Foster positive relationships with horses while teaching horsemanship in a safe and supportive environment that encourages kindness, confidence, independence, and critical thinking.
- 2026 Horse Show Dates Coming Soon
- Check out our Summer School Options Here
- 2026 Horsemanship Program Details Coming Soon
- Equine Safety
- Grooming
- How to groom
- Proper tools & their purposes
- Styles for disciplines
- Groundwork
- Riding
- Understanding disciplines
- Learning equine body language
- Applying proper cues
- Learning gaits
- Show Team
OUR 2/22 MEETING WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. EMAIL OURFARMYARDMARYLAND@GMAIL.COM FOR A LINK!
Our Services
Every rider starts with the fundamentals of safety, balance, cues, animal care, and equine body language. Our goal is to help riders become well-rounded and confident.
Leadline Mini- Lesson ($40) – For children ages 3-5. These lessons are 30 minutes and include grooming and deadline riding.
Private Lessons ($60) – For children ages 5 to adults. A one-hour lesson includes grooming, tacking, riding and un-tacking.
Group Lessons ($45 per rider) At the instructor’s discretion, riders can participate in group lessons. These sessions help riders improve skillsets with spacing, equine interaction, distractions and more. This is a great way to practice for horse shows and other off-site events.
Trail Rides & Offsite Activities Available by Request – Use contact form below
Helmet Policy: Riders who have completed five private lessons and wish to continue riding regularly will be required to purchase their own properly fitted riding helmet.
Meet Our Instructors
Brittany
Brittany attended Wilson College, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in 2015, majoring in Equine Facilitated Therapeutics, Religious Studies, and minoring in Animal Studies. From 2016-2019, Brittany worked as a Therapeutic Riding Instructor at the Franklin County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Center in Franklin County before pursuing her Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at McDaniel College. Brittany has two horses in her care and enjoys participating in Hunter Paces and Trail Riding.
Emily
Emily (Department Chair)Emily is the Equine Director at The Farmard She has a Bachelor of Science in Equine Studies from Wilson College. Since then, she has experience caring for horses, desensitizing them, assisting with breeding programs and handling foals at Hanover Shoe Farms. She has now been teaching riding lessons at The Farmyard for the last 4 years. In 2022, Emily was named Farmyard Staff Member of the Year for the time, energy and creativity she dedicated to the equine department.
She is also the mastermind behind decorating our barn during various seasons!
Madison
Madison has been riding for four years. She is most familiar with western riding, but loves riding bareback as well! She has participated in horseback riding camp, showed with The Farmyard and loves taking lessons and learning about horses. She is known for teaching others about Jumanji, an American Cream Draft Horse that lives at The Farmyard. She will be assisting with leadline and beginner lessons this summer. Outside of riding, she has helped with Farmyard Christmas Tree sales, events and competes on Susquehannock’s color guard.
Josie
Josie is completing her Sophomore Year at Loyola University. She has been riding for 19 years and teaching for six. She is a competitive dressage rider and a USDF Bronze Medalist. She had the honor to ride with multiple Olympic Trainers in her career as well as serve on the Maryland Dressage Associations since 2019. In 2019, she was the National Reserve Champion in IEA. In 2022, she was the Reserve Champion at CBLMs. She has also competed up to the Prix St. Georges. She began taking Farmyard riders to horse shows in 2024 and created a Hunter Jumper and Dressage Show Team in 2025!
Sophie
Sophie is in her final year at Susquehannock High School. She has been showing since she was 6 years old. Her go-to discipline is Dressage. She is a USDF Bronze Medalist and the Junior Vice President for the Maryland Dressage Association. She has had the opportunity to show multiple times at the CBLM dressage championships with her mom as her coach and sometimes her Pas de Duex partner. Outside of riding, she plays lacrosse and plans to pursue a career in Film and TV directing.
