Lessons

All prices subject to HST tax.

We believe all riders should strive to perform at their personal best.  Our program matches each rider to their horse, and to the other riders in their group to make sure riders are challenged without being pressured.  Our lesson program stresses the following:

• small group sizes
• supportive, positive atmosphere
• all beginners started in a series of private lessons
• high level of supervision for beginner riders
• progressive, goal oriented program. 
• well trained and maintained school horses
• top quality coaching for pleasure riders as well as competitive riders
• in barn activities designed to motivate while encouraging skill development
• very competitive lesson package rates. 

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Coaching in Canada

Our Canadian coaching certification program is outstanding compared to other nations.  Equine Canada and the Ontario Equestrian Federation are constantly upgrading the program to produce better and better coaches.  Fallowfield Farm has been preparing candidates for their Coach 1 Exam since 1992.  We are thrilled to be involved in the development of coaches in Canada.

To further equestrian sport we need to broaden the base of the population involved in riding.  We need more focus on giving beginners a good start to encourage them to stay in the sport.  Every great athlete was a beginner at some point.  Our entry-level coaches (Instructor and Coach 1) have a huge responsibility to effectively teach the basics, along with good horsemanship and safety to all those starting out in the sport.

 Coach 1 Prep Course Information

 Coach 1 Prep Course Application Form

Audrey Jane & Zookie

Working Student Program

Fallowfield Farm has been running a working student program since 1993. We have taught young people from all over, including Germany and Switzerland.  Many of our working students have gone on to equine careers as coaches, grooms or trainers.  We feel that the working student position is still one of the best ways a committed individual can learn about the horse industry without the cost of tuition or training fees.

Our program offers lessons with one of our certified instructors, riding experience, and general horsemanship in return for work in and around the barn.  The program is tailored to each student’s individual goals.  Working students have opportunities to compete and clinic on their own horse.  Students without their own horse may still participate, although showing may be limited in this case.

Fallowfield has various programs running all the time, so working students have the opportunity to learn about many different aspects of the horse industry.  We have competition horses, breaking and training horses, a busy lesson program, summer camp and horse club, as well as the Coach Prep Program.  All these activities offer an opportunity for the working student to get a taste of the horse business.

Gabrielle & Java

But keep in mind that our working students are just that:  working!  Students work five and a half days per week in return for their lessons and riding opportunities.  Job duties include feeding, grooming, mucking out, sweeping, cleaning tack, hay, tacking up, etc.  We have high standards, so there is always something to be done! 

Local working students must be 15 years of age, and live in students must be 17.  Live in students must have a car or a source of transportation, as living accommodations are just off the farm.