Dates and Rates
Book your Trail Ride or Horsemanship Experience
The Short
We base our Ranch Trail Rides (Click HERE) and Horsemanship Experiences on various factors. Please verify with your group before you sign other people up.
Trail Ride: Beautiful, fun, relaxing. Session is 1.5-2 hours
Horsemanship Experience: Beautiful, challenging, rewarding. Session is 3-4 hours
The Long
Our Trail Rides (Click HERE) and Horsemanship Experiences overlap in the same places, so participants of both experiences will enjoy our gorgeous trails. Which to chose? It depends on what you are looking for out of your ride.
This means that if a family with mixed needs and wants is signing up, everyone can pick the ride that’s right for them! Grandma and Grandpa and the five year old grandson want to take it easy? Sign up for the trail ride! Mom, Dad and Horse enthusiast, 12 year old daughter can enjoy the horsemanship experience. Mom, Dad and Daugter arrive at 9:30. Grandma and Grandpa can hang at the farm OR make a quick trip into town for some shopping, hot chocolate and tea, a visit to the candy store, the Caldwell County Jail Museum, our beautiful courthouse or the city park all within one mile.
When we plan rides we take into experience many factors including:
- Rider experience level;
- Rider age, height to weight ratio and body type;
- Total number of very young or mature riders;
- Socio-emotional, physical or learning challenges;
- Previous horse trauma cases;
- Personality type and lifestyle activity levels and choices.
- We recommend you book two weeks in advance. You are welcome to TEXT 512-230-8413 to request a day-of booking at the Lockhart location. Please submit each rider’s age, height, weight and riding experience so we can expedite your request.
- As always, we ask you to please review our FAQ’s Page
Our trail rides are fun, relaxing and held with great company. If you’re looking for an intro to riding this is a great start. If you’d like to learn more about our horsemanship experience, or you’re not sure which experience is right for you, please read more! Need more information? Click HERE to read about the Horsemanship Experience and the Ranch Ride
SCHEDULE for the
LOCKHART LOCATION
(25-35 minutes from Austin, 45 minutes from Round Rock, 1 hour from San Antonio)
Trail Ride: $115 per person
Monday-Friday: 10am, 5:30pm
Saturday, Sunday: 11:15am-12:45pm; 6:45-8:15pm
Recommended ages 8+ or enthusiastic riders ages 4+
About 1.5 hours in the saddle, about 2 hours total
Group Horsemanship Experience: $185 per person
Monday-Friday 9:30am; 5pm
Saturday, Sunday: 9:30am-1pm; 5pm-8:30pm
Recommended ages 12+ or riders with lesson experience ages 6+
About 2 hours in the saddle, about 4 hours total. Enjoy Horsemanship 101 with grooming, tacking and a mini riding session (20-30 minutes) followed by a water break and then a 1.5 hour session in the saddle. ***Small weekday groups move more efficiently and will have about 1 hour, 45 minutes saddle time, total session may run without break, running at 3 hours total.***
Need more information? Click HERE to read about the Horsemanship Experience and the Ranch Ride
Children’s Group Introduction to Horsemanship: $35 per child
Currently we can only accommodate one child at a time. This is a HANDS-ON experience for a parent or legal guardian, or competent adult, non-riding participant.
Book online FOR EXISTING BOOKED RIDES. If no group trail is booked your ride may be cancelled.
Saturday and Sunday at 9am, 11:15am and 5pm, 6:45pm
Click HERE for more information!
Private Rides:
Please contact us directly for more information. Call or TEXT 512-230-8413. Picnics, dance classes, massage and meditation retreats
LOCATIONS
LOCKHART, TX
Ready to book?
AUSTIN
Regular Riders and Lessons in Austin and Lockhart
THE SHORT: Ask about the fee to ride with us consecutive weeks. We currently only have space for weekly regular lessons at the Lockhart Location for adults and children ages 10 and up. Please TEXT 512-230-8413 to request to be put on a waitlist for children’s lessons in Lockhart or lessons at one of our Austin locations.
Regular Riders and Lessons
THE SHORT: Ask about the fee to ride with us consecutive weeks.
DALE, TX
Have a special someone in your life or a group of friends who are fans of motocross? Well this is the ride for you. Enjoy a 400+ acre ranch with 1.5 miles of horseback riding on a professional motocross track as well as an additional 4 miles of trails through the woods and fields.
Group Horsemanship Experience, Dale
Call to book. Four person minimum. Start a group or inquire for openings. Availability at noon on 7/22, 8/5, 9/17, 9/23, 10/01, 10/02, 11/9, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27
Private Horsemanship Experience, Dale
Call to book. Four person minimum. Start a group or inquire for openings. Availability at noon on 7/22, 8/5, 9/17, 9/23, 10/01, 10/02, 11/9, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27
Matagorda Beach
Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips
Houston
Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips
Killeen
Alternate dates available. Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips.
9/12 & 9/13, 10/02, 11/23-11/25, 12/07, 1/18
Spicewood
Alternate dates available. Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips.
(9/05, 9/27-9/29, 10/19, 12/18-12/21)
Blanco
Alternate dates available. Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips.
(9/01-9/05, 11/21-11/25, 1/22-1/25)
Bastrop
Alternate dates available. Please TEXT 512-230-8413 for more information about day long and multi-night camping trips.
(8/20-8/30, 11/19-11/28, 12/12, 1/20)
Ready to book?
FAQ’s Page: Click HERE
Cancellation Policy: We reserve the right to charge in full for no-shows or cancellations as well as riders who misrepresent their weight by over 10lbs. Thanks for understanding this policy, which protects the health of the horses who make dreams come true. We care about equine health & we know you do, too! Curious? Check out our blog roll for more information on the importance of spinal and digestive care for the success of our program. Don’t want to ride because it’s muddy, it’s raining where you are or you think it might be raining at our ranch? You are welcome to cancel your ride at anytime. There’s a 25% rebooking fee.
Special Event Saturday 11/18 and Sunday 11/19
Maverick’s is sponsoring the Lockhart Public Library for free community education classes this January 2018. Come visit with us this weekend, Saturday 11/18 for free activities for the public at 9am, 3pm and 4-7pm. Click HERE for more information about our Special Event!
Birthday Parties
How about a pony painting session for your birthday boy or girl! Spend 45 minutes painting the fabulous canvas of Maverick, our large, white namesake who humbly stands by as children write birthday messages, make horsey hand prints, or turn him into a zebra or unicorn! As always, the experience caters to each group, but focuses on developing comfort, respect and awe of the horse during unmounted activities. After the work is done, we’ll throw a saddle on this noble steed and children can spend another 45 minutes taking turns horseback riding, learning about posture, hand and foot position, and goal setting.
Our birthday sessions remain focused on educating participants on horse safety, horse care and the fundamentals of safe riding. We do not offer “pony rides,” but rather a beautiful experience that engages the senses. What we provide is more of a challenge, and requires children to focus, follow instruction and care for the horse. It’s quite rewarding to little cowboys and cowgirls to know they are giving back to these wonderful animals who offer we humans so much!
Ride a painted pony!: $250 for up to 6 buckaroos
Have a large event and you’d like to explore venue options?
Check out our Special Events Page for more information.
Trail riding lessons can be so exciting for folks who want to get a taste for what real horseback riding is about. We do not believe it’s about riding in circles in an arena three times a week for ten years, and we do not believe its about joy riding the snot out of unresponsive animals that only pick up the pace when they are headed back to the barn. Our trail riding lessons-paradigm on trail gives us the opportunity to educate riders, and this means that we can differentiate our teaching to the individual. THAT means that individuals who demonstrate good balance, good control and kind hands and seat are able to execute more advanced obstacles than others. We often ride with mixed skill-level horseback riding groups on trail, and we are happy to work with more confident or more experienced equestrians to be able to pick up the pace, have a little extra fun and experience something a little more gratifying than a trail ride.
Visiting from out of town? Ask us for recommendations on beautiful places to visit in San Marcos and South Austin. At just 20 minutes away, we are the closest riding ranch to downtown Austin.
