$399.00
Must use minimum one lesson per week.
Make up lessons are re-scheduled for the following week.
$180.00
Horseback riding lessons are available for all levels and all ages with any of our qualified on site instructors. We have five instructors giving riding lessons that may focus on Dressage, Hunter / Jumper or 3 Day Eventing disciplines.
Instruction rates:
Group Lessons: $45.00 / student
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Private Lessons: $50.00
Riding lessons are offered year round in our 80' X 150' indoor riding arena and in the outdoor arena, weather permitting. Lessons are provided on your horse or ours. For a minimal charge truck-ins are allowed as well.
Practice makes perfect.
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Rowena graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in pre-veterinarian medicine in 1976. For the next three years, she worked at Gut Barbroich, West Germany with the well-known and accomplished Alois Pollmann Schweckhorst. Influenced by the Cavalry School of Hannover, "characteristic features of his style were suppling the horse with dressage, a forward seat, and established rythm.
Continuing her education at Merrimack College and New Hampshire Technical Institute in the U.S., she was employed as a key account executive for Philip Morris. She furthered her equestrian studies under the direction of Keith Angstadt, a New England dressage judge of Merit, at Bradford Equestrian Center, Bradford, Massachusetts.
Married to Elliot Pratt in 1997, Rowena acquired her dream farm, Walnut Hollow, in the year 2000 which she shares with her husband.
Rowena McMahon: Owner / Dressage
Elliot Pratt: Owner / Beginner / Novice
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Elliot has only been riding for the last 15+ years. But in his relatively short career he has undergone constant and rigorous supervision and training by Rowena. He considers it probably the most challenging to master of all the sports he is accomplished at. (Rock climbing, Hang gliding,Skiing, Sailing, Mountain Biking, Road Biking.) “You can brute force your way through most sports, everything changes when the other half of the equation is a horse.” He considers himself extremely lucky to be able to work with these magnificent animals in the Equestrian Industry. “ Seeing the self confidence that it builds in people is just so rewarding. I can’t imagine doing anything else at this point of my life.”
Ashley Brown: Hunter / Jumper / 3 Day Eventing
I have had a love for horses all my life and started riding at a young age. I started working and riding at Walnut Hollow Farm in 2006. Since then I have shown at Green Acres, Hilltop, University of New Hampshire, GMHA, Bradford Equestrian Center, Cutter Farm, and many more. My specialty discipline is jumping but I am also trained in dressage and eventing.
In the summer of 2009 I traveled to Gut Barbroich, Germany as the first working student exchange from Walnut Hollow Farm. I trained under the world-renowned jumping instructor/trainer Elmar Pollmann-Schweckhorst and the dressage trainer Christiane Pollmann-Schweckhorst. During this time I worked on the farm and trained with two horses a day. It was an amazing experience!
After returning back to the United States, I attended Framingham State University for a major in business and a minor in psychology. I will be graduating in 2013. During my first year in college I began instructing for Rowena McMahon and currently have many students of all ages from beginner to advanced. Teaching is a passion and I thoroughly enjoy passing the knowledge I have gained onto my students. My goal is to make the rider more confident and knowledgeable about the sport - but most of all to form a strong bond with their horses so they can attain excellence as a team.
In the 2013 show season I will be competing in sanctioned dressage events on Harvard’s Princess, who was imported from Germany and trained by Elmar Pollmann-Schweckhorst, and Oh Great One “George.” Hopefully you will hear of us competing at regionals! Not only is showing a huge part of my equestrian career but I have also attended a numerous amount of clinics involving: horsemanship, horse emergencies, lameness, dressage, cross-country and of course jumping. I continue my education at Walnut Hollow Farm under the instruction of Rowena McMahon.
Christine Zimmer: Theraputic Riding / Hunter / Dressage
Christine has had a passion for animals since she was a child,
especially horses. Starting out a hunter jumper at a young age she eventually moved on to centered riding in college, competitive trail riding, and dressage. The combination of these different riding disciplines has given Christine a unique view of riding and teaching.
Christine graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in equine science with a concentration in Therapeutic riding. During that time, she acquired a NARHA certification in therapeutic riding. She was part of the therapeutic riding program at UNH for over three years and helped in training new horses for the program, teaching lessons, and evaluating new clients for it.
Christine has been trained in CPR and first aid for the professional rescuer for over thirteen years. She has taught dressage lessons, hunter/jumper lessons, and trail riding lessons. She has trained green horses and was an assistant manager at the previous farm that she rode at. Christine enjoys teaching a wide variety of students from beginners to advance and believes that every good rider no matter what the riding discipline shares the same principles and passion for horse back riding. She is also notorious for quoting "We are never done learning about horses, everyday we learn something new about them."
Christine is currently an instructor at walnut hollow as well as rider. She enjoys being around children and teaching what she knows. She considers herself very fortunate to be in such a positive and warm environment.
Alexa Murray: Beginner / Novice
Ms. Alexa Murray, a ten year riding veteran, has been trained under Rowena McMahon, Ashley Brown, and Keith Angstadt Elmar Pollmann Schweckhorst. Ms. Murray a member of 4H, has also worked with by Elmar Pollmann Schweckhorst, and has shown at Green Acres and other southern New Hampshire events. Ms. Murray brings a unique perspective to riding. Not only does she teach and ride, but she works and helps manage Walnut Hollow Farm. Up to date she has trained sixteen horses of all age groups. Currently she is training a three year old mare, who is coming along nicely and already is comfortable to be taken out on trails and is now working on leg yielding. She has had the opportunity to work with many different breeds some of which include: Clydesdale, Hanoverian, and Oldenburg. Along with working hard at the barn, Ms Murray has been a counselor for the yearly summer camp for the past four years. There, she has given multiple lectures on, colic, laminitis, tack, and vital signs. She also gave a lecture to her home schooled class. Ms Murray is now working on competing in first level dressage and competing in three day eventing. She gives her students confidence and the skills they need to become exceptional riders. In 2012 Alexa has shown at Green Acres, UNH, GMHA in Woodstock, Vermont and Beland Stables in Lakeville, Massachusetts. Alexa scored a 59% 1st level test 3 and a 63.8% in Training level test 3.