Lesson Academy guides riders through lessons under guidance of 25-year veteran rider and trainer

Staff at full-service equestrian facility teaches Western-style riding to beginning through advanced students

Instruction emphasizes horse care and riding techniques as equally important components of proper horsemanship

Steeds carry riders through Tenmile Range during trail rides

Classes of three to four students learn from team of trainers with 35 years of industry experience

Hooves traverse woodland trails peppered with romantic views as guides lead a 60-minute horseback ride

A trail guide leads groups of up to six horseback riders through the surrounding trails during a casual one-hour ride

Trail rides begin with a horsemanship lesson before riders and steeds gallop across a humble Hampstead farm

12-year veteran instructor use tenets of dressage as unifying theme to teach students how to transition from flat riding to jumping

Lesson Academy guides riders through lessons under guidance of 25-year veteran rider and trainer