Lessons
Basic Horsemanship Sessions are offered at Legacy Dressage by one of our instructors on a school horse. Students will learn from the ground up, safely haltering a horse to grooming, tacking, and riding. Each lesson will always emphasize safe handling of the horse and rider, building confidence from the beginning. While riding, instruction is emphasized on developing an independent “seat” for the rider, which often means time spent on the lunge line where the student can focus on themselves and not worry about steering. Our goal is to produce riders that have confidence both on the ground or while on a horse, regardless of their background, age, discipline or riding goals. We feel very strongly at Legacy Dressage that students should be given a solid foundation in basic horsemanship, not only to produce quality riders, but a baseline of knowledge that goes beyond riding, including safety, theory behind riding, vet care, nutrition, and equipment care. Students can look forward to participating in visits with the farrier, saddle fitter, veterinarian, and special events held at the barn. We wholeheartedly believe learning how to ride a horse goes way beyond sitting in the saddle! Lessons are an hour, but that includes teaching the student proper grooming and tacking practices in the beginning, riding, and proper horse care at the end of the session as well. As students become more independent and are able to catch, groom and tack up on their own, they will be allowed to arrive early and prepare the horse on their own time, allowing more time for riding instruction. Time in the saddle will not typically exceed 45 minutes. Sessions are offered year-round in our heated indoor arena.
Introductory session: For the first time student. Meet the instructors as well as the lesson horses, go over the program and how a session is structured, including hands-on time with the horse! The instructor will evaluate the student’s knowledge and build a lesson plan catered to that specific student. - 1 hr $35.00
Private Basic Horsemanship one hour lesson on school horse: $75.00 - Please plan closer to 1.5 hours of time as the student will be responsible for cleaning up after themselves after each session. This includes properly grooming the horse after the ride, sweeping up the tack up area, as well as cleaning their tack and returning it to it’s proper home.
Private Basic Horsemanship one hour lesson on school horse, package of 4 purchased together to be used within the month: $225.00 - Please plan closer to 1.5 hours of time as the student will be responsible for cleaning up after themselves after each session. This includes properly grooming the horse after the ride, sweeping up the tack up area, as well as cleaning their tack and returning it to it’s proper home.
Semi-Private Basic Horsemanship one hour lesson on school horse: $50/rider* We offer semi-private lessons for riders who have developed an independent seat and basic steering skills to safely ride in a group setting.
Semi-Private Basic Horsemanship one hour lesson on school horse, package of 4 purchased together to be used within the month $160/rider* We offer semi-private lessons for riders who have developed an independent seat and basic steering skills to safely ride in a group setting.
*Max of 3 riders in semi-private lessons.
Dressage Lessons are offered by Gracia on a limited availability at Legacy Dressage. Students come away encouraged and eager to continue towards their goal. Regardless of discipline, Gracia has students ranging from pleasure riding, Western Dressage, Hunters, Jumpers, to Classical Dressage. Each rider will have something to take away and work at home on. Send us an email to set up your lesson!
Individual, private 45 minute haul-in Dressage lesson with Gracia: $75.00
Haul-in fee: $20.00
Overnight stabling: $30.00/night (includes haul-in fee, owner must provide feed for horse)
If you don’t see a package that works for you, please speak with Gracia and see what arrangements can be made.
Training
Based just 15 minutes east of Lincoln, and 45 minutes west of Omaha, Nebraska, Gracia has a limited number of Full and Part training spaces available as well as Sales. During the winter months of January - March Gracia takes a number of horses and continues her education in Wellington, Florida.
Gracia has had the privilege of working with some great trainers throughout her career, including Michelle Folden, Silva Martin, Karen Pavicic, Kathy Connelly, and Mette Rosencrantz.
From starting youngsters to developing the FEI horse, Gracia’s finds joy in bringing horses along from any age or discipline and providing or improving the foundation to meet the rider’s goal.
Winter of 2022-2023 Gracia will not be in Florida but will be in Lincoln, Neb for the season. She looks forward to serving the mid-west area through the winter season while continuing training in our HEATED facility!
Clinics
Gracia is available for a limited number of Clinics during the year. Her goal is to keep lessons positive and continue building the foundations so riders can advance to their goals. Email Gracia to schedule your clinic today and check our events page to see where she will be teaching in the near future!
Board
Legacy Dressage offers board for Training, Sales, and Student’s horses. Each horse is required to be in a Training or Lesson program with a trainer at Legacy Dressage. We strive to have the highest quality care, always putting the wellbeing of each horse at the top of our day. Our feeding program is based on a grain-free, whole food diet. We have found our horses to thrive without grain fillers and additives, have beautiful coats naturally, less vet calls, more focus during work and just an overall better state of mind with this program. We proudly feed supplements from BioStar US and believe they are THE best! Read more about BioStar here!