Spirit Of Exmoor

LATEST COURSES

• Balance Feel Technique
  A fun and informative course for anyone who would like to improve their riding and influence the horse in a better way. Without balance it is very difficult for the rider to control the horse and feel safe whilst riding. Without being able to feel the horses steps it is difficult to gain a useful amount of control over direction and speed. Without technique it is almost impossible to get the horse to understand what we want them to do. Our course includes lunge lessons to promote the riders balance, skills designed to help the rider feel the horses footfalls and methods to learn the techniques needed for the horse to understand the rider.
• Stable Management
  Everything you might need to know about how to look after a horse and then some. How to look after the horse in the stable, ground skills, grooming, tacking up, care of tack, recognising ailments, rugging, bandaging, mounting correctly. Understanding horse behaviour, how to deal with a young or nervous horse. Listening to your horse and helping him to work with you happily.
• Riding Out
  Another fun and instructive course designed to help the rider gain maximum skills for riding out in the open countryside. Including how to open gates, coping with rough terrian, staying on board if a stirrup is lost, speed and direction control, balance and anything else you might need to know.
• RIDING CONFIDENCE WEEKEND
  This gentle weekend course is designed to aid you to become a more confident rider — whether it be for a pleasurable hack or to combat competition nerves. We will help you to understand and overcome your anxieties and hang-ups using recognized techniques.
  Course includes a two night stay full board and two days tuition for four hours per day. Weekends from November to end of April. Weekdays all year £260.
• EASY RIDER HOLIDAY
  A six night stay five day riding holiday suitable for the more novice rider or anyone who prefers to spend less hours in the saddle. Three morning rides of two hours plus two four hour rides (optional).£510