Thompsons Riding School - Mangaroa
About Thompsons Riding School
Want to learn more about horses?
We are running a six week course (15years up) to teach people about looking after horses. No riding will be involved so great for non riders who need to help with the care of horses. This is designed to compliment your riding lessons.
Sessions are 1 hour over six weeks. Run on a Sunday afternoon or Thursday evenings (depending on demand) Bookings essential.
Cost $250-00
50% deposit and balance on first day of course. Please email for next course dates.
Week 1:
- How to catch and turn out safely
- How to lead correctly
- Remove and replace covers
- Grooming and hoof care
- How to saddle and bridle correctly (martingales and breastplates)
- How to check your tack fits correctly
Week 2:
- Shoeing- Farrier to give demonstration and talk
- Recognize when re-shoeing is needed, and what to look for in a well shod horse
- Remove a shoe
Week 3:
- How to tie up correctly with a quick release knot
- How and why we clip
- Demonstration on clipping- all to have a go
- Demonstration on plaiting – all to have a go
Week 4:
- How to tack correctly for lunging
(bandages/boots, side-reins, whip, lunge rein) - Demonstration – how to lunge safely- all to have a go
- Benefits and purpose of lunging
Week 5:
- Take apart a bridle, clean and reassemble
- Different type of bits used and how they work
- Feeding
- Identify different types of feeds
- Basic first aid (when to call a vet)
- Signs of colic and distress
- How to worm a horse
Week 6:
- Prepare a horse for travel
- Load a horse on to a horse float
- Revision
- If time, special requests on anything you would like to do that we haven’t covered
* Topic covered may vary slightly depending on time.
Contact Thompsons Riding School
| Address : | Thompsons Riding School 7 Leonards Road, Mangaroa, Upper Hutt 5371, New Zealand |
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| Postal code : | 5371 |
| Website : | http://thompsonshorsecentre.co.nz/ |
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Roger Stark on Google
β β β β β Fantastic place for kids wanting to ride a horse
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Jess Frew on Google
β β β β β Love it. The lessons are really great
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John Field on Google
β β β β β Great fun and challenging at the same time.
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Blame Powell on Google
β β β β β Cool place , awesome teachers ??
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Kevin Biggins on Google
β β β β β Great horses, great people, great lessons on riding them (the horses, that is).
Great facilities for riding indoors as well.
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Graeme Todd on Google
β β β β β The teachers were fantastic when I took my niece up there for lessons. Awesome place and people
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Row Smith on Google
β β β β β Very good for beginners and basic riding lessons. Staff have a good basic knowledge and teach children and adult learners well.
For advanced riders no so good. In depth knowledge and ability to rework a problem you present not good.
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Char Blake on Google
β β β β β Thompsons Riding School hosted the joint birthday party of my 5 and 7 year old daughters. Jacqui promptly replied to my voicemail and emails, and was very accommodating with our preferred date. I was very grateful that she was able to book us in outside of the normal party hours, as they already had a booking for the date we wanted. The 8 partygoers had the most amazing time with the horses, and surprisingly the small playground was a huge hit as well. I heard some of the girl's asking their parents to have their birthday party there too haha. Thumbs up!
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