Riders Elite Academy offers training designed to meet your needs. Choose from our most popular clinics or customize your own. For information on pricing or scheduling a clinic, call us at 763-498-6565, or e-mail us at clinics@riderselite.com.

Horsemanship Clinic
Perfect for riding clubs, trail clubs or your local stable group.

Training Focus

• Improve Communication Between Horse and Rider
• Develope Control and Responsiveness
• Balanced Seat Equitation
• Sensory Training to Despook your Horse
• Mounted Drills
• Rider Exercises to Increase Flexibility
• Safety Protocols
• Saddle and Tack Fit

Trail Safety Clinic
Benefits trail riders and those who enjoy an occasional ride out of the arena.

Training Focus

• Safety Considerations when Selecting Riding Equipment
• Precautions to Eliminate Horse and Equipment Theft
• Self Defense on the Trail
• First Aid and Developing an Emergency Action Plan
• Conquering Obstacles
• Handling Problems, Barn Sour, Jigging, Runaways etc.
• Emergency Dismount Techniques

Mounted Patrol Refresher
Designed for Mounted Police, Posse and Reserve units that have had prior mounted patrol training.

Training Focus

• Horsemanship
• Obstacle Course and Sensory Training
• Real Life Scenarios
• Mounted Patrol Tactics
• Drill and Formation Riding
• Crowd Control and Civil Disobedience
• Handling Evidence at a Crime Scene
• Defensive Tactics and Self-Defense

40 Hour Mounted Patrol Clinic

40 Hour Basic Mounted Patrol Clinic
Valuable for new members of your mounted patrol unit.

Training Focus

• Horsemanship and Equitation
• Safe Ground Handling
• Tactical Use of the Horse
• Use of Force Continuum
• Drill and Formation Riding
• Defensive Tactics and Self-Defense
• Search and Rescue
• Animal Behavior
• Crowd Control and Civil Disobedience

Riding Lessons

Lesson Programs
Our aim is to help students achieve their individual horsemanship goals. Instruction is provided through private, semiprivate or group formats.

Training Focus

• Safe Riding Principles
• Balanced Seat Equitation
• Ground Handling to Develop Respect
• Lunge Line Lessons for Balance and Seat Development
• Rider Exercises for Flexibility
• Communication Through Rider Aides