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Onnie’s Riding Lessons

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Onnie’s Riding Lessons

Western and English private riding lessons in Homer Glen. Multiple disciplines available.

04/28/2025

Looking to improve your Horsemanship patterns? Or are you interested in trying a horsemanship class for the first time? Whether you have been showing in the horsemanship for years, or have never done a pattern class, we would love to have you join our clinic!

04/16/2025

In our program I’m always looking to improve the horses and continue to grow as a rider so I can share more with the students! I have a lot of respect for dressage but couldn’t tell you the first thing about doing it. This weekend I tried something new and went to a dressage clinic taught by Ken Borden. Last minute I decided to bring Halo instead of one of my older, more broke horses and her and I both learned so much! You’ll see her biggest struggle is accepting contact on the bit and holding collection, but when she gets it, I think she looks pretty cool. She will be making her way to a western dressage show or two this year.

04/04/2025

Halo is slowly starting to step up into a lesson horse role! I’ll be making an intro post for her soon so be on the lookout for that! She can be a challenging ride so very proud of this student and how they worked together tonight! Halo is on the green side but is progressing nicely!

02/23/2025

My first year of coaching for Illinois State University has come to a close. And what a great weekend to wrap up the year! 4th place in the region and so many great rides. This team worked so hard this year and their improvements continued to show throughout the season, we saw such huge improvements in their riding and in their score sheets. It was such an honor to be their coach and I’m already looking forward to next year.

Thank you to Black Hawk College Equestrian Program for hosting!

12/01/2024

Offering a special 2 day winter camp! Our beginner camp is open to everyone ages 5+, and our advanced camp is open to students in any lesson program that are able to canter on their own. Both camps will have riding both days, games, and horse care activities, and our advanced camp will be learning some ground work skills as well! Message me to sign up!

11/26/2024

Super proud of our sweet Jazzy this weekend! She got to go to college! Jazzy participated in her first IHSA horsemanship show and handled it so well. For those who don’t know how the IHSA shows are run it is off of a random draw for horses, and you don’t get to practice on them ahead of time, you draw a horse and have to go show and in this case ride a pattern on a new horse. Over the course of the weekend she had 10 riders that never met her before ride her, and did 5 different patterns. She was quiet and levelheaded through it all which I would have never thought this horse would be able to do something like this, especially coming off of a 3 day barrel race last weekend. It was a mental challenge for her for sure but I’m so happy with how she did! She had a few minor things to work out but overall such a great experience!

11/02/2024

Happy 3rd birthday to Painted Ha-Lo Ranch! We signed the lease 3 years ago yesterday. Living out a childhood dream has been such a blessing even though it’s a lot of work and sometimes a lot of stress. We have changed and grown so much since starting and I’m thankful for our wonderful boarders, lesson students, and everyone else who has been part of this journey. I’ll have to put all the pictures side by side so you can see the changes to our family through the years!

09/30/2024

This weekend was the start of the IHSA Western season! So proud of the team from Illinois State University for placing in every class they were in this weekend! We learned a lot and have a lot to work on but it was an amazing start to the year. I can’t wait to watch the team grow and improve throughout the season. And thank you so much to Black Hawk College Equestrian Program for hosting a great show with great horses. I graduated from the school in 2018 and it felt great to be back.

08/07/2024

This horse has been a personal project for years and one of the two horses the farm is named after! We’ve had a rough start but she is finally starting to come along nicely! I am currently offering off-site lessons so I can come to you! I am insured to teach at any facility I go to so PM me if you need some help with your own horse in the comfort of your own arena!

07/31/2024

So proud of this group at the horse show this weekend! Everyone did fantastic in their pleasure and speed classes, lots of top 3 placings! And lesson horse Jazzy won the high point for senior pleasure! Great job!

05/02/2024

We have a few openings left for summer camps!

11/03/2023

If you are ever looking for an easy way to help out the ranch, leave us a review! This helps other people become interested in joining the program. We have a few more spots we are looking to fill before winter.

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Homer Glen, IL

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+18155790844

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