Camp is offered in week long sessions during the summer months. Full Day and Half Day options available; riders are divided into groups based on skill level. Enrollment opens in February of each year. Please see the Camp section on the website for more details!
Earn Your Stirrups is a package of a minimum of 8 small group lessons that focus on the correct position for the rider in order to achieve basic control of the horse at the walk and trot. These lessons give students introductory instruction to become comfortable grooming, tacking up, handling, leading the horse and to develop familiarity with basic horse behavior. Earn Your Stirrups graduates may enroll in an existing group lesson if spaces are available at the time they finish.
**All appointment times are currently booked. Please email office@macnairscountryacres.com if you would like to be added to the wait list.**
An Evaluation Ride is scheduled for riders who have riding experience, from w/t to jumping but are new to MacNair’s or those who are getting back into riding after some time away. This is a 60 minute private lesson during which an instructor will evaluate the rider for placement with an appropriate instructor or group based on availability. Please email office@macnairscountryacres.com to schedule your evaluation ride!
Private or Semi-Private lessons are available for riders who lease or board a horse at MacNair’s, or for riders in the group lesson program whose instructors feel they need more individualized attention. We welcome riders not currently boarding at the farm to trailer their horses in for lessons or training rides.
Group lessons are for riders with experience or those who have completed our Earn Your Stirrups program. Riders are placed in groups of 6-7 students at similar skill levels. For inexperienced riders, we have school horses that are patient with riders learning the basics. We also have upper level horses capable of advancing a rider’s goals.
Other opportunities: Group lesson students may wish to participate in MacNair’s “Keep It Simple” Schooling Shows, which are held four times a year. Riders who lease or own a horse at MacNair’s may also participate in local shows off the farm as well.