Happy Trails Riding Academy

11/05/2024

📸✨Photo Contest✨📸

Happy Trails families! Post your best photo taken at Happy Trails on Facebook or Instagram and whichever post gets the most likes will win a free additional lesson!

- Must be posted this month
- Tag us and use the hashtag in the post so we don’t miss any of the photos

We will pick one winner for Facebook and one for Instagram!

10/14/2024

Filly jumped in as a queen horse to help the Gilroy Queen after her horse unexpectedly passed away. I’m thankful to have such amazing lesson horses who can jump into the many hats and cart any kid, adult around. ❤️

10/08/2024

Please help Princess by sharing or donating! This is a good friend’s sweet mare that unfortunately needs surgery at UC Davis. Princess will come live on the ranch with us to rehab and recover and hopefully join the lesson program to teach more little ones to ride and love horses ❤️

Help Save Princess Hello everyone, I’m reaching out with a heavy heart to a… Juan Polanco needs your support for Help Princess Recover and Shine Again

10/05/2024

Join us come in costume! Bounce houses and candy!
Fun brought you by Relentless Real Estate, Happy Trails, Got A Party Inflatables!

10/02/2024

Megan and Bud are reunited after 10 years 💖

09/19/2024

Riding lessons aren’t just for kids… we offer lessons for all ages! It’s never too late to learn a new skill and horseback riding offers so many benefits to our physical and mental health.

Text our business line (925) 291-0123 to ask about lessons for adults!

09/17/2024

Beautiful skies on the ranch yesterday evening 🫶

09/14/2024

When our alumni students are grown up and having their own babies that become future Happy Trails riders 🥹

09/10/2024

For this week’s Meet the Trainers post we wanted to highlight Megan, the owner of Happy Trails! Megan has been riding since she was as 3 years old. As a kid she showed 4H and through intermediate eventing. Although she started English, she has now gotten into ranch riding. Megan’s passion is lameness rehab and she would love to continue on her education to become a veterinarian.

09/05/2024

Looks like we will have more temperatures over 100 tomorrow so we are closing at 3pm (Thurs 9/5) and will be rescheduling lessons

09/04/2024

Happy Trails students! Due to temperatures over 100, we are closing at 4pm today (9/4). We will be rescheduling lessons and the 4H club meeting will be held next Wednesday at 7pm. Thanks!

08/22/2024

Charter School students! We are an approved vendor with Vista Oaks and Visions. Horseback riding lessons are a fun source of PE and are also great for building focus, responsibility, confidence and more. We have weekday availability perfect for homeschoolers. Text (925) 291-0123 to sign up for lessons this fall!

If you’re with a charter school not listed and are interested in us becoming a vendor, please contact us.

08/19/2024

Hello all! We wanted to take a quick moment to post our current policies. All students should already have a current copy of these with more details. Questions, comments, concerns should be directed to our business line (925) 291-0123. Thank you! 🤠

Lesson Rates:
Group Lessons (3- 5 riders per instructor) - $60
Semi-Private Lessons (2 riders per instructor) - $65
Private Lessons (1 rider per instructor) - $70
30 Minute Private lesson (Ages 2-4) - $60/lesson

We do offer leases and show team opportunities. Please contact us for more info.

Sibling discount - 1st rider is billed full price, 2nd rider receives $10 off per lesson.

Refer a Friend - Refer a friend and when they book 1 month of lessons and mention you at booking, you’ll receive an additional lesson free for your student!

Dress Code: Students are required to wear closed-toed shoes and long pants.

Your 1st lesson is a no commitment lesson. If you would like to continue with regular weekly scheduled lessons, our policies will be applied.

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Billing Policies: Invoices will be emailed out and are due on the 1st of the month. Invoices are considered late after the 5th of the month and will be charged an additional $25.

Late Policies: Lessons start and end on the hour. If the student is more than 15 minutes late, HTRA will assume the student will not be attending the lesson unless informed otherwise by the parent within a reasonable timeframe. If a student is less than 15 minutes late, the lesson will still end on the hour as scheduled.

Cancelation Policy: If you need to cancel a lesson, you must give 24+ hour notice in order to be eligible to schedule a make-up lesson. If there is no notice given at least 24 hours in advance, no make-up lesson will be scheduled and the lesson fee will be lost. Emergencies are exempt at HTRA’s discretion. Make up lessons include a $25 fee and must be scheduled within 2 weeks of missed lesson. If HTRA needs to reschedule your lesson, no fee will be added.

Cancellations Due to Weather: We will notify you if your lesson will be canceled. We make that decision based on how well our horses and students can perform under these circumstances. Examples of reasons we may cancel are extreme winds, temperatures, air quality, storms and more.

Ceasing Lessons/Leases: If you choose to end lessons or a lease, please contact us for our full policy.

Please note that HTRA has a policy of not refunding fees. We are a “not for profit” business and our funds go back to the care of our horses. Thank you for understanding!

08/08/2024

08/07/2024

Happy Trails Riding Academy would like to thank everyone for coming out to our second annual hosting of National Night Out! It was a great event!

We want to give a few special shout outs to the vendors who helped contribute the event’s success.

Tacos El Donas, Fruitopia Fruit Bowls, Kona Ice, River Edge Farms, Friends of The Oakley Library, Sister Santojotos Baked Goods, Refresh Heating and Cooling, Sunrun, Kenzie’s Baked Goods, Float Event Design, Relentless Real Estate & Got A Party Inflatables. Without y’all we wouldn’t have had such a great event.

We want to also recognize the amazing aerial acrobatic performances by Sydney & Company. The show was spectacular! Also, big thank you to our line dancing instructors! Y’all know how to boot scoot n’ boogie!

Our special guest “Skittles” from Hold Your Horses Livestock Emergency Evacuation Response Team was a hit!

Big thank you to our wonderfull staff here at Happy Trails. We would not be as successful as we are without all of your hard work and dedication to excellence! 

Lastly, we can’t forget the reason why we all were here. Huge thanks to our Mayor Anissa Williams, Vise Mayor Shannon Shaw, All our City Council Members and Oakley Police Department. Thank you all for everything you do for this amazing community!

We look forward to hosting next year and seeing y’all again! 🤠

08/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us at National Night Out for a fun night of community!

08/06/2024

Special Guest Tonight! Come on down and join the fun!

08/01/2024

One of our amazing vendors joining us this year for National Night out! Aug 6th 4pm-9pm. We will have many vendors ranging from farm goods, ice cream, fruit bowls, bounce houses, heating and air, horse and carriage rides, tacos, and many more! Entry is free!! Come on down for an amazing night supporting law enforcement and some family fun!