Horsemanship

Whether you’re beginning with horses or wishing to improve your relationship with them, the horsemanship stay will give you the skills and learning to improve your connection. We’ll tailor the teaching level to you; both in the lessons we give and the horse you’ll work with during your stay.

We have a maximum of three guests at a time and lessons are in English.

Prices and what’s included

€600 for three nights with a private room in the Farmhouse with no single supplement.
3 hours of tuition and riding per day.
Full board with drinks.
Shared use of the swimming pool (in season).
Use of helmets and chaps.

Detailed description

For those starting with horses we’ll cover lessons such as:

Safety around a horse: what to look for to gauge a horse’s mood, how to carry yourself around a horse and your body language. Then move onto approaching and haltering in the paddock, grooming, tying up and knots, leading the horse and asking the horse to move in circles around you. We will develop our understanding and communication to better respond to bad attitude in a horse.

For those more experienced with horses we concentrate on ground work, training the horse in the riding ring with both connected and free lunging, join up, lateral flexion and backing up and desensitizing a horse.

We can also talk through horse ownership and give advice to novice buyers – what to look for when buying a horse, breeds/temperament/fitness and health.

Our weight limit for riders is 90kg and trail riding requires an intermediate level of competency.