LESSONS
Private Lessons
$25 per hour with school horse
$20 per hour with own horse
Semi Private Lessons
$15 per hour with school horse
$10 per hour with own horse
Group Lessons - 1 1/2 hours or more
$15 with school horse
$10 with own horse
Lessons offered in basic riding skills, western or English, with emphasis on FUN, basic control of horse and a balanced seat. All students are expected to assist and learn grooming, saddling and unsaddling of horses before and after lessons. Beginning lessons structured for anyone. Our students include children of all ages, teenagers, men and women. We have even taught several men who wanted to learn how to ride for hunting trips out west.
Advanced lessons offered for competition, including lessons in western horsemanship, hunter on the flat and over fences, speed events, and halter and showmanship.
All of our lessons are carefully scheduled to match students abilities and interested to others in the class and to the horse they are riding. All classes are small in size, with private and semi-private lessons being the most common. Students who are part of our show string will often ride in larger classes however to prepare them for the showring!
TRAINING
$450 per month for ground work - board included
$550 per month for horses under saddle-board included
Spring Valley Ranch offers training for horses at all stages in their lives.
Only one or two horses are accepted at a time,
insuring your horse receives the care and training you pay for!
Ground Work
Professional trainer Doreen Passuello has considerable experience with youngsters and offers a great start with ground work, including ground manners, ground driving, lunging, and beginning saddle work.
Basic Training under Saddle
For horses ready to start under saddle, Doreen offers training under saddle. Ground work is still an important part of the training for these horses, and when the horse is ready the rider is introduced. With the basics already in place and the horse confident and reassured, Doreen has NEVER had a horse buck on the first ride! The program for the first 30 to 60 days under saddle follows basic training on body control, correct response to the aids, bending, forward motion, and beginning balance and self carriage-no matter what discipline the horse will eventually enter. Of course, how quickly each horse progresses depends on how much he or she knows at the beginning as well as each horse's individual talent and disposition.
Problem Solving
Spoiled horse? Problems you and your horse can't seem to over come? Call and see what Doreen can offer for you and your horse. Most problems CAN be solved with a trainer who understands horse behavior and habits. However, Doreen is also not afraid to tell an owner when she truly feels the horse and rider are NOT suited to each other and the problems they are having may be DANGEROUS to the rider.
More Advanced Training
Is your horse ready for training in a special discipline?
Spring Valley Ranch offers training in most disciplines, all again based on a balanced seat of the rider and correct self carriage for the horse. Some of the disciplines we school for and levels:
Dressage-Novice and schooling levels
Hunter/Jumper (hunter under saddle, working hunter, hunter hack, jumping) -
beginning through intermediate and competition levels.
Western Pleasure-beginning through advanced and all competition levels
Western Performance-beginning to intermediate levels for trail, pattern classes
Speed Events- beginning to intermediate levels for all events with emphasis on control and patterns
Competition Tune-ups and Training
If you are a show person who needs finishing polish on your horse for western or hunter classes, Spring Valley Ranch may be just the place to go. With students regularly showing 4-H shows, open shows and AQHA shows, Doreen has experience at all levels and understands what the horse and rider need to know to be competitive at each level.
CLINICS
Call for Day, Week-End or Weekly Prices
Doreen Passuello is available to instruct at your clinic. Clinics may be set up one of many different fashions, including demonstrations and classes for horses/riders. Doreen works with all levels and many clinics will have classes for both beginners and instruction in higher levels for competition riders.
One of Doreen's specialities is show clinics for beginning to intermediate show persons. these clinics often include instruction in all classes including training and showing for halter, showmanship, western performance and English performance. Being a certified judge, Doreen can really help students see things as the judge sees them.
JUDGING
Call for price and mileage!
Rates are VERY REASONABLE!
Doreen Passuello is a certified and carded WSHC (Wisconsin State Horse Council) and Wisconsin Fairs horse show judge with 20+ years experience. She has judged everything from minis to drafts, youth and open shows.
With her considerable experience in instructing and training, Doreen greatly enjoys judging horse shows and is more than willing to give comments and helpful critic for complete classes or individual performances, as time and show rules allow.
Doreen has also organized or helped to organize many, many horse shows, 4-H, open and breed shows, and understands the problems that can and do arise. As a judge, she can help keep your show running well.
Note: Doreen Passuello is also an accredited judge for livestock shows, including dairy cattle, beef cattle, hogs and sheep and has judged livestock shows at several county fairs in the Upper Peninsula the past several years. Call early though as the summer schedule is very busy.
or Phone 906-932-4739
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