Horseback riding lessons
Riding lessons for all ages and every level of skill, year round. Private or in a small group, on a working farm rather than a lesson yard.
Book a lessonProgram fees support Flint Hill Farm Educational Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
What a lesson includes
You do not just show up and get on. Kim chooses the horse, and the lesson covers grooming, saddling up, safe leading and riding, then untacking and taking care of the horse afterward. Learning to care for the horse is part of learning to ride it.
The details
- Who it's for
- All ages, beginner to advanced
- Teacher
- Kim Carl, teaching at Flint Hill Farm for twenty years
- Days
- Monday to Saturday. No lessons on Sundays
- Where you ride
- An outdoor ring (100 × 200), an 80 × 200 indoor arena for the winter, and trails through the woods
- Helmets
- Required. Free rental with four half-hour lessons
What it costs
Introductory hour
A full hour, and the best way in. Kim picks the right horse for you, and you groom, saddle, lead and ride.
Four half-hour lessons
For a rider carrying on after the intro hour: saddling, safe leading and riding, half an hour at a time. Helmet rental is free with this one.
A riding lesson as a gift.
The intro hour is $70, four half-hour lessons are $140. Buy online, put the rider's name in the order note, and they call to set a time with Kim.
Book a lesson
Tell us who's riding and how much they've done, and we'll match them to a horse and a time.
What a lesson looks like
Come and meet the horses.
An introductory hour is the easiest way in: grooming, tacking up, riding, and putting your horse away afterward.