DE FRATES HORSEMANSHIP

Clincs, Lessons & PLAY DAYS

Whether you've been riding for decades or are brand new to the saddle, learn with us and do more than just improve your riding skills. You will build confidence, increase your focus, and achieve your goals all while strengthening your bond with your horse. 
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Learn with us and make your equestrian dreams come true!

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Clinics

Attend a clinic and you will learn tons while having tons of fun. Improve your horsemanship, your confidence, and your skills while you make new friends and achieve your equestrian goals.  
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Riding Lessons

Our private ​​or semi-private lessons are focused on building the skills you and your horse need to reach your goals, making you both better partners, and improving your relationship.
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Play days & Obstacle Challenges

Never underestimate the power of play! Practice navigating obstacles, work the mechanical flag, and play silly games. Then test your skills in our Obstacle Challenges.

"Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.”

- English Proverb

Clinics


If you want to change your relationship with your horse, learn to make your horse better, and have a blast all at the same time, join us for a multi-day clinic. All of our clinics are focused on helping you reach your individual goals so you work on what you and your horse need to reach those goals. Attend one of our standard clinics held at Flying P Ranch in Gilroy, CA, or work with us to host a customized clinic at a facility of your choosing. Regardless of location or clinic focus, we always keep our numbers small so you get plenty of 1:1 instruction and support. 
Check out our schedule for more information
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Horsemanship Clinics
This clinic is for everyone. You will learn about the keys of horsemanship, and use training fundamentals and the Lead the Change principles to make progress on your individual goals, all while forming lasting friendships.
​Limited to 12 riders.
Confidence Clinics
Don't let fear, low self-esteem, or a lack of confidence keep you from your dreams! Work with us and a small, like-minded group in an inmate setting to conquer your fear, increase your knowledge and build your confidence.
​Limited to 6 riders.
Obstacle & Flag Clinics
Have a blast while teaching your horse to go on, over and through anything you put in their path. You and your horse will gain confidence as you conquer a variety of obstacles and practice cutting with the mechanical flag.
Limited to 8 riders.
Advanced Clinics
If you want to make a significant change in your relationship with your horse in a short amount of time, this clinic will Advance your skills. Unlike anything else, this clinic meets for 5 separate, 3-day sessions over a 2 month timespan.
Limited to 6 riders.
"Fear is a byproduct of knowledge.
Specifically, fear is knowledge of the problem without knowledge of, ​or confidence in, the solution."
- Dana De Frates
Let us share our knowledge with you and watch your confidence soar!
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Riding Lessons



Take lessons with us and do more than just improve your riding skills.
You will build confidence and learn to make your horse even better, all the while putting the principles and and practices of Horsemanship into action as you Lead the Change in your relationship. Our goal is for you to to reach yours so you no longer need lessons!  

Private and semi-private lessons are available on your horse at our facility, Flying P Ranch, located in Gilroy, CA.
Travel to your facility can be arranged for an additional fee.
At this time, we do not have horses available for lessons. 
We are SafeSport trained & certified. 
Contact Us To start fulfilling your dreams today!
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"At its finest, rider and horse are joined not by tack, but by trust.
Each is totally reliant upon the other.  
Each is the selfless guardian of the other's very well-being." ​


- Michael Plumb

Play days & OBSTACLE Challenges


Balancing work and play is an important skill to learn in any relationship, so give you and your horse a break from all the serious training you do and join us for a day of play! We will be here to guide you as you learn to work the mechanical flag, laugh with you as we play silly games on horseback, and support you as you challenge yourself and your horse with a variety of obstacles. As your horse gains confidence in these new activities, you will built trust, make memories and strengthen your relationship. Oh, and did we mention you'll have fun too?

Need a purpose to your play? That's cool. You can also come test your skills in our Extreme Cowboy style Obstacle Challenges which will take you and your horse both in and out of the arena through an ever changing, and seasonally appropriate, obstacle course in a race for the best time!
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CHECK OUT OUR SCHEDULE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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  • Home
  • Services
    • Clinics, Lessons & Play Days
    • Training
    • Relationship Rescue
    • Match Making
    • Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)
  • About
    • The Facility
    • Testimonials
  • Schedule
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Blog