Riding Lessons & School-Year Programs
Lessons
For those riders who want to go deeper into horsemanship, we have programmed levels that you/your child will work up through. This entails everything about basic horse handling, grooming, saddling, riding, training, and aftercare. Our lesson program is designed to develop well-rounded horsemen and women. To clarify, we are not a competition-focused barn. Instead, our trained staff desire to help create a safe learning environment for students to feel seen and understood by their Creator, along with learning to trust their horse and other people. We strive to bring up capable riders and enjoyable trail horses.
Group and Private Lessons available - please pay attention to age group specifics in the registration tab.
Director Emma Brandenburg teaches, and qualified volunteers work as assistants and are equipped to teach the littles one-on-one as well.
Breakaway
Breakaway is the place to be on Thursday nights! This program is designed to provide a Safe, Fun, and Free activity for the youth surrounding Three Springs Ministries. Each week we will have a variety of activities available from basketball, to rock climbing, to horse activities. There really is something for everyone!
Grades 2nd-12th
Thursday from 3pm-6pm
School Year Only
Transportation available from Liberty PA *Contact the Office for details*
Price: Free!
Morning Mustangs
Nothing brings a family together like shared memories and experiential learning! This program was designed with the whole family in mind, with a broad lesson program suited to all skill levels and ages. We split into three groups upon arrival, rotating through a ground lesson, devotional lesson, and ride time. Morning Mustangs is a great fit for homeschooled families.
Students will receive their own personal workbook for ground classes, patterns, and devotional lessons!
Since this program is in such high demand, sign-ups for a certain month will go out on the 1st day of the month prior by 12 pm. For example: Sign-ups for September will go out on August 1st by 12 pm.
Grades 2nd-12th
Tuesdays from 10 am- 12 pm
School Year Only - be aware that this is weather-dependent (snow days)
Price: Free!
Jr. Wrangler School
For high school students (ages 14+), who are comfortable with walking, trotting, and loping, and looking to advance their horsemanship skills. This program is aimed at developing and instructing younger minds in order to equip them to one day work here at Three Springs Ministries as a Wrangler in the summer camp season. This entails not only going on all the trails and remembering them, but trail and arena safety concerns, how to lead trail rides and teach lessons, how to spark conversation with people, where to step in and take action vs where to let the child problem solve, etc. This program also has a ground class time section, where the scientific side of studying the horses themselves comes into play, with anatomy and physiology lessons, digestive lessons, genetic lessons, etc. We also make it a point to go on a “field trip” to the Horse World Expo in Harrisburg in February.
Volunteer hours will be a major part of the program, meaning that volunteer clearances will need to be turned in.
