The Riding School at Lake Fork Stables offers English and Western riding lessons to children and adults ages 6 and up.

Our program is a horse-first-focused program, meaning that we incorporate horsemanship into every aspect of our lessons. This also means that some lessons may be unmounted, either due to weather, equine welfare, or to improve the rider's horsemanship.

Lake Fork Stables utilizes a levels-based curriculum, providing not only guidelines and standards but also goals and recognition for each level achieved. We also follow Warwick Schiller’s The Principles of Training in all of our interactions with the horses.

Riding School lessons are private 1-hour lessons. Lessons include catching, grooming, tacking, riding, and untacking the horse. The amount of riding time depends on how long it takes for the rider to groom and tack their horse. The more practice the rider gets preparing their horse, the more time they will have to ride during the lesson. Students may take more than one lesson per week, and those who do will see their skills progress more quickly!

Private lessons - $50 per hour

Group lessons - $40 per person/hour

Group lessons are available to students passing the Red Level and up.

Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel or reschedule a lesson, please contact Valerie and she will let you know availability. Lessons must be canceled at least 24 hours in advance. We understand that illnesses do come on suddenly. Please contact us as soon as you know your child is sick and will not be able to attend due to illness.

No Call/No Show - No Call/No shows on get two strikes. A third No Call/No Show will result in removal from the program.Our instructor still gets paid for her time if you do not show up, please be respectful of this fact as we are a nonprofit and do not have the funding to pay for no-shows.

Please communicate with us! We are very flexible and understanding, but there’s nothing worse than waiting around for someone to show up and they never do.