Unlock Your Horse's Potential
Become a More Capable Horsewoman
Private and small-group horsemanship lessons for motivated women who want to develop their skills, deepen their understanding, and become more capable of training the horses underneath them.
Whether you're looking to refine your feel and timing, improve your horse's softness and responsiveness, work through challenges, or advance toward new goals, the LNH Lesson Program is designed to help you grow as a horsewoman while bringing out more of your horse's potential.
Learn to Train the Horse Underneath You
My lesson program is built around helping you become more capable of developing your own horse.
Whether your goals are recreational or performance-focused, I want to help you improve the quality of what is happening underneath you. That may mean building a softer, more responsive trail or ranch horse, refining body control and transitions, preparing for ranch versatility or another performance event, or simply becoming more confident in your ability to work through problems on your own.
That means looking beyond whether your horse completed an exercise or maneuver and paying attention to how it was accomplished. Was your horse soft, responsive, and balanced? Could you influence the shoulders, ribcage, and hindquarters? Did you recognize when something needed to change, and did you know how to make that adjustment?
Through groundwork and riding, we'll work on developing better timing, feel, communication, and responsiveness while helping you understand how to apply those skills to your own horse.
The goal is to give you more than a collection of exercises. I want you to understand how to use what you're learning to continue developing your horse, whatever direction you choose to take your horsemanship.
Developing More Than Riding Skills
One of my favorite parts of teaching is watching women discover what they're capable of, both with their horses and within themselves.
Horsemanship has a way of developing more than technical riding ability. It asks for patience, awareness, confidence, resilience, accountability, and the ability to solve problems when things don't go according to plan. There will be times when your horse challenges your timing, your confidence, or your ability to make a decision and follow through.
There will be frustrating rides, mistakes, and moments when something that seemed simple suddenly feels difficult again. But learning to work through those experiences, recognize the small improvements, and keep moving forward is part of what makes the process so rewarding.
I want the women I work with to become more confident in their own judgment, more willing to try something unfamiliar, and more comfortable learning through mistakes. Having another set of eyes and an experienced perspective is always valuable, but I also want you to develop the ability to think through challenges and make decisions on your own.
I care about progress in the horse, but I also care about the kind of horsewoman you're becoming through the process. Results, placings, and prizes can be exciting, but they aren't the only measure of progress. Sometimes the bigger accomplishment is becoming more confident, more resilient, and more capable of handling the next challenge, whether that's in your horsemanship or elsewhere in life.
Practice, Observe & Apply
I prefer to work with riders on an ongoing basis rather than through one-off lessons because I want the work we do together to have some continuity. Horsemanship is rarely about fixing one thing and never thinking about it again. As one piece improves, another becomes clearer, and having that ongoing relationship gives us the opportunity to connect those pieces over time.
What happens between each lesson is just as important as what we accomplish during the hour spent together in the arena. You can learn a great deal during a lesson, but meaningful progress comes from taking that knowledge home, putting it into practice, and being consistent enough to recognize what is improving and what still needs work.
My goal is for you to leave each lesson with a better understanding of what we worked on and a few specific priorities to focus on at home. As you practice, I encourage you to pay attention to how your horse responds, what feels different, and where you might need to make an adjustment. When we get together again, we can evaluate that progress, troubleshoot what isn't working, and continue building on what you've learned.
I ask students to plan for at least one lesson per month, although I recommend every other week for more consistent development, and weekly lessons can be even more beneficial. I understand that weather, travel, and seasonal commitments sometimes require flexibility, but the intention is to maintain an ongoing learning relationship rather than schedule a handful of occasional lessons.
From Lessons to the Performance Arena
For students interested in competing, showing offers another opportunity to put your horsemanship to work, gain experience, and see how the skills we've been developing hold together in a different environment. It's also an opportunity to recognize what's improving, discover areas that need more attention, and continue progressing toward your goals.
As an extension of my ongoing lesson program, I offer Show Support at select events to help you and your horse make the most of that experience.
Show Support gives you an experienced set of eyes and additional guidance throughout the show day. Depending on what you and your horse need, that may include individual or group warm-up coaching, ringside feedback before and after your classes, help working through challenges that arise, or having me step on your horse when needed. I'll also do my best to capture video of your runs and take photos of your results and scoresheets when I'm available.
Whether we're making an adjustment during warm-up, talking through a particular challenge, or reviewing a run afterward, I want you to leave with a better understanding of what went well and what we can continue improving.
Show Support is available to established LNH lesson students, allowing us to build on the relationship, skills, and understanding we've already developed together.
From the Women I've Worked With
“Lexy is genuinely on board with training me to train my horse, not just training me to ride a horse that already knows everything. My horse doesn't have all the maneuvers. Instead of that being a problem, Lexy gives me the actual tools to teach him myself.”
“Lexy is patient with where I'm at. I don't get it right the first time, my riding is sloppy sometimes, and my horse is still learning too.”
“It's felt like a real process, not just a series of lessons, and it's built way more of a connection between me and my horse than I expected.”
- Shanna S.
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Who Is the LNH Lesson Program For?
My lesson program is best suited for motivated women who already have some riding experience and want to develop a deeper understanding of their horses, refine their horsemanship, and continue challenging themselves to improve.
You don't need to have everything figured out, and your horse certainly doesn't need to be finished. Whether you've spent years riding recreationally or have experience in the performance arena, there's always another layer of understanding and refinement to develop. That may mean improving your feel and timing, developing greater softness and body control, expanding your training knowledge, or preparing for more advanced work with your horse.
Motivated teenagers can also be a great fit when the desire to learn and improve is coming from them.
More than anything, I'm looking for students who are curious, coachable, and willing to put what they're learning into practice. You don't need to get everything right the first time, but you do need to be invested in the process and willing to keep working at it.
The NExt Step
If you're ready to invest in your horsemanship and think the LNH Lesson Program might be a good fit for you, I'd love to learn more about you, your horse, and what you're hoping to accomplish.
Start by completing a short Lesson Interest Form, where you can share a little about your riding experience, your horse, and the areas you'd like to improve. From there, you'll be able to schedule a Lesson Discovery Call so we can talk through your goals, discuss how my program works, and determine whether we're a good fit for working together.
For students I haven't worked with before, we'll typically begin with an Initial Evaluation Lesson. This gives me the opportunity to see you and your horse work together, better understand where you're starting, and identify priorities for our future lessons. If we've already worked together through training, owner lessons, or Mini Clinics, we may be able to move directly into regular lessons instead.