Lessons
We offer lessons for anyone 6yrs and older, from beginners to advanced. For pricing please email us at WB Equestrian.
Children
Learning to ride is a wonderful experience for young and old alike. Everyone should have the opportunity to experience working with horses, it can be very rewarding. By taking lessons with WB children don't just learn to ride, but they learn how rewarding caring for an animal can be.
Slowly lessons by lesson we teach the skills to clean, and prepare the horse for a lesson, they learn how important it can be to treat animals with care and respect. Learning how to ride, gaining control of these animals can be a pure source of joy, we teach with positive reinforcement, giving each student goals to accomplish within each lesson.
Riding the right way
We teach both Hunter and Jumper disciplines with a strong emphasis on the Basic Foundation Skills.* There are many different views and opinions on how to ride and train jumping horses. Luckily, there are strong "Foundation horsemen" who spent decades of their lives promoting proven, successful methods of riding, teaching and training. These Foundation horsemen include: William Steinkraus, Bertalan De Nemethy, Nelson Pessoa, George Morris, Frank Chapot, and many others.
* Their methods of horsemanship have given these men titles such as: 'Olympic Champion', 'President of the World Cup Committee', 'Chef d’Equipe', 'President of USET' and 'Internationally renowned trainers.'
* Our objective has been to know their methods and to able to pass them on to our students.
* Visit our Trainers page to know more about their background\knowledge of foundation methods of training.
The trainers job is to prepare both horse and rider at home.
Before his students enter the ring Marcelo goes over the course with the rider, then warms them up over a few fences - keeping the atmosphere very relaxed. A nervous or stressed horse or rider never do their best in the ring.
Need help?
We can help with difficult or problematic horses.* If you are having problems with your horse or do not know what to do to improve your ride, we can help you.
* We have taken many horses over the years that people have "given up on" and with a little time and patience returned them to a working career. Often a horse that for instance, frequently refuses jumps, or becomes strong and bolts with a rider, can, with time and patience, be retrained.
Some of our current Students
If you are experiencing specific issued with your current horse would like to discuss a certain topic with a trainer, feel free to email either Marcelo or Roberto and they will be more than happy to offer their advise.