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Lessons

Riding lessons are held weekly at Long Lane Equestrian in Kegworth.

We have 4 lesson categories and so are able to accommodate all levels of experience and ability.

Lessons are £24 each 

The riding club subsidises lessons with Long Lane so you get them at a discounted rate!

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HOW TO SIGN UP FOR RIDING LESSONS

 

  1. Purchase a membership via the SU website

  2. Google interest list form sent out to email and FB group every Wednesday afternoon. This must filled out by Friday 12PM. 

  3. If you have signed up on time gained a place you will be emailed a link to fill out Long Lanes booking form, this must be filled out by 10AM on Saturday to finalise your booking. 

  4. This form also has the link to pay for the lesson which must be done before you attend.

Beginners

For people who may have never ridden before on only a few times, and may need help from a leader. Beginners lessons are on Wednesdays at 4pm.

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Lessons Cover:

  • Walking and starting to trot – learning to rise/sit/stand in stirrups.

  • Learning to control the horse in walk and trot unaided

  • Turning and transitions between paces and trot

  • Learning movements in the school, including circles, serpentines, loops, changes of rein etc.

  • Walk & do exercises without stirrups and beginning short periods of trot without stirrups

  • Work over poles on the ground

  • Working towards learning to canter and trying a few small canters.

Improvers

For people who can ride independently in walk and trot and be learning to canter. Should be able to control the horse through transitions and school movements. Should be able to balance out of the saddle in walk and trot. Improvers lessons are on Wednesdays at 5pm.

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Lessons Cover:

  • Longer periods of work without stirrups in walk and trot

  • Learning the correct application of the aides to improve transitions

  • Learning to canter independently and control the horse in the canter to make a turn or circle

  • Further pole work and raised poles progressing to small fences

  • Beginning to work horse in open order for a short time and improving control of horse.

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Intermediates

For people who can work without stirrups in canter, be able to work the horse in open order and answer basic questions on how their horse is going. The rider should doing canter exercises and riding over a small fence. Intermediate lessons are on Tuesdays at 7pm.

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Lessons Cover:

  • More advanced schooling exercises –leg yielding, turn on the forehand and direct transitions

  • Looking at how horse is working and how it can be improved.

  • Improving canter work without stirrups.

  • Maintaining canter in a forward seat.

  • Working over poles and small fences concentrating on the basics principles of jumping using different jumping exercises.

Advanced

Must be able to work horse in open order and assess horse after a warm up. Must be confident at riding various different types of horse on the flat and for jumping. Should be confident in applying the aides for more complex school movements and riding technical jump exercises. Advanced lessons are on Tuesdays at 6pm.

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Lessons Cover:

  • Working in open order to warm up horse and assess its way of going

  • Answer questions about the horses strengths and weaknesses and discuss what exercises could be used to improve it

  • Learning to work the horse forward into a contact and more advanced school movements

  • Jumping fences of increasing height and complexity with progress

  • Learning how to improve the horses jump with different exercises

  • Learning how to ride grids, related distances and courses confidently.

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Lesson Cancellations

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What To Do

We ask you to ring Long Lane, incase our lesson captains don’t see your email in time, they might not be able to cancel the lesson in time, and you may still be charged to full lesson price.

This is a new idea for us and it is in place to try prevent you guys paying unnecessary charges – just don’t forget to let the lessons captains (or the named driver) know so they don’t wait for you! (And make sure it’s not 10 minutes before you were meant to meet!)

 

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