Silver Spur Riding School

My daughter loves silver spur, her favorite horse is jasper!

my daughter has been here twice so far and has loved the experience! we got this great Groupon and are very interested in continuing the lessons as the instructors are great, easy going and have a great sense of confidence that extends to the students. Watching the instructors with other students I have seen this in the smiles of the riders and customers including myself!

Love this riding school! Lindsey is the right mix of sweet and sassy. She is firm when she needs to be; yet, personable, friendly to all she encounters. She is organized and professional. She is patient with all the cute questions kids can ask. «Lindsay, why is horse poop so green? Why does my dog like to eat horse poop? Lindsay, why does your dog eat carrots? How can you tell if this horse is a male or female?» Mom is giggling. Love the words out of the mouths of babes.
She encourages growth, but doesn’t pressure the child or parents to do shows. She is direct without sounding like a drill sergeant. Kids scare easily when on top of big beast. She teaches both styles, Western and English. She doesn’t have airs about one style being better than the other. She empowers the children with affirmations when they perform well. You see their little chest puff up and eyes get so excited to please her and to make progress. Her program is about having fun with the option to show, lease, or however far the family wants to take it. She is flexible about working around families and their activities. For a woman who doesn’t have children of her own (yet), she just gets the bigger picture and doesn’t sweat the small stuff about dealing with kiddo’s like burn out, illness, stress of school. She has a good mix of horses for all levels, ages, and stages of development. Don’t quote me, but I think she has 6 or 7 now she rotates for lessons. My daughter is a Shiloh fan.
While she teaches the rider from collecting the horse, to saddling, riding, and finishing up in the cross stall, safety and proper care is always followed. Lindsay is easily accessible via text and is very responsive. My daughters like the addition of her new staff, Curtis. He is knowledgeable and has a warm energy to him as well. Her camps this summer were much fun, with plenty to do. My girl’s wish they could have had more riding time during the camps, but when they weren’t riding they were making friends and doing fun activities. This Location is conveniently located in Carmel Valley/​Rancho Santa Fe. There is plenty of parking, with 5 riding arenas.
Congratulation to Lindsay, and Noodle, for qualifying in the 2014 World Championship! We are rooting for ya!
Tip for ya, I have friends with older girls who ride the ponies. Word is, these teen girls fall in love with the horses, and then they have no time for boys or getting in kid trouble because they want to spend every minute riding and being with horses. Fingers crossed I will be so lucky. I have one 11 YO starting to be boy crazy. Gulp!

My daughter has been riding here with Lindsay for 2 years. She absolutely loves it. Lindsay is an easy fit with my daughter, they work great together. I have seen such a boost in her self confidence in these 2 years. This is definitely her happy place and it shows on her face every time I drop her off and pick her up. Lindsay is a true professional and her students get a very deep understanding of the horse and proper riding technique. I would recommend Silver Spur to anyone interested in learning how to ride and care for a horse properly.

Silver Spur Riding School is a super place to be if you love horses or just want to get to learn more about them. Lindsay is not only a great teacher for adults, she is outstanding (!) with kids and young adults. My experience has been that she taught me for a little while and my daughter for years now. Her summer camps are exceptional (mine LOVES to come back every year!). About her teaching style: she doesn’t just pamper you but allows the student to learn every aspect of horse care and riding so that the rider really learns the world of horses. She is friendly, caring, careful and even generous with her time and equipment. She is dependable (I really appreciate that!!) and she is organized. Lindsay encourages kids to excel into competition if they’d like to but never offers it to those not ready or not interested in that route (another thing I appreciate about her!) and for those riders who are not as good as the kids are (uh, like me, an adult!) she carefully instructs without pressure and without embarrassing the student. I have found other horse riding teachers who get angry and short tempered with students who learn at a slower pace but not Lindsay — NO question is silly to her and I love that about her! She really takes the time to make you feel important and she has a natural ability to teach. She was a champion horse rider — what more could you ask for!?! We’ve got a champion teacher in our own town! I TOTALLY recommend her riding camps and school to you. Try her and you’ll be so pleased. We’ve been for years.