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Starwood Riding Club

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Starwood Riding Club

English riding lessons from the ground up with an emphasis on safety and correct riding skills, in a cheerful and positive atmosphere.
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Equestrian lesson program for all ages and all levels of experience.

05/06/2024

Congratulations to Jayna and Apollo on a well-earned 3rd place out of an enormous field of equitation riders in the final IEL show!!

04/14/2024

Coming soon!! Text to reserve a spot 🐴

09/06/2023

So relieved to have some cat energy at the new barn even if it was brief. Thank you Stefani Relles I love your boy, Big Rig!!

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas indeed!! My amazing clients all came together and refurbished the cross tie area of my barn as a gift!! Thank you so much I'm honored to have such wonderful clients and friends supporting me every step of the way!! You guys are the BEST!!

11/12/2022

Truth ☝️

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.
2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…
3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..
4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.
5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...
6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.
7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground d with horses than you do in the saddle.
9. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.
8. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.
Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

11/05/2022

First IEL is a wrap! Big congrats to Jayna for stepping up to the JV ring and holding her own in good company! Came away with a 2nd in the flat eq and a 9th in eq over!! Looking forward to #2 🏆
📸 credit goes to Sienna Lessa Photography

10/14/2022

Congratulations to Lorelei on the purchase of Milo!! Welcome to Starwood!! Can't wait to see what the future holds for these two 🥳 ❤️🦄🤩

10/09/2022

Reserve champion in the cross rail division ❤💛🤍 way to go Lily and Ella!

01/17/2022

Well done Jayna and "Almost Famous" winning champion in the eq division of IEL🏆

11/01/2021

Finished up a fun horseshow season at Elvenstar for the final Halloween show. Both Jayna and Lily worked hard and received show champion in their respective divisions. Props to the best ponies, Ella (Blonde Ambition) and Aria (Almost Famous) for being saints and taking such good care of their kids 🐴🐴 🎉💙❤🤍🏆

08/29/2021

Starwood Riding Club would like to congratulate Fiona Barbary on the purchase of 14 year old, Holsteiner gelding, Benny!! We are so excited about this partnership and can't wait to see all the great goals you will accomplish with this amazing horse!! 🐴❤🎉🥂⭐

08/09/2021

Fun Under the Sun horse show was a hit!! Well done team Starwood 🏆💙❤💛

08/08/2021

Ready for another fun horse show at The Paddock!!

07/16/2021

BY LAUREN MAULDIN Hey there local show rider. It’s 4:25pm, and you’ve been sitting in the hot dust waiting for the hack for an hour because someone told you it was time to go, until it wasn’t. It’s been a long day, or weekend. Let’s be real, it’s probably been a long month balancing fami...

07/01/2021

Congratulations to these two super stars 🌟 for a great start to summer showing 🌞

05/08/2021

Some pretty pictures from the last horseshow 💙

04/25/2021

The winning round!! Go team 💙

04/25/2021

Very proud of Jayna at her first show of the season! Champion in her division!! 💙

Address

10616 McBroom Street
Indio, CA
91040

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 1pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm
Sunday	9am - 2pm

Website

http://www.starwoodridingclub.com/

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