Register now for our Winter/Spring Session! Lessons now available Tuesday
through Thursday, with special activities like horse shows, trail rides, hunter paces & clinics available to lesson students
on weekends!
Come join our team and see what fun horseback riding can be!Weekly riding lessons.
Accepting students of all ages. You're never too old to learn!
About our Lesson Program
Who we are…
Blue Moon Farms offers
horseback riding lessons in a safe, fun, friendly, family oriented atmosphere.We
teach our students not only how to ride, but all aspects of caring for the horse or pony.Our riding instructors are mature, competent & experienced horsewomen with lots of knowledge to share.Our students are great riders because they are confident, they are confident because they are well nurtured by our friendly encouraging instructors.
What we teach...
Blue Moon Farms offers beginner, intermediate, advanced,
trail riding and lead line lessons.
Beginner Lessons
are intended to help students ages 6 and up to become comfortable and learn what fun it can be to be around horses.
Students will be introduced to basic horsemanship skills; they will become familiar with their mounts and equipment, taught
grooming and tacking skills. Students will learn to mount, how to hold the reins, how to steer, how to walk and halt,
proper balance and seat. Beginner Lessons are 1 hour long. (The first few lessons may take a little
longer to allow the student to get to know the horse and become comfortable while learning to groom and tack up.)
Intermediate/Advanced Lessons will build on the foundation skills taught in beginner lessons.
Additional horsemanship skills will be taught as well as more advanced riding exercises. Students will move on to the
trot, canter and jumping as they are comfortable. Intermediate/Advanced Lessons are an hour long
Trail Riding
Lessons are available to students currently enrolled in our lesson program, as well as past students. They are intended
to introduce students to fun of trail riding. Once we feel that our students are familiar with their mounts and equipment,
have enough handle and basic skills needed to advance to trail riding, we welcome them to sign up for a trail riding lesson.
We will trailer to a trail riding destination where they will enjoy a ride while learning how to handle different situations
encountered while on the trails. These lessons average about 2 hrs long.
Lead Line Lessons
are intended to introduce younger children to horses.These are designed
for children 5 and under as well as older children with fear issues. Children will meet the horses, learn
about safety around horses and then go for a ride on the lead line. Lead line lessons average 30 minutes
(15 minutes of un-mounted instruction and 15 minutes mounted instruction).
Rates
Beginner
and Advanced Beginner Lessons
Each student
must be enrolled in a minimum of 4 lessons each month.
Individual
Lessons $40 per lesson
Register for
our 16 week session and pay per month and SAVE $80 ($140 per month - $560 total per session)
Register for
our 16 week session and SAVE $160.00!! ($480 per session)
Trail Riding
Lessons - Available to current and past lesson students.
$55 per person + transportation
*Trail lessons taken off-site (i.e. State Park) will
incur additional transportation costs.
Lead
Line Lessons - Children 5 and under
$20
Our Policies
Payment is due at the first
lesson of each session.
Riders must wear a ATS/SEI approved riding helmet and riding boots with a heel. We have helmets
available for new students to borrow for the first few lessons.
Family member's and guests must wear proper foot wear
when visiting.
Lesson Cancellation Policy
We spend a lot of travel time getting to the barn getting the horses
caught up and ready for a lesson, it is only fair to us that we have a cancellation policy. Students who cannot make it to
their lesson, must cancel 24 hours in advance. If lessons are canceled 24 hours in advance, you may schedule a make-up, otherwise
the lesson will be forfeited, charges will still apply.
Make-up lessons must be re-scheduled on designated make-up
days at the end of each month.
Meet Our Instructors
Cathy Cowan
Owner / Head Instructor
Cathy Cowan is a Certified instructor through the Certified Horseman's Association, a strict, international instructor
certification program, based in Tyler, Texas.
With 50+ years riding experience and 20+ years experience managing her own program, her resume is more than impressive.
Cathy specializes in specializes in the Western disciplines, Trail Riding, as well as English Riding.
Paige Livert
Part Owner / Instructor / Trainer
Paige
has been an instructor here for the past 5 years. Paige also teaches beginner and intermediate English riding as well as jumping
lessons on occasion. She has over 25 years of riding experience primarily under the instruction of Cathy Cowan. She is knowledgeable
in both the English and Western Disciplines.
Paige
also spends many days schooling and training horses. She admires and respects many horse trainers and recognizes that there
is no one right way to train horses and/or people so she is open to trying different methods until one works.Paige’s teaching is influenced by the classical riding style of George H. Morris and the US Pony
Club, but also includes more modern influences of Pat Parelli and other Natural Horsemanship trainers.Paige also incorporates yoga into her riding lessons when appropriate.Paige is particularly interested in helping riders find harmony with horses both through their
riding as well as a greater understanding of horse behavior.
Meet Our Schooling Horses
Muffin - Children ages 6 and up - Beginner to Advanced
State of Grace "Gracie" - Children ages 6 and up - Beginner to Advanced
