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~* LESSONS *~


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CASSIE

I currently attend UW River Falls, majoring in Equine Science. I am a third year student. With my degree I hope to own and operate a training and lesson facility. I have been working with horses for 8 years. In 2001 I started working for Wild River Stable, taking out trail rides for the public. I currently give lessons to school groups and individuals. I also train horses. There are many horses that I have started for the trail and arena. At home I have four of my own horses that I have trained for speed events, pleasure riding, trail riding and roping. I have also sold some well trained colts to 4-h families. I have been very involved with 4-h and have learned alot. I currently compete with my horses in many of the local fairs. Since I am attending school during the winter months, I work with horses during the summer months. I am familiar with a variety of different disciplines, including: trail riding, horsemanship skills, beginning western and English, with an emphasis in speed events. During the summer I offer lessons in the above disciplines. I also offer colt starting and/or finishing, and training for the seasoned horse that needs a tune up.
About My Horses:Autumn is a 15 yr old Quarter Horse. She was my first gaming horse. We bought her in May 2000 and together we have won two State 4-H trips and many horse show ribbons and trophies. Autumn has also taken me to the WSCA Champ show. She has taught a lot of people how to ride in games.
Axl is an Appaloosa gelding born in ’99. I purchased him in 2002 and won State 4-H trips in ’03 thru ‘06. Axl and I have also placed at the WSCA Champ Show. I did all of his speed event training, and I am very proud of his accomplishments.
Slash is my new horse I have been working with. Slash is a 7 yr old solid color Pinto. I am training him for the speed events. I purchased him in '06 and he is doing very well, and is currently in his first show season. Holley is a 2 yr old Quarter horse. Autumn is her mother. At the moment she has had some training in the saddle and is doing very well. She is a very fast learner. I plan to start her as a western pleasure horse and progress to reining and cow work.

KATY

I am 16 years old, and will be a Junior at Chisago Lakes High School. I have been training horses for 3 years now, and have been working at WRS for 2 years giving lessons, trail rides and day camps. I started riding and taking lessons at the age of 5, and got my first horse, Tezzadina, when I was 8. Tezzadina was an 18 year old Arab mare. She taught me how to ride, and I started showing in Pleasure and Games with her in 4-H and WSCA at age 9. When I was 10, my family received a young Quarter Horse mare named Rain. We broke her, and I am currently finishing her for Western Pleasure. As I got older, and more experienced, I needed a more challenging horse, so I sold Tezzadina and purchased Zandra, a 10 year old Quarter Horse mare, who had been shown in Pleasure for about 8 years. She was smart and had attitude. I took lessons on her for a summer to learn her cues and then started showing her competitively in 4-H and WSCA. I showed her consistently for about 5 years, until I finished training my Morgan, Bowoods Rio Dandy, whom I had purchased when I was 13. I still show Zandra a few times each year, but I mostly show Rio in the American Morgan Horse Association, and the Minnesota Morgan Association in Hunt Seat and Bridal Path. We also plan on showing in saddle seat, and are currently doing well in this area.








~* LESSON DESCRIPTIONS *~

Level I: An introduction to horses. Learn to safely tie, groom, saddle, mount and ride a horse. Learn horse and tack parts. Learn to ride at the walk and trot.

Level IIa: The beginning rider (part 1). Continue to learn safe horse handling skills and terminology. Work on improving balance and posture. Introduce the canter.

Level IIb: The beginning rider (part 2). Continue to learn safe horse handling skills and terminology. Work on improving balance and posture. Introduce jumping.

Level III: The intermediate rider. Continue to learn general horse skills, improve natural aids, diagonals and leads, jumping higher and smoother; and manuevering at increasing speed.

*SPRING LESSONS*
~LESSONS AVAILABLE~

Level I Youths:
Mons - April 14th-May 19th

Level IIa:
Tues - April 15th-May20th

Level III:
Weds - April 16th-May 21st



*GROUP LESSONS START AT 5:30 PM AND END AT 7:00 PM*

For private lessons contact us at 651-583-2178.

~~PRIVATE LESSONS~~

Each lesson is 1 & 1/2 hours long
In the arena or on the trail

$45.00 for 1 person
$40.00 each for 2 people
$35.00 each for 3 or more

Day Camp June 2007
Day Camp 2005