Located approximately 45 minutes south of Austin, TX, and 1 hour east of San Antonio, TX, Full Circle Equestrian Center is a full-service Foundation Training center. Our focus is on Foundation Training for the Horse AND Rider. We offer:
* Basic Horsemanship Education * Beginning Riding Instruction * Foundation Training for your horse * Horse camps * Riding and Training Clinics * Horse Rental/Lease/Sales (Brokerage services available) * Horse Boarding and Transportation
Renee Ilse, a John Lyons Certified Trainer and Certified Horsemanship Association Certified Riding Instructor, is here to help you with any issue you may have, either in working with or riding your horse.
Credentials
Renee attended a 6 month certification program with John Lyons and his son, Josh, in 2001. The certification program included 4 3-week visits to John's facility in Parachute, Colorado, with 5-week intervals between each session to work on and improve techniques. To learn more about the John Lyons Certification Program, check out his website at www.johnlyons.com.
Renee also became a CHA Certified Level 2 Western Riding Instructor in May, 2002. This involved attending a 4-day clinic where a Master Instructor evaluated her riding, horsemanship and teaching skills in order to award certification. To learn more about CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association) and their programs, check out their website at www.cha-ahse.org.
Training and Riding Instruction Options
Renee offers training in several different formats.
* Teaching YOU how to work with and train your horse with regular sessions * Bringing your horse to Full Circle Equestrian Center for starting and/or tuning up * Going to YOUR facility to work with you and/or your horse
Riding lessons are also offered in different formats:
* Regular, one-hour sessions at Full Circle Equestrian Center, using one of the center's horses * Regular, one-hour sessions on your own horse, either trailered in for the lesson or boarded at Full Circle Equestrian Center * Going to YOUR facility and working through regular sessions (one or more hours)
Traveling to YOUR facility, either for training or riding lessons, will require additional travel fees along with the training/lesson fees. Contact Renee at Full Circle Equestrian Center for more information on fees.
We also have training clinics on a regular basis. Check out our Upcoming Events page...
Kids Riding Camps
Full Circle Equestrian Center offers 3 Kids Riding Camps during the year. Spring Break (one week for those kids following Luling's schedule, and one week for those with the Lockhart schedule) and one week in the summer. These camps run Monday through Friday, 8 to 5 each day. They include riding every day (weather permitting), a field trip, and loads of information on horsemanship, care, feeding and safety, as well as breed information, color, tack and equipment, and other horse-related lessons. It is limited to 10 kids, so watch the Schedule page for upcoming dates!
Boarding
For those wishing to board their horses here at our facility, we offer several different boarding options:
* Pasture only (good quality coastal pastures) * Pasture with daily feedings * Private paddocks w/shelter * Stalls (outdoor covered)
Prices vary based on option chosen. Along with board, the owner gets the privilege of using the round pen, arena and trails at the facility at their leisure. Plus, they get the security in knowing that their equine friend will be monitored 24 hours a day!
OVERNIGHT BOARDING! We have stalls and turnouts for travelers, along with a few RV spots available for those with living quarters. Tents are also welcome, and motels within a few minutes of our facility. Conveniently located on IH 10 between San Antonio and Houston!
Brokerage Services
We also offer brokerage services for those folks that don't have the time or facility to showcase their equine for sale. Each horse has been ridden and/or worked with by Renee, so that she can honestly inform you of their attitude, temperament and abilities. Not every horse is for every person, and Renee works very hard to insure that the match is a good one. Be sure and check out our Sale pages to see what's available today!