Our Mission Statement is to provide our clients with their best choice for safe and enjoyable activities that encourage their pursuits which involve horses.  Whether you are an amateur or a professional, looking to ride, compete or simply groom and be around them, horses provide an excellent healthy option to an otherwise busy lifestyle.  Whatever your age, we are a perfect fit.  Waredaca…where it all begins….and continues…

If you are a serious eventing or dressage rider, we can make the difference in your continued success in training and competing at the national eventing and dressage levels. This year, accomplished Waredaca horses and riders competed at the US Eventing Association American Eventing Championships! If you are a current or hopeful amateur eventing competitor and want to surround yourself with others like you in a setting that offers all the opportunity and preparation needed for advancement, there is no other place like Waredaca! For more details about lessons and training, check out our Training page

For enthusiastic and skilled pre teens and teens, we have an United States Pony Club Riding Center very active in regional and national pursuits. Find out more on our Pony Club section page

For our younger crowd, our PONY KIDS program is back in action! Check out all the details you need to know to get started!!

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Pony Kids

The Pony Kids Program is designed to introduce 5-7 year olds to ponies, horsemanship, and riding in an environment of safety and fun.  This all important beginning will provide a solid and correct base for their future enjoyment and learning. It is taught in a half-hour private lesson format to accommodate each child’s individual development and learning style.
Pony Kids lessons are taught primarily on leadline on the trail and in the fields. The program focuses on developing your child’s confidence, balance, and coordination while feeling secure in their surroundings. As goals are reached in these areas, each child will move on to more direct control of the horse. Some children may initially be ready to ride independently and not on a leadline; this decision will be determined by the instructor. In inclement weather, the lessons generally occur in our indoor arena.
Lesson fees vary depending on the type of lesson and are due at the time of each lesson.
To schedule, message Program Manager Colleen at [email protected] and for our Pony Kids Program details.
 

*******Recreational Lesson Program–SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

As many of you know,  Waredaca has been offering recreational riding lessons for decades, and has been one of the most popular and respected barns in the area to provide such services.  Often considered the standard for riding instruction, we continue to maintain that level of professionalism going forward, to provide a safe, fun and enjoyable experience with horses.
While our Pony Club program remains strong and sustainable, our recreational program has not.  For various reasons such as our aging lesson horse population, the lack of affordable replacement horses from a very inflated market and the complications of the Covid pandemic much of last year, have necessitated us to readjust our program accordingly.   

******Since January, our group lesson program has been suspended until further notice, as have our True Brew trail rides. 


Might this situation change? Unlikely in the near future.  It may be that our recreational lesson program is permanently closed at some point this year.  We are not yet ready to formally make that decision but it honestly appears that is the direction we are heading.  We have a fabulous group of instructors who are available for clients with their own horses who can trailer to the farm.  Just not enough of the acceptable horses for our standards to fully return to the level of last year.  Keep checking our website, under ‘lessons’ for updates.
Thank you for your continued interest and support of our Waredaca programs.  

Recreational Program Suspended

As many of you know,  Waredaca has been offering recreational riding lessons for decades, and has been one of the most popular and respected barns in the area to provide such services.  Often considered the standard for riding instruction, we continue to maintain that level of professionalism going forward, to provide a safe, fun and enjoyable experience with horses.
While our Pony Club program remains strong and sustainable, our recreational program has not.  For various reasons such as our aging lesson horse population, the lack of affordable replacement horses from a very inflated market and the complications of the Covid pandemic much of last year, have necessitated us to readjust our program accordingly.   

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