Lessons, Practice, Clinics & CAMPS

Set up a lesson time to learn how to ride and discover a variety of diciplines on your pony or mine. Mounts are available for all ages and abilities. One and one half hour lesson times are available after school or work, and Saturday morning lessons are available on non-event weekends. See the calendar. Consider joining the Pony Club Riding Center for monthly rates.

• Non-member mounted horseback riding lesson trailer in, on your own horse — $35.00 

• Non-member mounted horseback riding lesson including horse — $55.00 

Confident experienced riders are invited to practice with Heartland Polocrosse Club, most Saturday afternoons, April thru October.
No practices on tournament weekends. See the calendar for exact times.
Consider joining Heartland Polocrosse Club, no fee to practice if you are able to ride confidently in the open on your own horse.

• Non-member polocrosse practice trailer in, on your own horse (rider must be able to confidently ride in the open)  — $20.00 

• Non-member polocrosse practice including horse, (rider must be able to confidently ride in the open on an appropriate horse), does not include horseback riding instruction — $30.00 

Schedule an evaluation and introductory polocrosse lesson on your pony or ours. Suggested for novice riders who want to learn to ride, play polocrosse, and mounted games. Phone 703-475-7832

• Non-member mounted horseback riding lesson trailer in, on your own horse — $35.00 

• Non-member mounted horseback riding lesson including horse — $55.00 

WHEN:
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 8:00 AM—12:00 noon
Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 8:00 AM—12:00 noon

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Introduction to Polocrosse, Riding In the Open, & Horse Management for Polocrosse

• 1.5 Hour Mounted polocrosse Instruction for beginners 

• Unmounted polocrosse racket skills and games

WHERE: Heartland Polocrosse Pony Club Riding Center, 35805 Allder School Road Round Hill VA 20141

WHO CAN ATTEND: Pony Club members and non-members of all ages who are able to ride independently on an appropriate mount for the rider's ability are invited. 

MOUNTS: Horse, tack, and equipment available if you don't have your own horse. Trailer in daily your own mount, tack, and equipment appropriate for your current ability; properly conditioned, groomed, and shod. 

FEES:  

• $70.00 per rider, per day including pony loan

• $50.00 per rider, per day trailer in your own suitable mount

• No fee for Heartland Polocrosse Club members.

REGISTER: Polocrosse Summer Day Clinics 2025 Registration Form  

CONTACT HOST ORGANIZER: Jennifer Carpenter 703-475-7832  heartlandpolocrosseclubva@gmail.com

A clinic day can be scheduled for Pony Clubs, barn or riding club groups, or your riding family. Ponies are available if your Pony Club members don't have access to a horse or are not confident to ride their horse in the open. It is best if riders give their own Pony Club or pleasure mount a try. Any horse suitable for a D certified rider to ride in the open can play polocrosse at a walk and trot. Ponies and riders that fox hunt, or are able to play novice mounted games are often well suited to play polocrosse.

HPC has a variety of mounts suitable for beginner D certified to confident C-1 and up riders. Riders can take turns sharing mounts. Unmounted skills can be practiced while others are mounted.

Sample clinic day schedule:

9:00 AM —9:30 AM Welcome, groom, tack ponies

9:30 AM — 10:30 AM Unmounted Introduction to racket skills 

10:30 AM—12 noon Mounted polocrosse instruction

12:00 noon —12:30 PM Lunch BYO sack lunch or snacks.
White board chalk talk while eating.

12:30 — 1:00 PM Tack up and protective equipment instruction

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Skills on open polocrosse playing field

2:00 PM — 3:30 PM Coached Chukkas 

3:30 PM Turn back 

4:00 PM Pizza (optional to order) and next step chat if anyone is interested in playing more or buying rackets and balls.

Not every rider must have a parent present, however a designated adult must chaperone each rider(s) under 18 years old. A release is must be signed in advance, particularly if the parent is not attending. Parents can assist by holding ponies on the side line between chukkas, leading ponies in the open when the rider is not yet confident, and carrying water bottles. 

WHERE: Heartland Polocrosse Pony Club Riding Center, 35805 Allder School Road Round Hill VA 20141
OR can come to your location with 3 ponies and equipment. Can learn in an indoor or outdoor arena, or fenced flat mowed field.

WHO CAN ATTEND: Riders of any age who are skilled and confident enough to ride in the open on their own mount or a mount appropriate for the riders skill level.

MOUNTS: Horse, tack, and equipment available if you don't have your own horse. Trailer in your own mount, tack, and equipment appropriate for your current ability to ride in the open; properly conditioned, groomed, and shod. 

FEES:  

• $100.00 per rider, per day including horse 

• $80.00 per rider, per day trailer in your own suitable mount

CONTACT HOST ORGANIZER: Jennifer Carpenter 703-475-7832  heartlandpolocrosseclubva@gmail.com

Weekly winter ground school sessions take place each Saturday 10:30 AM — 12:00 noon in January and February. Horse management topics like feeding and nutrition, tack, horse parts, breeds, colors, parasites, first aid, and any topic found in the USPC Manual, Quiz competiton, or for certification advancement is game for presentation. Lessons are often held in the barn with the horses and equipment for hands on practice or games. Often guest speakers or field trips are scheduled. Included in the monthly lesson program or $15 per session. Perspective members may attend a session, no fee. See the calendar to attend.