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Advanced Horsemanship Class
A 10-Month Journey Toward Precision, Partnership, and Feel
Step further into the heart of Michelle Jerry Horsemanship with our Advanced Riding Class—designed for riders who are ready to deepen communication, refine timing, and create softness and responsiveness in every step. This program connects everything you’ve built on the ground to purposeful work in the saddle. It’s not about patterns or performance—it’s about developing a horse that moves with confidence, balance, and willingness because of the clarity found in your leadership.
No matter your discipline, this class will give you the tools to go in any direction you want to grow. The principles and techniques you’ll learn apply to everyone—from dressage riders to ranch riders, from recreational trail riders to those stepping into the show pen. This is horsemanship that builds the horse’s mind, body, and confidence—and strengthens your leadership in a way that transfers to every arena, trail, or partnership goal.
What You’ll Experience
Throughout the program, you’ll build on your foundational horsemanship and step into the finer details of advanced riding. We focus on precision without pressure, progress without tension, and confidence for both horse and rider.
You’ll learn to:
• Use your seat, legs, and hands with intention and clarity
• Create softness, responsiveness, and lightness in your horse
• Strengthen your timing, feel, and energy awareness
• Develop balance, body control, and engagement in your horse
• Connect groundwork to every movement in the saddle
• Ride with purpose, confidence, and quiet leadership
This class meets you where you are and helps you move forward with steady, meaningful progress.
Exclusive Bonus for Advanced Students
Enrollment in the Advanced Riding Class includes free access to our Private Facebook Group and Online School—featuring technique breakdowns, guided practice sessions, homework support, and continued encouragement between class days.
Why Advanced Horsemanship?
Advanced Horsemanship at Michelle Jerry Heart & Hooves Horsemanship is not about asking for more, faster, or bigger. It’s about riding and working your horse with greater intention. We aren’t chasing perfection or high-pressure performance. We are cultivating:
• A horse that thinks with you
• A rider who communicates clearly and confidently
• A partnership that feels good on both sides
We see the horse and rider as a complete team—mind, body, and heart working together. When your horse follows your seat, responds to your energy, and carries themselves with balance and softness, it’s not accidental. It comes from trust, understanding, and quiet leadership that is built from the inside out.
This is where groundwork, liberty, ranch work, trail work, and riding all connect into one shared language.
This is where your partnership becomes calm, clear, connected, and powerful—not through force, but through feel.
2026 Advanced Horsemanship Class
Cost
$575
Payment Plans for 10-Month Classes
Our 10-month programs are designed to support long-term growth and development.
To make this commitment accessible, we offer flexible monthly payment plans and discounts when enrolling in more than one 10-month class.
Contact Heart & Hooves to go over payment options.
(This includes the full Liberty Class held at Split Rock Equestrian Centre.)
Stalls, if needed, are arranged separately through Claire.
Schedule
Michelle Jerry Heart & Hooves Horsemanship
Experience a full-year journey of refinement, communication, and confidence in the saddle. This Advanced Riding program is designed to help you connect your groundwork to purposeful riding—creating softness, balance, and responsiveness in every movement.
📚 Online Classroom Sessions (via Zoom)
Learn from the comfort of home as we establish the foundation for
advanced riding communication and feel.
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January 10th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Introduction to Advanced Riding & Program Overviews
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February 14th | 1:00pm-3:00
Foundation Riding Knowledge
🎥 Live Demonstrations (In-Person at H&H Arena or via Zoom)
Watch real-time demonstrations of riding principles applied with clarity and purpose.
March 14th 1:00pm-3:00pm
April 11th 1:00pm-3:00pm
Advance Horsemanship Sessions
(In Person at Split Rock Arena)
Bring your horse and apply what you’ve learned with personalized guidance and support.
All sessions run from 12:30pm-3:30pm
May 16th
June 20th
July 18th
August 15th
September 19th
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Demo Day @ Heart & Hooves Arena
A celebration of your growth, partnership, and progress—open to family, friends, and spectators.
October 10th | Time TBD
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Why This Advanced Riding Program is Unique
This program is more than a class—it’s a journey of refinement, confidence, and true partnership. What sets it apart:
✔ A full 10-month progression—allowing time to grow, apply, and truly understand
✔ Supportive, personalized instruction that fits any discipline or riding style
✔ Seamless connection from groundwork to body control to advanced riding
✔ A focus on feel, timing, softness, and clarity instead of pressure or force
✔ Led by Michelle Jerry, a Ken McNabb Master Trainer, alongside the Heart & Hooves Horsemanship team
✔ A community atmosphere where you’re seen, supported, and encouraged every step of the way
This is horsemanship that lasts—because it is built with intention, patience, and heart.
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To Register for Advanced Riding Class, follow this link:
How to Register
How to Pay
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Cash
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Check: Mailed to 36105 State Hwy 6 Deer River, MN 56636
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