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  Elmington Farm                                                                           Phone: (540) 955-6219
    
Elmington Farm, LLC, 345 Elmington Lane, Berryville, VA 22611                                                   E-mail: info@elmington.com
 

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Lara and Lady in Red at the Red Hills
International Horse Trials


(left) Lara and OTTB, "Ned" schooling at home.
(right) Lara and Lady in Red at the Training 3-Day at Waredaca HT


(Left) OTTB "Ernie" meets Grace
(Right) Galeto and Lila


 

 

     
                    

INSTRUCTOR:
Melissa Hunsberger 
ICP (instructor cert. program USEA) Level 3
Top 20 finisher @ Rolex Winning 4 y/o USEA young event horse championship 2014
Clinics with George Morris, Joe Fargis, Peter Foley, etc.
Phyllis Dawson 10yrs assistant trainer.
Assistant trainer for Stephen Bradley.
Melissa holds clinics in PA, VA, MD, TX, SC, & Guatemala.
She is loved by all of her students and has a gift for communication.
She has a passion for teaching and wants to help people with their riding goals.
RATES: Lesson Packages $250 per month/1 hour lesson per week. Single lessons are $70. ea. A limited number of "working student" positions are available.

Beginner* - 15 minutes of grooming/tacking 30 minutes riding
15 minutes horse care/tack clean-up
* beginner lessons include information & instruction that
includes work, research, and exercises to be completed
at home at an appropriate level for age.

Intermediate** -
15 minutes of supervised warm-up 45 minutes of instruction.
** Rider is responsible for grooming & tacking horse and must
be ready for warm-up at designated lesson time. Additionally,
each rider will properly cool/groom horse & clean/put away
tack after lesson. 
Advanced *** -
60 minutes of instruction.
*** Rider is responsible for grooming &
tacking horse, warming-up, and must be ready lesson
at designated time. Additionally, each rider
will properly cool/groom horse & clean/put away
tack after lesson.
All riders must provide their own ASTM approved
helmet and have proper boots with heels.
All riders and both parents or legal guardians of
minors must sign a release.


All riders under the age of 18 must have a parent
or legal guardian with them for the first lesson.
After the first lesson any parent or legal guardian
leaving their child at Elmington Farm, LLC without
their direct supervision, must sign a letter of permission
for their child to be left under the supervision of the
consigned instructor


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