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Lessons


Cedarhill offers English Hunt Seat Equitation Riding Instruction to both children and adults.

Our group lessons are 2 hours long. The first half hour is spent learning to properly bring your assigned mount in, and tack up. An hour is spent in the saddle riding before the last half hour; designed to untacking and properly caring and putting your mount away.

Teacher Assistants help our riding instructors with their students in the preparation of their lesson, keeping the lessons on schedule as well as with the untacking.

• We have over 20 capable school horses and ponies of different levels to provide our students many options. Three all weather footing rings, complete with jumps, cavalletti, cones, and other appropriate teaching materials provide the excellent environment necessary for quality instruction.

• Our wash bays and grooming stalls in both the lesson and main barn, equipped with grooming and tacking supplies provide our students with the necessary tools to complete their lesson in horsemanship.

Our lessons at Cedarhill Farm are $65 per lesson and are called A la Cart lessons. For those dedicated riders and their families wishing for a discount, we offer a discounted session rate of $60. per lesson if they can commit to the month long session.With the exception of posted holidays our session riders ride every week. There are no cancellations or make ups unless extreme weather makes it dangerous to drive out to the barn. If the weather is not appropriate for riding, we teach horsemanship of all levels under cover. Our session riders are billed via email two weeks prior to the beginning of the start of the session for collection of lesson payment. Please contact Brian Guzinski if there are any billing questions, or if you would like to discontinue lessons at Brian@Cedarhillfarminc.com.

Lesson Agreement

Our commitment to you:

• To provide a fun and safe riding experience for your child.
• To give excellent instruction on the fundamentals of good horsemanship.

Your Commitment to us:

• Arrive in time for the start of your  assigned lesson.

• Notify us by phone if you are running late for a lesson by calling one of the following numbers:

Cedarhill Farm                               704-843-5944

Caroline Foto                                 704-649-5799

Andrea Guzinski                            704-965-8798                

 

Calling your instructor is the best way to convey a message.


•Notify us by email Andrea@Cedarhillfarminc.com if you are unable to make your scheduled lesson. We send out at the beginning of the month a "Extra Lesson" Email list to all of our riders. There is opportunity alot of the time to swap out some of the lessons you are missing with another family, also in the same predicament. Note that although Cedarhill will make every attempt to fill your lesson, there is no guarantee that a lesson can/will be made up.


• In case of inclement weather, we will offer classroom instruction and in-the barn practice of grooming and general equine care. Our instructors have developed a curriculum for all ages and abilities of riders. We believe our Training Center helps us better educate our students in all aspects of horsemanship.

• Please  allow two hours for your child to fully enjoy his or her lesson -- 30  minutes to catch and tack the horse, one hour in the saddle and another 30 minutes for un-tacking, grooming, putting away  equipment and returning their horses to the paddock or stall).

• While many of you enjoy helping your children with their horses, please understand that a large part of their lesson is learning how to groom and tack their mounts themselves. Please allow them to learn and practice these skillls. The time in grooming stalls is every bit as important as the time in the saddle.

• Our group lessons are $75 for the two hour group lesson. We discount our lessons for those wanting to commit to a monthly session. These riders are billed each month at the rate of $60. for each group lesson. Sessions are non-refundable. We offer one make up for every three months of sessions. Payment is due by the first day of each month. We have a late charge of $25. for lesson payments paid after the 1st, and a $60 late charge for lessons paid after the 10th. We request an email or letter in writing to Brian Guzinski who handles the bookkeeping to discontinue the session riding lessons prior to the beginning of the next session. His email address is Brian@Cedarhillfarminc.com

• Our a-la-cart riders call to schedule each week at the rate of $75 for each group lesson, and carry a full $75 cancellation fee. Private lessons are available for  $85. per 1/2 hour.

• Occasionally,  due to weather or unforeseen factors, our lessons may run a little behind schedule. Please show us patience and use this time to watch other lessons. Your child can learn a lot by observing the other students.

Summer Riding Sign Up

• During our summer months of June, July, and August most of our families have a very irregular riding schedule compared to the fall (school) schedule. Sign up and pre-pay for a minimum of 4 lessons in any of the summer months to take advantage of the session rate discount. A la cart lessons, which are 3 lessons or less per month are $75. per lesson. The lessons schedule will be in the book for your instructor to sign you up, and collect a check for the lessons. You can also sign up by calling us, however we need a check mailed in before we can put your name on the schedule.  The Summer Sign Up book will be available on May 1st.  

Fall Riding Registration

• We start our fall registration in the middle of July. During that time all returning students as well as new riders to Cedarhill Farm fill out a new registration form with their current contact information as well as a new Medical form and Liability release form. Cedarhill requires a $25. yearly registration fee for all new and returning students.

• By the first week in August we send out a tentative schedule by e mail, and by August 15th we send out a final schedule which this year starts August 19th.

Lesson Rates

Private lessons: $85/half hour instruction.
Semi Private lessons: $85/one hour instruction.

A-la-cart Group lessons:$75/ one hour instruction. 

Session Group lessons: $60/ one hour instruction. (this rate is for students who come every week and prepay for the month. To discontinue the session lessons, please inform us by either email or writing.

DOWNLOADS

Registration: Please download the PDF file below which consists of three pages to be filled out and mailed back to us to get enrolled in Cedarhill Farm's lesson schedule. We require a $25. registration fee for all new and returning students which should be mailed along with the forms to:

Cedarhill Farm Inc

2620 Waxhaw Marvin Rd

Waxhaw, NC 28173

cedarhill_regform13 - Cedarhill 2012-2013 Registration form

cedarhill_medicalform - Cedarhill 2013 Release and Hold Harmless Agreement

 

 

Kathleen assisting Emily Jennings for a
morning lesson at Cedarhill Farm.



Katie Hand and Overeasy, Champion in
the small junior division.




Our Instructors at Cedarhill:

•Andrea Guzinski-Head Riding Instructor for over 20 years

• Caroline Foto- Riding Instructor and Rider. 8 years with Cedarhill Farm as a professional. 17 years prior as a student at Cedarhill Farm.  Caroline is a phenomenal asset to the Cedarhill program from the Beginner Ring to our Show Team, and everything in between.



Our Teacher Assistants

Kathleen Hammer

Tracy Nystrom

Natalie Weber

Holiday Schedule/No Lessons 2013

(You will not be billed for these lesson days)

May 1st - Summer Sign Up Sheet

May 25-27- Memorial Day Weekend

August 19th-Fall Schedule starts

September 2nd- Labor Day

October- No Holiday

November- 27 - 30 for Thanksgiving

December 24 - January 1 for Christmas and New Year

Ask your instructor if
you wish to sign up for
lessons during some of
the holidays listed above.

Check out the pictures of our Morning Ladies Day Out riding lessons, as well as other lesson pictures! Click here.