At Darby Downs Equestrian Center our focus is education and assisting our clients in meeting their goals.  All lessons are private 45-minute sessions.  School horses are available for use and lesson options are available for both BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED riding students.  Haul-in students are also welcome.  Both children and adults are welcomed in our lesson program and all riders participate in preparing the horse for riding by grooming, tacking up, handling the horse on the ground and after-care.  Lesson students are therefore required to arrive at least 1/2 hour in advance of their lesson so that they may begin their lesson on time.  Other services available to our students include:

 

    Participation in specialized day camps, group riding sessions, educational classes with time devoted to specialized areas of concentration.  (These programs

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    scheduled for both adults and children and are conducted by our intermediate-advanced instructor, Karen Pikovsky.)

 

    Practice rides;

 

    Horse leasing options as available;

 

    Showing at Local hunter/jumper, combined training and mini-trial venues, as well as at United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Recognized Events;

 

    Assistance with selection/purchase of horse;

 

    Participation in Monthly Dressage and Jumping Clinics with United States Equestrian Federation R Judge, Nicky Vogel

 

 

 

Riding Lesson Program