How many lessons do you hav a week/month?

[jessikaGinger]

i have a fairly green 6/7yro mare
she has been having lessons (intructor riding) for 4weeks now and she's coming on leaps and bounds
she has one a week @ £30 for 1 hour

i can afford ths for another month or so but then i 'may' need to change to bi weekly

so how often do you/yours have lessons? im not the best of rider's but i can try and keep her practicing what she has learnt until the instructor comes again

 

[Supertrooper]

Once a fortnight for half an hour, £12.50 and then prob one a week with a friend who will take payment by either letting her ride him or chocolate ;-)

 

[ellie_e]

I have loads!!! Normally go to a riding club lesson once a week £10 (jumping), plus then have at least 1 dressage lesson (normally 2) a month at £20, then go to clinics (showjumping) £35-45 depending who clinic is with once a month, and manybe every other week go for a shared lesson with my mum £22

 

[catwithclaws]

i have a 45min private flat lesson once a week at £15 a time. my instructor is brill and she comes out to me. think £15 is pretty good

 

[ihatework]

I try on the whole to have 2 private dressage and 1 private showjump a month.
These are topped up with the odd group/pair/ RC session or camp type thing, SJ & XC.
I work on an average training budget of £150 a month

 

[Silver-Moon]

I have a 4 1/2 yo who i have lessons on once a week (no fee, just help my RI look after her girls ) and one a fortnight on big hoss (again no fee, just chocolate, letting RI ride big hoss, and helping with her girls...lucky me) but I am aiming for RC this year so suspect that here will be an increase in training budget that is currently set a zero!!

 

[bumblelion]

It depends really. If there's something me and my horses are struggling with, then once a week at £30 an hour. Otherwise once a month just to keep me in check!!

 

[samsbilly]

I just about manage one every 6-8 weeks. £45 for an hour. Trying to have a few more but Only due to hubby being away and less petrol and food to pay out for x

 

[rowy]

varies a lot.
Generally have about 2-3 a month. Not all with one horse though, have maybe 2 with one horse and 1 with the other one month and then opposite next month. Costs £15 for 45minutes.
I generally have a lesson when I think I have accomplished all homework from previous week and I think my horse has made an improvement or if I get stuck in a rut and need some pointers.

 

[Sameru]

at the minute... NONE! and we are getting on far better!

 

[Buds_mum]

One half hour a lesson a week on my 4yr old, my RI comes to us, its £14 and we're coming on leaps and bounds. Chuffed atm tbh

 

[jessikaGinger]

i think i may ask if we can have 30mins once a week as we will only ever be happy hackers with a bit of schooling here and there

Some of you must be loaded

 

[Shutterbug]

I have a one hour lesson every week with my regular instructor and also a one hour lesson with another instructor who is slightly more expensive once a month or so.

 

[diamondrockharvey]

Some of you must be loaded

I was just thinking the same thing

I am going to a 2 day clinic in June and hopefully doing a clinic in later on in the summer but that's as far as my pennies stretch, especially as I have just bought a new saddle

 

[roanwitch]

Every other week, 1/2 hour. My instructor is brilliant, can't praise him enough for putting up with me. I've so much more confidence, therefore my boy is going really well.

 

[Pablo349]

When mine is ridable we have between 1-2 lessons a week at £15 for an hour, my instructor comes to my yard.

 

[HDPE]

In an average 'at home' week I have 2 one hour lessons: 1 for each horse, then sometime I'll have state camp or something similar and have 4 lessons a day for a few days (tired ponies - and me! - after those!)
I alternate trainers each week, so see each one fortnightly, and one charges 90aud per lesson, the other 105 (about £60 - £70 I think)

 

[diddydavies]

I have a 'young' 7 yr old and I am a bit rusty so between us we have 3 - 1/2 hr lessons a week @ £8 a time. He has at least 1 lesson without me which has made all the difference and find we have both come on loads. Will continue as long as I can.

 

[dollymix]

I have an hour lesson for £20 once a week. We vary flat and jumping.
Plus I also pay her to ride my ID mare if I am away at an event (I take photos) at around £15 for half an hour.
However, my instructor is fab and quite often goes over the time without charging for more

 

[Lolo]

Al has almost weekly lessons, anywhere between 30 and 90 minutes (depending on what mood Reg is in and what the goals were) costing £30. They don't compete as often as lots of others do though- its 2 rounds SJ, and Al is very happy to have a lesson instead!

 

[maxine1985]

Once a week £45 for an hour, then try and do a xc clinic or something once a month, horse is young and green and a very quick learner!! He's improving on a day to day basis, feel if i was to leave it too long between lessons bad habits could be quickly learned!

 

[JustKickOn]

I try to have two a month. Usually about £30-£35, depends which instructor I have to teach me

 

[monkeybum13]

Generally an hour each week.

 

[dafthoss]

Well we do pc about 2 or three times a month in the summer so altough its not the same as a proper lesson it gets lots of diffrent peoples opinion involved and has given me quite a few useful exercises.

Now also having flat work lessons when I can fit them in, I need to give him a good few days working on what we did in the previous one to get the best from them. I'm finding them really helpful as although I know what I need to do with him he is really evasive so just having some one with new exercises and a pair of eyes on the ground has really helped us in just 2 sessions. Which reminds me I must book another for next week.

Also having a some lessons on one of the little ponies I'm riding for a friend as again I know what I need to do with him but his owner wants her daughters instructor to see what he is like with a bigger rider and get me some help to speed the process up so we can move on to jumping so her daughter can do some with him this summer.

 

[lilyoftheincas]

i have a 45min private flat lesson once a week at £15 a time. my instructor is brill and she comes out to me. think £15 is pretty good

£15 is brilliant for a private!

 

[noodle_]

for me its more like "per year.........."


my last lesson was sometime in autumn 2011


When im back riding i will be hammering the lessons over winter 2012.

 

[Celestica]

Dont have my own although I only ride every 2nd weekend. I used to ride every weekend but decided to switch from group to private lessons (group 25 private 50) and although I'm riding less I've come on a huge amount within 3 private lessons! It's supposed to be 50 euro for an hour but my instructor normally goes on until she's satisfied which can be an hour and forty five minutes nearly

 

[Waffles]

Ooh.... I think last time I had a lesson I was on the lead rein in about 1970.

 

[Fosterdown]

I try to have one a fortnight @ £45 per hour I can't afford any more, but it helps me to improve and with my teaching so worth it

 

[JFTDWS]

None Haven't had a lesson in donkeys years (with one disasterous exception )