Our lesson program offers a friendly, supportive atmosphere in which students are free to progress entirely at their own pace. We strive to maintain fun relaxation amidst the challenges of learning to ride correctly. In the first stages, students learn how to be calm, focused leaders of their equine partners. The emphasis is on balance, relaxation, and the body awareness/control that allows riders to move with the horse in harmony. With the basics properly instilled, riders are equipped to influence the horse’s movement in a positive way. When all of the various pieces of the puzzle are in place, riding feels like a dance - an almost magical intermingling of discipline and joy!

Instruction and the training of horses at Treasure takes place along a number of avenues, including dressage, western pleasure, reining and jumping. We offer year-round programs with outstanding clinicians in a variety of fields who are at the peak of their professional careers. These guest clinicians come from all over the US and abroad to share their skills with us.

Because we do not narrow our focus to only one discipline, we benefit from the opportunity to learn from diversity. There are many different branches on the tree of equine excellence!

On a somewhat technical note which may be of interest to those with considerable background, we are proud to announce that our educational philosophy draws from innovations in the field of biomechanics. This field offers scientific study of how horses use their bodies when they move. Not designed by nature to carry humans on their backs, horses actually have to learn how to carry this weight (and carry out requested tasks) comfortably, freely, and in a manner that will not be likely to lead to injury or lameness down the road. Across all of the disciplines, we teach based on the philosophy that the single most important goal is to encourage and enable riders to elicit correct movement from their horses.