Services

Winsley Park Equestrian’s services are all aimed at helping to form happy, healthy, and harmonious horse and rider partnerships.
Equine Health 

• Equine Massage Therapies: help your horse to feel and perform at its best, with sports massage, myotherapy, trigger point/neuromuscular therapy, and may include one area for treatment with photobiomodulation/red light therapy. Treatments are available on-site at Winsley Park Equestrian for $90. Contact Annemarie for pricing at your location (varies depending on distance). Ask about our ‘Multi-service Discount’.
• Photobiomodulation/Red Light Therapy: uses Red Light and Near Infra Red Light to increase cellular activity to improve overall health, reduce inflammation, repair soft tissues, and improve circulation. Treatments use the Topline Red Light Therapy Pad, Red Light Leg Wraps, Red Light Hoof Boots, Large Red Light Wrap for sessions of 30 minutes. Sessions at Winsley Park Equestrian are $60. Ask Annemarie about pricing at your location (varies depending on distance). Also, Red Light Add-on sessions are available for Equine Massage treatments, for an extra 20 minutes and just $30.
• Holistic Assessments: dynamic evaluation of your horse (observed while ridden and/or in-hand/lunged) for recommendations regarding next steps in training, performance or combating particular issues covering conformation, posture, balance, areas of tension, hoof and musculoskeletal functioning, bitting and tack, horse/rider exercises for improvement and rehabilitation. $60 at Winsley Park Equestrian and rate varies for other locations according to travel.

Riding, Training & Horse Care Lessons 

• Starter Rides: learn (or re-learn) the basics in private lessons on our school horses, catering for beginners, riders needing a confidence boost, or those who have ridden before and want to brush up on the basics of mounting and dismounting safely, starting, stopping, steering, walking, trotting (sitting and rising), and canter (subject to instructor’s assessment). Learn at your own pace and benefit from Annemarie’s tailored approach, informed by years of riding experience and many years as a teacher. $40 for 30 minutes. (*Recommended for riders 8 years old through to adults of any age; subject to weight limits for horse welfare reasons)
• Train the Trainer: work through a particular issue with your horse, or learn how to become your horse’s trainer, in-hand or under saddle, with Annemarie coaching you step-by-step towards your horse-training goals. $80 for 60 minutes at Winsley Park Equestrian.
• Private Riding Lessons: available on school horses at Winsley Park Equestrian ($75 for 45 minutes), or on your own horse either at Winsley Park Equestrian ($80 for 60 minutes) or at your own venue (rate varies depending on travel). Intensive private coaching sessions for riders seeking improvement in their skills, which is great for those wanting a deeper understanding of riding and horse-training, or for those planning to compete, or who are already out competing (dressage/flatwork/showing, poles, show jumping, three phase equitation/obstacles, cross country, or custom focus).
• Private Classical In-hand lessons: $40 for 30 minutes with your own horse
• Theory/horse care lessons: stand alone or add-on sessions to riding lessons; learn about caring for a horse, grooming, tacking up and more. If there’s a topic that you’re interested in, just ask - $20 for 30 minutes.

Horse Riding Clubs Association of Victoria (HRCAV) Services 

• Instruction at clinics or HRCAV rallies: organisers, please contact Annemarie for her day rate (varies depending on distance).
• HRCAV Level Assessment: official HRCAV Level Assessments as required by the HRCAV for horse and rider combinations wishing to compete (all HRCAV disciplines available) held at Winsley Park Equestrian for $60 per combination.
• HRCAV Helmet-Tagging Service: free for HRCAV members at Winsley Park Equestrian (appointment required).

Equestrian Facilities Hire, incorporating:

- use of the Upper Arena (multipurpose, 75 x 45m, Ercildoune sand);
- use of the Middle Arena (25 x 22m grass/sand arena with mirror - use of lights for $5 extra);
- use of the Lower Arena (52 x 35m grass arena with obstacle course);
- use of working equitation/3PE/trail obstacle course (including rope gate, pick up and place object, 2 barrels, varied footing box, bull & ring, high trail bridge with bank/drop, jump,  teeter-totter/seesaw, bell-ring with corridor, filled tyres, pick your way logs, side pass pole, and low trail bridge, rein back L corridor, stock pen, single slalom, walk through noodles, flag/pole and drum);
- use of round yard (20m diameter, Ercildoune sand);
- use of parking area;
- use of arena-side grandstand and bench seating;
- use of picnic table (next to parking area); 
- use of portable toilet.

• Shared-use hire of facilities listed in description above (excludes cross country*): non-exclusive facilities hire for property access in a 1-hour block  (up to 3 different users may hire at same time): $20 per user; or $30 per user for a 2-hour block.
• Private-use hire of facilities listed in description above (excludes cross country*): exclusive facilities hire for property access in a 4-hour block (individual hire or same group hire, maximum 10 users): $200.
• Whole day private-use hire of facilities listed in description above (excludes cross country*): exclusive facilities hire for property access in an 8-hour block (individual hire or same group hire, maximum 20 users): $400 (use of additional equipment such as show jumping competition set, or portable dressage arenas is extra - enquire for pricing)

*Cross country courses, including open areas around cross country jumps, are only available during riding lessons, level assessments, or clinic bookings with Winsley Park Equestrian due to insurance requirements.

^Arena measurements are approximate, and available obstacles may be varied slightly from what is listed, and additional, temporary warm up arenas may be erected and are available for use unless otherwise specified.