Riding lessons
Every rider starts somewhere.
Kids and adults, complete beginners and riders coming back after years away: lessons at Breakaway meet you where you are and build from there, one solid step at a time.
Call to book a first lesson
The path
From first ride to first ribbon.
- 01
First rides
Meet a school horse, learn to groom and tack up, and get comfortable at the walk and trot with a trainer at your side.
- 02
Building the basics
Position, balance, and steering at all three gaits. Poles and small cross-rails come in once the foundation is solid.
- 03
Jumping & courses
Lines, courses, and the details that win in the hunter and equitation rings. Many riders try a schooling show here.
- 04
The show ring
Riders who want to compete move into the show program, with coaching at regional shows and, for some, A circuit competition.
What to expect
Lessons that teach the whole horse.
Riding is only part of it. Students learn to groom, tack, and care for their horse, read how the horse is feeling, and become the kind of rider any horse is glad to carry.
- Lesson formats: [PLACEHOLDER: private, semi-private, group]
- Ages: [PLACEHOLDER: youngest age accepted] through adult
- Disciplines: hunters, jumpers, and equitation
- School horses available, so you don't need your own horse to start
- Heated facility, so lessons continue through the Wisconsin winter
- What to wear: [PLACEHOLDER: helmet and boot requirements, loaner availability]
We also mix in the fun. Fall lessons have included trail rides through the fields, trick-or-treating on horseback, and bobbing for apples.
No horse yet?
Leasing is the next step.
Ready to ride more without buying a horse? Ask about leasing one of our horses. [PLACEHOLDER: lease options, e.g. half and full leases]