Riding lessons
Cowgirl/Cowboy School
Introduction to horses
Ages: 5 to 10 Years Old
Level: Beginner
Start Date: Saturdays, 11AM, 1:30, or 3 PM
Bring lots of long, skinny carrots for the horses and reserve ahead for a lesson.
Class Lessons - (4 Students or more) $40.00 Per 1/2 Hour$60.00 Per Hour
1 Hour Riding ~ WesternBy Appointment Only Includes Equestrian Helmet Rental Parents should wear their walking shoes and be ready to help children, 7 and under, with steering, balance, control and anything else Shannon, the instructor needs.
1 Hour Riding ~ WesternBy Appointment Only Includes Equestrian Helmet Rental Parents should wear their walking shoes and be ready to help children, 7 and under, with steering, balance, control and anything else Shannon, the instructor needs.
Lessons for Beginning Riders, 7 years to Adults
Private Lessons ~ $45.00 Per 1/2 Hour, $75.00 Per Hour
Semi-Private Lessons (2-3 Students):$40.00 Per 1/2 Hour, $65.00 Per Hour
Class Lessons - (4 Students or more)$35.00 Per 1/2 Hour, $55.00 Per Hour + $5.00 helmet rental
Western or Bareback, By Appointment Only
Indoor and Outdoor Arenas
Equestrian Helmet Rental: $5.00 per student, per lesson.
Ground School
$25.00 per hour
Grooming and Saddling prior to your riding time.
Level: Beginner ~ Advanced
Set up a station with your saddle, blankets and brushes. Lead your horse into the arena from its stall and learn to groom and saddle before riding. Remember your long, skinny carrots. Yes, ground school includes learning to clean the hooves.
Amy Pilloud
Amy Pilloud rode with the WSU equestrian team and was the Palouse Empire Rodeo Queen with Tonka, her black Morgan from Horse Country Farm.
Arianna Lapke-Malone
Arianna Lapke-Malone learned to ride at Horse Country Farm and competed with the WWU equestrian team in Bellingham, WA.
Radhika Raj
Radhika Raj took lessons, came to horse day camp, leased horses and taught new riders as a peer counselor (C.I.T.) and rode with the WWU equestrian team in Bellingham, WA
Horse Country Farm Internship Program
$149 per month
Duration: 1 month to 1 year, 4 days each month.
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Riders, 16 - Adult, (Returning Riders).
Description: This is a Discounted Riding and Training Program for horse-lovers who want to work with horses and learn all about them. Interns work hard, but also enjoy riding, helping train young horses, helping teach new students, assisting the veterinarian and horse-shoer as well as participating in other horsy activities here on the farm.
Internship Schedule includes:8 AM - Help Open the Farm: Bringing in Horses, Feeding, Watering and other horsy chores.
10 AM - Assistant Instructor for Ground School, help teach grooming & saddling.11 AM - Your Riding Lesson - 1 Hour12 PM Lunch - Eat lunch with students, leasers and other staff.1 PM - Young Horse Class, Lesson or Trail Ride.2:30 PM - Patterns on Horseback or Trail Ride or Games on Horseback4:30 PM - Stable Management - Help Close the Farm* (This includes teaching leasers and riding students how to unsaddle, turn out horses, feeding, watering, mucking stalls and other horsy chores). 5:30 PM - All done - See you next time!
Hours adjusted for Daylight Saving Time from November to March
Hours adjusted for Daylight Saving Time from November to March
Shannon Kennedy
Riding instructor and owner, Shannon Kennedy trains horses and teaches horsemanship at Horse Country Farm. Teaching kids to ride horses since 1967, she finds in many cases, she's taught three generations of families. She graduated from Washington State University with BA degrees in English and History. She attended graduate school at Western Washington University, earning a masters in teaching degree that she utilizes as a riding instructor during the school year, as well as the director of Camp Horse Country during the summer. She writes young adult fiction as Shannon Kennedy for Fire & Ice YA. Melange Satin Romance publishes her paranormal western (cowgirl) romances as Josie Malone. She currently has 25 books in print and is working on the next story in her Baker City Hearts and Haunts "ghost" romance series.
Here are some of Shannon's books!
