Our Group Riding Lessons offer an affordable and enjoyable opportunity to ride regularly while connecting with like-minded individuals who share your passion for horse riding.
Our Group Riding Lessons are available most mornings and afternoons. You can find the times on our Online Booking calendar.
Group Riding Lessons at Wattle Creek are designed for experienced Beginners (who have their aids to stop, go, steering and rising trot) and Intermediate and Experienced riders, based on Wattle Creek’s assessment criteria.
To ensure the safety of all participants, including yourself, your horse, and other members, our Group Riding Lessons are not suitable for first time beginner riders.
Please Note – Riders must follow the instructions of Wattle Creek Coaches at all times. Wattle Creek horses are trained to respond to specific aids and must be ridden accordingly
Would you like a more hands-on riding experience? Enhance your time at Wattle Creek with these optional activities:
Get involved in grooming and tacking up your horse under the guidance of your Coach. This hands-on experience allows you to connect with your horse before riding and learn the essentials of saddling up.
After your ride, learn how to properly untack your horse, wash or sponge them down, and clean and store the tack, all with step-by-step instruction from your Coach.
Choose to Tack Up and Untack for a comprehensive, immersive experience alongside your ride.
If you’re short on time, our Wattle Creek staff will have your horse tacked up and ready for you. After your ride, we can also untack and care for your horse on your behalf.
These add-ons are perfect for riders who want to deepen their horsemanship skills or simply enjoy spending more time with their horse!
Tino, Caleb, Gordon, Billy, Luca, Cody, Pepper.
New Fun at Wattle Creek – Group Riding lessons for Children and Adults each day!
Now you can ‘Add-On’ for Tack up, Untack or both before your Group Riding lesson!
Learn how to care for horses under the guidance of our experienced Staff. 3hrs
Learning to ride a horse is far more than simply mounting, dismounting, rising to the trot, holding the reins, or learning how to stop and turn. These are the mechanical skills that follow once we understand how to communicate with a living, thinking animal. One of the most important steps in riding is learning how a horse thinks and why he reacts to what we do.
This connection with the horse is often overlooked by riders who focus only on the mechanics. Too often I see the priority placed on going faster and jumping higher. In reality, a new rider’s mantra should be: connection and communication with my horse. The best place to begin building this foundation is on the ground, through in-hand work.
The first part of your lesson may start with you building a connection and communication with your horse with inhand work before you mount.
Wendy Lyons
