Intermediate to Advanced

We understand that just because you may need help with horses,
doesn't mean that you are a beginner.

It is reported that eighty percent of people who get into horses get
out within the first year; and two-thirds of the remaining twenty percent
get out in the next five years. They do so because of:

Fear, Frustration, Feeling like a Failure, Lack of Fun, Lack of Funds

Not all of the above people were beginners either!

Did you grow up with horses? Did you win high level shows? Have
you gone on extensive trail rides, summer horse camps or have you
worked at a barn for awhile? Or have you already taken riding lessons
for years? We have found that a lot of people who are having trouble
with horses have actually had a lot of experience with them. (See
testimonial below) Sometimes just a lack of a few key things can
cause a plethora of problems.

We understand and our goal is to work with you on your own level to
help you have an enjoyable and successful future with your horse. Our
goal is for you to like your horse and to be able to look forward to
riding it without fear or anxiety.

100% of the people that M-Bar-K Farms has assisted in getting
started in horses are still in it today!

Private Lessons
(effective September 1, 2007)

$55.00 per hour per person*
Your horse or ours!

Semi-Private/Group Lessons
Your horse or ours!
(Our average group size is 3 - 4 people)
Semi $50/Group $45 per hour per person*
(You do not need to have your own group to get the group rate, you would
just be willing to share a lesson with other students)

Prices subject to change without notice.
Payment is due at or before the time services are rendered.
$30.00 returned check charge.

WARNING

*UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES
CODE), AN EQUINE PROFESSIONAL IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN INJURY TO
OR THE DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT IN EQUINE ACTIVITIES RESULTING
FROM THE INHERENT RISK OF EQUINE ACTIVITIES.

Below: Instructor/Trainer Mike
Aldridge at a 3 day Barrel Racing
Clinic. Even we continue our
education and training!

469-682-4405

Tricia helps another Non-Beginner May 11, 2006

We received this letter from a non-beginner on March 15, 2006 (We have had to edit out some
non-pertinent parts of her letters in the interest of brevity)

“Have a problem with my horse. I have ridden many years and purchased a barely broke 3 year
old TWH. (Tennessee Walking Horse) Now at 5, I'm training her under the supervison of another
trainer with over 30 years experience, but we have an issue we can't solve. Mare was purchased
with this problem but it appeared to be very minor at the time and nothing is working to correct it.
Mare will blast through aids with a shouldering out problem when not allowed to go where she
wants to go. No amount of leg or rein can stop her from crabbing sideways at break neck speed in
the direction she wants to go. She literaly BLASTS through the rider's aids very fast sideways (jack
knifed) running in the opposite direction then her head is facing. My trainer has only been able to
break one horse in all her years that had a problem like this and that horse didn't have it as bad
as mine. Do you think this is something you would be able to help with? Please let me know if it is
a problem you think you can help me with. I would like to have someone come to my place to work
with us. It won't help me if I don't know how to fix the problem along with the trainer.”

We wrote her back the same day and told her about Tricia. She was skeptical that a young girl
could help her when a trainer with 30 years experience had not been able to. But she was willing
to try anything at this point. She was located over 50 miles from us. Tricia went to her facility a
few weeks later and worked with horse and rider for two hours getting very good results. This lady
was very happy when we left, but we didn’t hear from her for awhile. So we emailed her on May
11, 2006 to see how things went after her lesson with Tricia and this is what she wrote:

“Hi Kasey,
Our session with your daughter fixed the shouldering out problem. Not sure why or really how but I
have not had Cassie try that trick again since that day. I'm able to keep control of her shoulder
and do beautiful turns without a bend in her neck or body. We are now doing turn on the haunch
and forehand without any issues. Her shoulder isn't popping out. My trainer pitched a fit with
regards to the bit I got from Tricia and I stopped using it during my lessons with her. But true to
Tricia's word, using that bit for awhile did fix my problem regardless of what my trainer said. Going
back to the snaffle ring afterwards has gone much better because of it. It got her attention and
now she is behaving very well.
I'm able to leave the round pen and go in the pasture along with the new horse I got for my
husband. I'm able to ride her on a lose rein now and she is behaving well. Not to say we don't have
"discussions" from time to time about where we are going but they are easy to nip in the bud.
So, I'm very pleased with the effect Tricia had on Cassie and the insight I got about her. I am
actually discontinuing with my current trainer because we disagree too much over how to proceed
with Cassie. Other than that I"m overall happy with her and moving forward.

Thanks!
Trudy”

December 29, 2005 Another Happy Customer Writes Tricia a Testimonial!
This was a case where a non-beginner was having a lot of trouble with her horse. Since she had had
three years of riding lessons at the barn she boards at, she thought she could deal with this horse
herself. She decided that she needed help after the horse bolted and threw her into a fence where she
broke her arm. Her mother was wanting to know if they should sell this horse. After just a two hour
session with Tricia, she was able to find several problems that this horse and rider were having and by
just working on those issues the horse was just transformed. Here is what her mother wrote to us just
two days after this lesson:
"Kasey,
Let me first say that Tricia has made a world of difference in (her daughter's) horse after 1 two hour
training session. He has been excellent that last two days of riding and handling. We look forward with
great anticipation for her training session next week.
Thank you"

We feel that with just two more two hour lessons with the horse and rider, these problems will be well
behind these two.

M-Bar-K Farms

Non-Beginners

Why do we help people?
Unfortunately 80% of people
who get into horses without any
help will get out of horses
completely within the first year!
And a lot of these people have
some experience with horses.

Around here we say:

Beginners fall off all the time.

Intermediate riders fall off every
now and then.

Advanced riders know when to
get off.

And an Expert doesn't have to.

Remember, even Olympic level
riders still take lessons every day.

Never stop learning.

"I have learned more watching my child take lessons from you
then I learned my whole life growing up with horses." For more
Testimonials click here.