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Riding Lessons

Our Riding Lesson Program focuses on creating clear communication, leadership, and confidence-building through horseback riding. We teach a wide range of ages from 8 years old and up; no experience is needed! It’s never too late to start! We teach small group lessons of 3 students per class to help connect to the equestrian world. Lessons consist of 1-hour sessions once a week and are scheduled during weekday afternoons and evenings, year-round. We have an indoor riding arena and an outdoor riding space.

We have 8 horses of varying sizes and training to accommodate students of all experience levels. Our first lessons will start with basic posture and control through walking straight, turning, and stopping; as students get more confident we will add speed and more intricate movements to our lessons. (We teach the Western style of riding.)

Each student will be instructed using our lesson plan which includes a list of goals/ accomplishments we want each student to be able to confidently perform. As students achieve these goals they will receive prizes. We strive to help all our students learn at a pace that is appropriate for them and allows them to grow.

Junior Lessons

Working with us, young children will gain instruction from our wonderful trainers while they teach students how to focus on horsemanship and become confident equestrian riders.

We teach from ages 5-7 years old in the Jr. Classes; no experience is needed! These lessons will help younger students prepare for our Riding Lessons through games. We teach small group lessons of 2 students per class to help connect to the equestrian world.

Lessons consist of 20-minute sessions once a week and are scheduled during weekdays, year-round. We have an indoor riding arena and an outdoor riding space.

Training Lessons

Our Training Lesson Program teaches you how to train a horse from start to finish. We have horses on-site or you can bring your own for this program. We follow Clinton Anderson’s “No Worries” program to help us stick to a schedule and maintain consistency with each of the horses and people.

We will do ground work until the horse is properly prepared to be under saddle. We will learn how to drive the horse in a round pen, link up to the horse, and draw the horse to you with no lead ropes/ lunge lines. Then we will do desensitizing, yielding both the hind and forequarters and backing. We will then learn a few exercises to lunge with a lead line and lead the horse. Flexing will be done both on the ground and as the first activity in the saddle.

Saddled lessons will be teaching the horse how to 1 rein stop, back, turn, and stop. As the lessons go on more intricate movements will be added.

Experience is required for this program and students will need to take riding lessons until the instructor feels they are ready for the training program. Each student will need to subscribe to Clinton Anderson’s “No Worries” program in addition to the cost of lessons and prepare for each session by watching the assigned “No Worries” videos before the session.

Summer Camps

Over the summer, we offer horse camps for ages 5 to 12 years old! These day camps include horse safety instruction, horse crafts, and horse riding! Check out the calendar for our scheduled dates.

Horse Training

Our Horse Training Program is for people who own a horse and want our trainers to help in the horse’s training. Each horse will be worked for 1 hour per day 5 days per week; owners are always welcome to stop by, watch, or do part of the training with their horse’s trainer. Our goal is to create a willing partner for the owner. We follow Clinton Anderson’s “No Worries” program to help us stick to a schedule and maintain consistency with each of the horses.

We will do ground work until the horse is properly prepared to be under saddle. Each horse is different and takes their own time, but we try to be riding by the week-and-a-half to 2-week mark. We will drive the horse in a round pen, link up to the horse, and draw the horse to us with no lead ropes/ lunge lines. Then we will do desensitizing, yielding both the hind and forequarters and backing. We will lunge with a lead line and teach the horse to walk respectfully on a lead. Flexing will be done both on the ground and as the first lesson in the saddle. The horse will then learn how to do both one-rein stops and two-rein stops, maintain straight lines, and listen to leg pressure.

It is our goal and expectation that after the first month of training, there will be a day each week when you will come to work with your horse and trainer to be shown and taught what is being trained. This will help the training to stick and become more valuable for you and your horse.

4-H

DDH hosts a 4-H Equine program! We welcome children ages 8-17 who own or lease a horse to practice and compete in the program. DDH has a limited number of horses that we can lease for 4-H that is on a first-come, first-serve basis. 4-H is a year-long commitment that will be challenging for each student. We will hold practice nights once a week for 2 hours and participate in show days over the summer. Any parents or guardians who are interested in volunteering are welcome as well! Sign-ups start at the end of August and end in mid-September or when full, whichever comes first. (Students must pass off a few items before being able to sign up due to the show requirements)

Horse Boarding

We offer full-care horse boarding, located right next to the Prospector Rail Trail leading to the Legacy Trail, which can take you on a 30-minute ride to places like Bountiful Pond, and Farmington Bay WMA. Mountain trails nearby are only a 15-minute trailer ride away. We board horses and mules in a large open corral in a herd setting. Horses and mules are first placed in a separate pen beside the large corral to slowly introduce them to the herd. Since all animals are in a herd, we can only have geldings and mares at this time; no stallions. All vaccinations and dewormer must be up to date with all animals on the property.

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