Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Reno-Tahoe Equestrian Centre runs a riding academy and horse show programs teaching horsemanship, with a range of rates and packages. It has an indoor arena and a clubhouse for events, and holds camps and meet-a-horse days.
Kids & Horses is a PATH International accredited therapeutic riding center operating since 1999. It offers adaptive riding, dementia workshops and life skills classes, supported by volunteers and donors.
Balance Point Horse Training in Reno, Nevada is led by trainer Juci Somoygi. It offers full-care boarding with individualized training programs based on biomechanics and feel, plus private and semi-private lessons.
Avanti Farms is a dressage facility in Winnemucca, Nevada run by trainer Sarah Silva, a USDF gold medalist and western dressage judge. It offers boarding, full and partial dressage training through FEI levels, and lessons from beginners aged 7 to advanced riders on school horses or haul-ins. Sarah also judges and gives clinics.
Northern Nevada Academy of Riding is a lesson-focused riding program led by trainer and owner Bridget Fitzpatrick, a national-level USEF/AHA judge. It offers private, semi-private and group lessons for riders of all ages and levels, plus horse camp. Bridget has produced national champion Arabian and Half-Arabian horses.
Stacee Collier Dressage in Reno, Nevada offers dressage training through Grand Prix, lessons, clinics and show coaching for all levels and breeds. Stacee Collier is an FEI competitor, USDF gold medalist and breeder of Lio Lomas Dutch Warmbloods. Horses for sale: she sells horses and helps clients buy and sell young and riding horses.
Brian Thomas Horsemanship offers horse training with a gentle approach focused on bridle work and the horse's emotions. Services include in-house training, private instruction, workshops and clinics for all breeds and disciplines.
Goose Creek Equine in Eagle Creek, Oregon is a small boarding barn and natural horsemanship business. Charlie Johnson, a Happy Horse Happy Life advanced instructor, offers foundation training for horses and riders, and Coach Kristi offers horsemanship coaching. Stall boarding is offered when space allows.
Knolls Basic Horsemanship in Acampo, California is run by Jill Knoll. It offers horsemanship classes and lessons covering horse psychology, care, handling, ground school and riding, plus guidance for first-time horse owners. It also hosts horse introduction hours, birthday parties and group events.
Double Helix Horsemanship in Bend, Oregon trains horses and educates riders and handlers using equitation science, based on learning theory and biomechanics. It offers lessons, including introductory cow work lessons, at its 35-acre ranch.
Canadiana Equestrian Centre in Rocky View County, Alberta, near Airdrie and Calgary, offers horse boarding, training and coaching. Its coaches teach hunter/jumper and dressage to children and adults. The owners have over 30 years in horse boarding and care.
Northern Oaks Equine at Twin Cities Ranch in Galt, California offers full-service boarding with training packages, riding lessons, and rehabilitation and fitness programs. Its team includes a certified equine massage therapist. It serves riders from schooling shows to the A-circuit.
Aspiring Equestrian Center in Rainier, Washington is run by trainer Cheryl and offers full-care boarding, horse training and riding lessons. Lessons run from lead-line to advanced riders, mostly private, plus ground lessons. Full, half and day leases are available.
De Frates Horsemanship in Gilroy, California is run by Dana and Jason De Frates. It offers horsemanship clinics, lessons and training built around its Trainer Mindset program. A few full-care boarding places are available at its private Flying P Ranch facility.
Jason Long Performance Horses in Morgan Hill, California trains and shows AQHA and APHA western pleasure and hunter under saddle horses. Jason Long has over 40 years of experience and coaches youth and amateur riders at major shows. He offers full and short-term training, lessons, haul-ins and clinics. Horses for sale: prospects and show horses are listed for sale.
Johnston Performance Horses is the ranch of NRCHA Million Dollar Rider Lance Johnston and his wife Tammy in Lindsay, California. It trains horses and coaches riders in reined cow horse, cutting and roping, from beginners to advanced, and runs clinics. Horses for sale: it has cow horses ready to sell.
Binkerd Performance Horses is a training program in Newberg, Oregon led by head trainer Robin Binkerd and assistant trainer Allison Freeman. It prepares horses and riders for APHA/AQHA and open shows in western pleasure, hunter under saddle, horsemanship and trail. It also offers colt starting, lessons and clinics. Horses for sale: sale horses are offered.
Circle T Training Stables in Colton, Oregon raises and trains Paint and Quarter Horses. It trains halter and western pleasure horses and gives private English or western lessons year-round in indoor and outdoor arenas. Horses for sale: the site has a for-sale section.
Jenny Sherbo runs a training stable at the Sliding J Ranch in Acampo, California, specializing in western performance horses. She offers training, riding lessons and clinics in barrel racing, reining, roping and reined cow horse, and coaches junior and high school rodeo. Horses for sale: she sells horses from $5,500 to $50,000.
Bunker Hill Ranch is a full-service horse facility on 50 acres near Sutter Creek in California's Mother Lode. It offers boarding pastures with shelter, lessons for beginners through advanced riders, colt starting and cutting horse training on live cows. Facilities include trails, a galloping track, a jump course and an arena.
Alpine Boarding Stables is a family-owned 18-acre ranch in Stockton, California, run by Bob and Valerie Ammirato. It offers horse boarding in 42 stalls or irrigated pastures, riding lessons, therapy rides and pony parties at the barn or at home. Facilities include two arenas, a round pen and an obstacle course.
Victory Acres Farm in La Grande, Oregon is run by Jaci and Jeff McCants. Head instructor Jaci McCants is a certified riding and adaptive riding instructor. It offers riding lessons on school or student-owned horses, adaptive riding, boarding, haul-ins and clinics.
South Jordan Horse Lessons is a family-owned riding school in South Jordan, Utah. It offers weekly 30-minute lessons in small groups of 3 to 4 students, each on their own horse, with one show a year. Horse training is also offered.
Relational Riding Academy near Spokane, Washington was founded by Michelle Binder-Zolezzi, an ARIA-certified instructor and professional trainer. It offers group and private lessons for children and adults in dressage, western dressage, jumping and western riding, using its own lesson horses. Haul-in lessons on your own horse are also available.
