Intermediate to Advance Riding

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Welcome to our advanced level horse riding program, where riders reach new heights of skill and confidence. Our experienced instructors tailor each session to challenge and refine your abilities, focusing on advanced techniques in various skills such as sorting, barrels, poles and much more. Expect intensive training sessions that push your limits while fostering a deeper understanding of horsemanship.

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Advanced Training

At M&M Horse Ranch, we recognize the irreplaceable value of hands-on learning and personalized guidance. Whether your aim is to refine your skills or elevate your overall horsemanship, our clinics deliver a tailored approach to meet your objectives. Benefit from personalized feedback, and witness your horsemanship abilities soar to new heights within a group of dedicated horse riders.

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What We Teach

• Students saddle and bridle their own horse.
• Advanced groundwork training. 
• Loping, pivots, rollbacks, and much more.
• Advanced barrels, poles, and sorting.
• Advanced students will compete in cow sorting.

Students at the Intermediate/Advance Level work on a wide variety of skills like:

• Grooming and saddling/unsaddling
• Pole and barrels
• Sorting drills
• Extensive horse training
• Introduction to the lope
• Side pass, pivots and much more
• How to do the basic groundwork.
• How to safely catch the horses and take to and from the

Youths have their own horse: We hep students prepare to compete at play-days.

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Training Schedule

Lessons involve total horsemanship, not just riding. Some examples that students will learn as they advance in their level:

3 Lesson / Month
‍Students must be skilled in:
• Prior approval needed for this class.
• Skilled in safety ties, catching, saddling.
• Caring for horse; feeding, water, mucking stalls
• Horse care, cleaning hooves, stretching horses
‍Average time 1 hr (+15-30 min for tack/groom/care of horses)

Students interested volunteer with horses? Click here more info

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Intermediate Horse Training is tailored for riders who have confidently mastered all the skills in the Beginner Level. Intermediate students are adept at handling horses independently and possess a solid foundation in riding. They are ready to advance their skills further, possibly exploring techniques at the trot or beginning to learn horse management at the lope.

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Intermediate

Lessons are held in small groups tailored to the student’s age and skill level. This allows us to work individually with students to increase their knowledge, skills, and confidence so that they become safe, competent, well-rounded riders and horse handlers.

We encourage riders to bring their own horse to maximize the benefits of the experience. Practicing with your own horse in a new environment can help strengthen your bond and improve your skills together

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Beginner Intermediate

3 Lessons a Month
• Students must have taken Beg-Int Course.
• Learn how to handle horses, safety ties, catch with halter (in stalls, pasture)
• Grooming, tacking, proper care of tack
• Caring for horse; including feeding, water, mucking stalls
• Advanced horse care: cleaning hooves, stretching horses and much more
• Average session time 1 hr (15 min for tack/groom/care of horses)

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