FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Private (1 hr lesson-1hr 30 min): $40 2 people (1 hr-1hr 30 min): $35 each 3 people (1hr 30min): $30 each 4 people (1hr 30min): $25 each 5 people MAX (1hr 30min): $20 each 1 month of private lessons 1x a week: $150 (10$ off) 1 month of private lessons 2x a week: $300 ($20 off) 1 month of private lessons 3x a week: $420 ($30 off)
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Going over the basics, building a rapport, evaluating their level of confidence and natural ability as a rider. I’ll usually ask what experience they have and set up a couple of exercises to see what we're working with! Main focuses for a beginner are walking/grooming/tacking up our horse, starting, stopping, steering, body position, and that we always reward our horses!
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I was born into an equestrian family (in fact, my mom and dad met through riding, and he even proposed on horseback) so I was horse obsessed from the start. I’ve worked with and ridden horses since the age of three, taking lessons in primarily hunter/jumpers (with a few years of western). I rode under names such as Charles McDaniels, Colonel Russel, Daniella Fields, Susan Winston, and Ann Hanna. In the beginning of highschool I was on the IEA team for the Fountain Valley School of Colorado in Colorado Springs. When I moved back to Texas the end of my sophomore year, I began my internship with Daniella Fields if Winning Fields Stables; learning the ins and outs of training horses (of all ages, breeds, and levels of experience) teaching lessons, and running a lesson program. Once I graduated highschool, I began teaching lessons part time at two different barns in the Southwest Suburbs of Illinois. I taught up until the end of my sophomore year. At this point I am attending Texas Tech University, helping coach the IHSA team, and obtaining a degree in Equine Production; to further my education and follow my dreams of training and teaching full time. The one thing that never changed throughout my time with horses, was my respect and love for them.