Riding Lessons

Due to ife saving cancer treatments Libby is now immune compromised. Please be courteous and do not visit if you are ill.

All lessons are on hold until spring while Libby recovers from hip replacement surgery.

Libby is offering lessons for rider who can haul in their own horses. Our horses are available for ground lessons and a very limited number of riding lessons.

Libby also offers lessons at your site if you are within 20 minutes of Shepard Stable and have a riding space suitable for lessons.

Libby specializes in teaching balanced riding with the use of proper body, hand, and voice cues and works with each rider/horse pair to develop a partnership. She offers riding lessons to beginners and intermediate riders. She also teaches you to better understand your horse, which improves your communication and your horse's response to your cues.

Shepard Stable has a 70X110 lesson arena and a 140X200 show size arena. We are located just SW of Brookston, in southern White County.

If you choose to haul in all horses must have proof of vaccination and you must bring your own water buckets. All horses must be safe and appropriate for the riders.

Libby has been riding for over fifty years. She is an English and western riding instructor through the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA). She is also certified as a therapeutic riding instructor (CTRI) through the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl).

Libby's training and experience guarantee that her focus is on teaching a safe and effective lesson, using CHA standards to measure progress. Her therapeutic riding experience guarantees she insists on safety first! She is also Parelli certified and loves to help horse owners learn to better communicate with their horses. She continues to expand her knowledge by attending clinics and workshops.

Libby teaches English and western riding, ground lesson skills, horsemanship, and trail riding. She works with each rider to improve their self confidence and riding skills and to reach their personal goals.

The minimum age for lessons is ten years old and the maximum weight to ride a stable horse is 200 pounds, including saddle.

Please contact Libby using the Contact Form for more information.

Horsemanship & EAL Classes

Would you love to better understand your horses' body language? Do you want to learn natural horsemanship ground work with your horse? Are you interested in Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) classes?

All lessons are on hold until spring while Libby recovers from hip replacement surgery.

Instructor Libby Marks-Shepard teaches students how to better understand their horses' non verbal language in order to be able to better understand their horses. Her Horsemanship Classes are designed to help you stay safe and for you and your horse become a better partners. She strongly recommends that individuals starting their journey with horses begin with ground lessons!

Libby is certified with the CHA, PATH Intl, and Parelli. While she prefers you bring your own horse, you can work with one of ours. She is delighted to provide you a horse matched to your needs for EAL classes!