Packages and Options

Whether you are a beginner or experienced rider we will create an individual riding program to suit your desiresand needs.The groups are never more than 3 riders. You will have riding lessons twice a day (on 5 days during the week). This could be a combination of natural horsemanship, lessons in western riding or spanish dressage riding and trailriding. 
 
Classical Dressage
Individual and group lessons are available for riders of an intermediate and better riding level. 
 
Doma Vaquera & Spanish Dressage
Doma Vaquera is Spain's oldest art of riding. This riding technique is used when working with cattle or bulls, the so called "toros bravos". A very well trained horse is needed for this riding style; riding with weight distribution and thigh pressure with little bridle. Most suited are mixed breeds, such as Anglo-Hispano and Hispano-Anglo-Arabians. This riding style requires a high degree of discipline and connection to the horse. It can be compared to S-level Dressage and riders should have good prior riding experience. Doma Vaquera training sessions are offered to advanced riders only. During the lessons you learn the following elements: collect your horse at walk, trot, canter, canter pirouettes, traverse, flying changes etc. You have with Magda Dysli a teacher at your side, who teaches you with a lot of knowledge and patience to ride with easy helps. 
 
Western Riding
There are 2 different courses in Western Riding
 a. Introductory course for beginners and newcomers.
Beginners or fearful riders learn the handling with the horses from beginning. The base is Natural Horsemanship. In these lessons we teach you to comunicate with the horse in his language. Step by step you learn to ride with invisible helps. You ride without saddle and train your natural balance in our round pen or in the arena. In the western lessons you learn the basic of all reining maneuvers.
 b. Specialized courses: reining, cutting, working cow horse.
This courses includes western dressage and you can improve your knowledge in special western disciplines. Twice a day you have riding lessons with Raphael Dysli or Bernd Sema, teachers with very profound experiences in western riding under the supervision of  Jean-Claude Dysli (world champion in Western riding). Both of them teach  „reining“ dressage; circle, gallop-changes, sliding stops, spins and rollbacks. 
 
Natural Horsemanship Program
Horsemanship means: „fairness“ from you to your partner - the horse. In this course you learn to communicate with your horse in his language. For horses time pressure does not exist, so you work without a time schedule. We train your reaction. With the calmness and concentration you form a partnership with your horse in harmony and balance. 
 
Additional riding options:
Of course trail riding is always available for nice daily outings. 
You can substitute:  2 instruction sessions = a three hour trail ride
 
There are full day trail rides available that you can participate in during the week (pending on other riders wanting to sign up as well - min is 3 riders).
 An all day trail ride with picnic = 2 instruction session +Euro 55 to pay locally
 
 **Thursdays is a day of rest on the Hacienda. On this day you'll have the opportunity, to go and experience the exhibition of the Classical Spanish Dressage in the Riding school of the Castlepark "Las Cadenas" in Jerez (best to have a rental car). 
 There is no riding on arrival and departure days.
 
There is no riding during the hot summer months of July and August - non riding rates would apply.