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Horseback Riding Lessons
Riding a horse is a sport in which we take great pride; you will receive outstanding instruction and personal attention in your QUEST TO LEARN ABOUT HORSES.
Here at Yorktown Stables we focus on beginner and intermediate students but we welcome all levels of experience. We specialize in many different disciplines with SAFETY and HORSEMANSHIP being the top priority at Yorktown Stables. Ride for pleasure or ride into the ribbons — whatever your desire may be. We teach absolute novice riders to intermediate.
Disciplines include, but not limited to…
English (Pleasure, Equitation, Hunt Seat, Jumping &Fox Hunting)
Saddle Seat
Western (Pleasure, Equitation & Barrels)
Beginner Vaulting
We also offer pre seaon foxhunting lessons, trail rides, and introduction to jumping.
*** Now offering Beginner VAULTING LESSONS by Instructor Katie Lake Call for details!
Your first lesson at the stable will be an INTRODUCTION LESSON to evaluate and assess your riding ability to help us determine which lesson program would be the best fit for you or your child. On your lesson day, you will first come to the stable to fill out all important paperwork. Your instructor will start your introductory lesson by going over Yorktown Stable’s barn rules and etiquette, take you on a short tour of our facility to acquaint you with the all the important locations of the horses, office, stable, tack rooms, brush buckets and all other important areas necessary. You may schedule your next lesson at the end of your introductory lesson. An introductory lesson takes about 1 hour and is $35.
Throughout your first few lessons, you will learn how to safely catch your assigned lesson horse, and then how to groom and saddle him or her correctly. Usually after two or three lessons you will become proficient enough that your entire lesson will be a riding lesson. All students are required to learn or review proper grooming, groundwork, leading and tacking-up prior to riding sessions and are part of your lesson time.
If you have prior experience with horses, please pay particular attention to our grooming and saddling rules. Our horses are used to being handled and groomed in a particular manner and our program sets them up with good manners for groundwork and all that follows.
* Two lessons per week are highly recommended to achieve significant progress.
You are welcome to bring 'spectators' for your lesson, but please advise them in advance that they need to observe quietly. Any distractions -for you or your horse will only impede your progress.
Instructors
Yorktown Stables presently has six riding instructors, Kristen Paster, Sarah Smith, Jessica Steffens, Katie Lake, Jaqueline McCormic and Jamie Wezensky. All of our instructors have their own level of expertise, and we work hard at matching up the ideal instructor with each student. Our head instructors are active members of the American Riding Instructors Association (ARIA), Colonial Fox Hounds Hunt Club, Deer Run Horse Show Club and the Old Dominion Gaited Horse Association.
Meet Our Instructors!
Cancellations, No-Shows and Re-schedule Policies
Please do not assume that your lesson has been canceled. In place of your riding lesson there will be a hands-on horsemanship class. This is very important to becoming a better horseman and/or horsewoman.
* No refunds or rescheduling will be offered for missed lessons.
* A 48-hour notice is required to reschedule private lessons (this includes individuals with pre-paid packages).
* Lessons will be canceled in the case of inclement weather and footing.
*** If your scheduled instructor is not available the day of your lesson, you will be notified of your alternate instructor or be contacted by phone to be rescheduled.
Click for Lesson Options & Fees
Click for Frequently Asked Questions
If you are interested in lessons and becoming a better partner for the horse(s) in your life, please call to make arrangements to visit our stable. To schedule an appointment, contact instructors Sarah Smith or Kristen Paster at (757) 291-3207.
Riders, Please scroll to the bottom of page and download the liability form and have filled out prior to your first lesson.
Here at Yorktown Stables we focus on beginner and intermediate students but we welcome all levels of experience. We specialize in many different disciplines with SAFETY and HORSEMANSHIP being the top priority at Yorktown Stables. Ride for pleasure or ride into the ribbons — whatever your desire may be. We teach absolute novice riders to intermediate.
Disciplines include, but not limited to…
English (Pleasure, Equitation, Hunt Seat, Jumping &Fox Hunting)
Saddle Seat
Western (Pleasure, Equitation & Barrels)
Beginner Vaulting
We also offer pre seaon foxhunting lessons, trail rides, and introduction to jumping.
*** Now offering Beginner VAULTING LESSONS by Instructor Katie Lake Call for details!
Your first lesson at the stable will be an INTRODUCTION LESSON to evaluate and assess your riding ability to help us determine which lesson program would be the best fit for you or your child. On your lesson day, you will first come to the stable to fill out all important paperwork. Your instructor will start your introductory lesson by going over Yorktown Stable’s barn rules and etiquette, take you on a short tour of our facility to acquaint you with the all the important locations of the horses, office, stable, tack rooms, brush buckets and all other important areas necessary. You may schedule your next lesson at the end of your introductory lesson. An introductory lesson takes about 1 hour and is $35.
Throughout your first few lessons, you will learn how to safely catch your assigned lesson horse, and then how to groom and saddle him or her correctly. Usually after two or three lessons you will become proficient enough that your entire lesson will be a riding lesson. All students are required to learn or review proper grooming, groundwork, leading and tacking-up prior to riding sessions and are part of your lesson time.
If you have prior experience with horses, please pay particular attention to our grooming and saddling rules. Our horses are used to being handled and groomed in a particular manner and our program sets them up with good manners for groundwork and all that follows.
* Two lessons per week are highly recommended to achieve significant progress.
You are welcome to bring 'spectators' for your lesson, but please advise them in advance that they need to observe quietly. Any distractions -for you or your horse will only impede your progress.
Instructors
Yorktown Stables presently has six riding instructors, Kristen Paster, Sarah Smith, Jessica Steffens, Katie Lake, Jaqueline McCormic and Jamie Wezensky. All of our instructors have their own level of expertise, and we work hard at matching up the ideal instructor with each student. Our head instructors are active members of the American Riding Instructors Association (ARIA), Colonial Fox Hounds Hunt Club, Deer Run Horse Show Club and the Old Dominion Gaited Horse Association.
Meet Our Instructors!
Cancellations, No-Shows and Re-schedule Policies
Please do not assume that your lesson has been canceled. In place of your riding lesson there will be a hands-on horsemanship class. This is very important to becoming a better horseman and/or horsewoman.
* No refunds or rescheduling will be offered for missed lessons.
* A 48-hour notice is required to reschedule private lessons (this includes individuals with pre-paid packages).
* Lessons will be canceled in the case of inclement weather and footing.
*** If your scheduled instructor is not available the day of your lesson, you will be notified of your alternate instructor or be contacted by phone to be rescheduled.
Click for Lesson Options & Fees
Click for Frequently Asked Questions
If you are interested in lessons and becoming a better partner for the horse(s) in your life, please call to make arrangements to visit our stable. To schedule an appointment, contact instructors Sarah Smith or Kristen Paster at (757) 291-3207.
Riders, Please scroll to the bottom of page and download the liability form and have filled out prior to your first lesson.
Yorktown Stables Riders
Disclaimer: Yorktown Stables Right to Accept or Reject Boarders, Lessees, or Lesson Students: Notwithstanding any agreement of any kind in which Yorktown Stables is a party, Yorktown Stables expressly retains and reserves the absolute right and privilege to deny or reject any application or request by any person to board a horse(s), lease a horse(s), or take lessons at the stable facilities for any reason whatsoever, in their sole and absolute discretion.
