| Riding Lessons |
Pricing:
*Riders must be at least 7 yrs old and have gone through at least 5 private lessons to be
considered for private group lessons.
- Private 1 Hour Lesson - $45 (beginner) - $55 (advanced)
- Parent and Tot 1 hour classes - $45 (ages 3-6 years old)
- Parent and Tot 1/2 hour class - $25 (ages 3-6 years old)
- Package Pricing- 5 one hour lessons for $200 (beginner) or $250 (advanced)
- Group 1 Hour Lesson - $30 (beginner) -$40 (advanced)
*Riders must be at least 7 yrs old and have gone through at least 5 private lessons to be
considered for private group lessons.
| If you are interested in riding lessons, please call 904-879-7058 or email me using the form below. |
- Dressage
- Hunt Seat
- Hunter/Jumper
- Beginner Western
- Western Pleasure
- English Pleasure
- Show Training
- Showmanship
- Private Lessons
- Horsemanship
- Hunter Under Saddle
- Equitation
- Eventing
- Cross Country
- Trail Riding
- Therapeutic Riding
- Halter
- Beginner Riders
- Adults
- Reining
- Saddle Seat
- Running Events
- Hunt Seat Equitation
- Saddle Seat Equitation
- Classical Dressage
- Balanced Seat
- Schooling Shows
- Halter
- Intermediate
- Children
- Training
- Certified Instructors
- Parent & Tot Classes
| Meet Our Instructors |
| Our Services Include |
| Lisa Smit is our visiting instructor. She is a USDF Dressage Trainer and Instructor from Brevard Equestrian Center in Grant, FL http://www.brevardec.com. Lisa is a USDF Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalist Methodically starting multiple young horses each season. Qualifying horses and riders for Regional Championships. Accepting & offering consignment horses of all ages & levels. She accepts horses in training and is actively competing two up and coming young dressage horses, Romeo (started under saddle 2008, currently at third level), and Ubilee II (started under saddle 2006, currently at PSG/Int1 level). She also is a repeat demonstration rider for the North American Dressage Trainers’ Club Young Horse Symposium with both Romeo and Ubilee II. Lisa is an effective coach of advanced horses and riders, but also enjoys teaching lower level students and horses. She also travels to teach clinics throughout the US and organizes clinics with international trainers and clinicians as well as schooling shows. Lisa has ridden with Walter Zettl, Hubert Rhorer, Karl Mikolka, and Ron Smeets of Holland. Lisa has also ridden quite extensively with Paula Kierkegaard and Michael and Sharon Poulin for almost 20 years. “A good foundation is the key to upper level success. Often times when an upper level horse or rider has a problem with their work, there is a fundamental issue or hole in the training that needs to be addressed.” Lisa comes in once a month for one day of lessons at Double A Ranch. Her pricing is $65 for semi-private 1 hour lessons and $75 for private 45 minute lessons. All lessons must be booked and paid for in advance. The next day she will be in is November 13, 2011. Call 904-879-7058 or email amy@doublearanchpaints.com for booking information. |
| Our Riding Lesson Program is designed to offer a safe, relaxing, and fun horse riding experience. Our goal is to make your riding lesson educational and memorable. We offer a riding program that is tailored to the beginner, novice, and experienced rider. We offer private and group English and Western style riding lessons for youth and adults. Children must be at least 6 years old to participate in the private lesson riding program. Children ages 3-5 may only participate in the Parent and Tot classes. ASTM approved helmets and riding boots with a heel are required. Scheduled lessons are subject to weather, footing conditions, and availability. Lessons are taught by our qualified riding lesson instructors and follow the standards of horsemanship and safety. Check out our Riding Lesson Schedule to see days and availability. |
| Greta Wrigley is our newest visiting riding instructor. Greta was born and raised in Trinidad, W.I. to British parents, she started riding at age 12 on ex-racehorses and rode anything she had the chance to get on. Her parents owned a 100- acre estate, where they raised citrus, bananas, hogs, teak and ran a restaurant. After high school, she went to England and studied for the British Horse Society exams in stable management, riding and teaching. Heavy emphasis was placed on our ability to convey information in our teaching as well as on being an effective rider and trainer. She received her BHS Assistant Instructor certificate in 1973. She then began working with Arabian horses at Claverdon Lodge, owned by Mrs. Joan Ratcliff, now a British Arabian judge. During this time she earned her certificate for breeding and stud management from the National Pony Society of England. She returned to the West Indies and worked in Barbados; taking rides out along the beaches and doing show jumping on the weekends before returning to England to further her studies in Dressage. While in England, she earned her British Horse Society intermediate teaching certificate. In the fall of 1976, she moved to the United States, working in Spartanburg, SC and then in Ocala, FL. She actively evented for many years, and continued to study and improve her riding skills in jumping and Dressage. For the past 20 years, she has had the pleasure to train Arabians, specializing in Dressage, Show Hack and Hunters. She has earned the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals from the United States Dressage Federation for scores over 60% from First Level through Grand Prix. She is proud to say that all of those scores were earned on Arabians. She has over 90 Regional Championships and Reserve Championships, 27 National Top Tens, 5 Reserve National Championships and 9 National Championships to her credit. Many of my students have also achieved Regional and National honors. In 1996, 1998 and 1999, the Arabian Trust named her Female Dressage Trainer of the Year. In 1998, she started Greta Wrigley Training (aka GWT), a training center specializing in Dressage with an emphasis on Arabians, half-Arabians and the amateur rider. She individualizes her training methods to each specific horse and rider, and tries to make the learning process fun and informative as well as effective. Their philosophy is that dressage is designed not only to be competitive, but also to have a good time. Their show record speaks for itself – GWT students have won at all levels of competition from schooling shows to the national level and from Introductory to FEI levels. In addition to her training activities, she has an active clinic schedule, with clinics located primarily in the Southeastern United States. She works with a wide variety of horses and riders from beginners to Pan-Am Games competitors. She has coached the entry in the 2003 Pan-Am games and the 2010 Central American and Carribean from Trinidad & Tobago. Clinics are 45 minute private sessions where she teaches horses and riders to improve their skills by breaking things down into small steps and then showing them how to put the steps together to achieve their goals. You can view more information about Greta on her website at www.gretawrigleytraining.com She will be at Double A Ranch for a clinic on Sunday January 29, 2012. Pricing is $80 for private 45 minute lessons. All lessons must be booked and paid for in advance. Call 904-879-7058 or email amy@doublearanchpaints.com for booking information. |
| Alicia Vickers |
| Lisa Smit |
| Greta Wrigley |
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| Alicia Vickers has trained and shown horses professionally since 2001. We are pleased to announce her as our new advanced riding and training instructor here at Double A Ranch. Alicia has a patient training approach and believes in bring out the students and riders naturally ability. She strives to promote longevity in a horses show carrier. This method also follows into her beliefs as an instructor. She believes that each rider has a discipline that is most suited for that individual. As she is training horse and rider it is her goal to create a “Team” mentality to show of that horse and rider at the best of his or her ability. Her career as a horsewoman includes experience competing and training in rodeo, equitation, halter, Western Pleasure, hunt seat, saddle seat, dressage, speed events, and carriage driving , plus work as a trail guide, breeder, and farm manager. Alicia also coaches Non Pro, Amateur and Youth riders. Your personal goals become her goals as she works one on one with each client to build a team between them and their horse. Alicia is available to help prospective horse owners find the perfect show partner that is capable of achieving his or her goals. |
| Robert Jenkins |
