Horseback Riding in Center Hill, Florida (Sumter County)

CHA Certified Riding Instruction and Horse Training. Keli Wakeley offers freelance riding instruction and training specializing in showmanship, hunter under saddle, equitation, competitive trail, western pleasure and horsemanship, AQHA, APHA and ApHC affiliation. Specializing in confidence building. Lessons and training structured for children and adults for pleasure or for show. WE DO NOT RECEIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION DIRECTLY and your interest is important to us! Please contact for service pricing and information or visit us at KW Performance Horses on Facebook.... See More

Canopy Oak Trails offers horseback riding
instruction for all levels of riders, from beginner to advanced, western or English. We are fortunate to have several excellent riding instructors, who love teaching beginners & kids. They also teach refresher lessons for those that haven’t ridden in many years.
They can nurture those that may have had bad experiences & wish to regain their confidence in a secure, safe environment. Lessons are available for advanced riders in jumping, dressage & eventing.

We have a 50’ wooden round pen, an arena with great footing & jumps, dressage letters, barrels for barrel racing & an agility course. There are also excellent trails -- lot's of them to enjoy, for those that have the skills to be safe on the trails.

We have many Western & English bridles/saddles of various sizes available for your use, as well as helmets, crops, saddlebags, etc.

Group lessons (usually 2 or 3 students) are $45, for one hour. Private lessons are $45 for a half hour lesson and $90 for a full hour lesson. Once proficient with grooming & tacking, students can arrive half an hour early to groom/tack/warm up before the lesson (and cool down untack, after the lesson is over).

We have a website: www.RidingCanopyOakTrails.com

Call or text to schedule your first lesson or a tour of our safe and scenic facility. I’d love to introduce you to the horses.

We are also have a leasing program, starting at $100/ month for 1 ride/week (for those taking regular lessons) and offer lesson/trail hybrids for beginners who would like to do a trail ride.

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Keli Wakeley began her career riding and training horses in 1997. She currently makes her home in Archer, Florida where she works for Camp Keystone as their Equine Director. Her career began in South Florida where she worked as a farm manager and quickly began riding with local trainers and soon began training and instructing for pleasure and show. In 2000 Keli was certified with the CHA for english and western disciplines and continued a freelance career riding, training and showing focusing on western pleasure, competitive trail, horsemanship, hunter under saddle, and equitation. After working as a veterinary technician for some time she then accepted a position with Camp Keystone and continues to freelance riding instruction and training in the north Florida area. Keli has been affiliated with AQHA, APHA and ApHC and offers freelance instruction and training for pleasure or show in the Gainesville, Florida area.... See More

We are a full training and boarding facility, offering qualified instruction with over thirty tears experience for the beginner to advanced rider, specializing in dressage. Our arenas have excellent footing even after the worst rain.

Cindy Rubel-Cianciotto is a Dressage and Hunt Seat Equitation Instructor/Trainer for over 30 years who relocated from Long Island, NY to Port Orange, Fl. Trained/training under 3 USDF Gold Medalist, 1 USDF Silver Medalist, and a Third Level 5star USET CDI Show Manager. Successfully competed through 2nd level and schooled in all PSG movements. Specializing in Dressage and a hybrid cross training program in Hunter/Jumper/Eventing/Recreational/ Natural Horsemanship. We have a rare couple of opening for a few new lesson clients. We gladly accept post trauma, nervous, and rehabilitation from injury of both horse and rider. We also welcome the plus size rider needing a trainer who understands the biomechanics, limitations, and balance issues of being a plus size rider. We also prep horses for in-hand breeding shows and inspections. We have boarding available at TCTS in New Smyrna Beach and offer freelance instruction within the Palm Coast-Oak Hill- eastern Oviedo region. Riding lessons private and semi private as well as horse-show services for schooling, local, regional, and national shows. We have students that have received awards/recognition at all competitions from locally to regionally. Insured.... See More

Instructor Michael Dreessen earned a bachelor's degree in horsemanship from Virginia Intermont College in 1987 and has been professionally teaching since that time. Lessons focus on the hunter jumper style or pleasure riding. All ages and skill levels are accepted.... See More

I have over twenty years experience of teaching children,and adults in Western Pleasure, Saddleseat, and beginning Hunt Seat. I have shown in Class A and B shows in the Midwest and California. The classes I have experience in are Saddleseat Equitation, English Pleasure, Pleasure Driving, Halter, Hunt Seat Equitation,and Beginning Jumping. I have a BS degree from Southern Illinois University in Equine Management and Beef Production. I enjoy developing riders to attain their goals.... See More

Wynfield Farm is located in Archer, Fl on 30 beautiful acres. Our privately owned facility offers a 6 stall barn, many grassy fields for turn out, and a lighted ring complete with hunter/jumper course. We specialize in the training of horses and riders for the hunter/jumper show ring. We offer several board optins from full board to training/consignment board. As well as private or group lessons for the beginner to advanced rider. We start lessons as young as age 5 and welcome the adult rider as well. Come and join us for some fun and learning and remember the horse always comes first! Pls use my email to contact me.... See More