident rider.We want you to be challenged and to gain an understanding of and create an effective yet subtle communication between you and the horse. However, most importantly we want you to have fun! With dedication and hard work, we’ll have you quiet in your seat, perfecting your lead changes, loping in patterns, doing roll-backs, spinning AND the adrenaline pumping slide-stops.
We will provide our CHAMPION lesson horses, or you may use your own, when in training with “Rick Baer Training Stables”. We can also help guide & assist you in finding a horse for lease or purchase.

We naturally encourage a strong sense of team spirit & ethics here at RBTS and we are proud to have such a loyal, wonderful, fun & supportive “Barn Family”!... See More

Delacreme Equestrian offers a fun, yet competitive training and lessoning program where you and your horse can excel at all levels and have fun! Take lessons on your horse or start out on one of ours. We keep our program small so that every rider gets the individualized attention he or she needs. There are no restrictions in our program. All you need is the desire to learn. We aim to create not only well rounded riders, but people with well rounded horsemanship. We compete at both local county shows, and USEF "A" rated shows.... See More

Classical Dressage Training and Trick training based on natural methods.
Maxi Sulamith Moon is a former german FEI rider and has been producing and training several horses for artistic shows aswell for competitions. Over the last 10 years she has been the artistic creator for several horseshow events including the International Show jumping event opening in Brussels and several other shows across Europe and for the Theatre Equestre de Wattrelos.
The lessons are based on working on the connection between horse and rider and improve half pass, extended trot, flying changes, piaffe and passage.
Available for clinics in Cypress Texas or San Francisco Bay Area for a minimum of 5 students.... See More