Horseback riding lessons with an instructor — lunge, arena and trail rides
Riding lessons suit first-timers getting on a horse, kids, and riders preparing for show jumping or dressage events. Say in an order whether you already trot and have your own horse, and instructors will respond. Or send a request to an instructor you pick by client reviews.
Riding instructors
How much a riding lesson costs
What affects the price
A stable horse or your own
If you ride a stable horse, its hire is included in the price, while on your own horse you usually pay only for the trainer's time.
Lunge, arena or trail ride
A lunge lesson, riding on your own in the arena under the instructor's eye and a trail ride through fields or forest are different services at different prices.
Private or in a group
In a private lesson the instructor watches only you, while a place in a group of several riders usually costs less.
Length and lesson packages
Half an hour and an hour in the saddle are priced differently, and a package of several lessons is usually better value than single ones.
Competition training
Show jumping or dressage training, preparing for competitions and support at shows usually cost more than leisure riding.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a riding instructor
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a riding instructor
- 1
A calm horse for a beginner
Ask which horse you or your child will be given: a beginner needs a calm, well-schooled horse, not a young or hot-blooded sport horse.
- 2
Helmet and footwear
Ride only in a riding helmet and check whether the stable has one in your size. Wear closed shoes with a small heel so your foot cannot slip through the stirrup.
- 3
How the first lessons go
Ask whether you will start with lunge lessons, with the instructor controlling the horse, and whether they will first show you how to approach and saddle a horse safely.
- 4
Age, weight and health
Check from what age the instructor takes children and whether there is a rider weight limit. Tell the instructor about injuries or pregnancy in advance, and if in doubt, consult a doctor.
- 5
Arena and weather
Ask where lessons take place: in an indoor arena you can ride all year round, while lessons in an outdoor arena depend on rain and frost.
What to put in the order
Who will ride: an adult or a child — and how old the child is
Experience: never been in the saddle, ride at a walk, or already trot and canter
What you are after: learning from scratch, trail rides, show jumping or dressage
Whether you will ride your own horse or need the instructor's horse
How far you are ready to travel to the stable and whether you need an indoor arena
Private or in a group, how many times a week and payment per lesson
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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