FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Group lessons are $45 per hour and sold in monthly packages. Private lessons are $60 per hour and sold in monthly packages.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
For those parents who are interested in signing their child up for western riding lessons at Hill Valley Riding Ranch, please call or email Patti. You can also go to our riding lesson page on our website and fill out the online riding registration. Please feel free to request a tour and meeting at the farm or just simply call for more information about our program.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Patti Whitney, the owner and lead lesson instructor is a certified teacher and has also been a school/camp director for years, in addition to operating the equestrian center. She is very knowledgeable and experienced in operating safe and highly effective programs for children where learning is hands on and fun! Patti has been riding since she was 5, and has trained in competitive trail riding, trail class, endurance riding, competitive mounted orienteering, drill team, and gymkhana for over 15 years. Patti teaches everyone to ride without stirrups first so that they truly learn to ride relying on their grip and balance. This technique has produced hundreds of excellent riders under her instruction. Patti loves working with children and making the classes fun, challenging, and filled with the highest level of riding instruction.