Deer Antler Equestrian Centers

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Riding is great exercise for all ages and Deer Antler makes it fun. It offers classes for children, teens, and adults, and lead-line sessions for young children.

English Riding Instruction instills more than just riding skills. Riders also learn self-discipline, responsibility, organization, and safety awareness for themselves and others.

Deer Antler trainers use encouragement and positive teaching methods to build self-confidence. They want students to enjoy their experiences in a family friendly environment.

Programs for advanced riders strengthen their skills and assist them toward personal goals of riding for pleasure or for competition.

Private, semi-private and small group lessons are scheduled around school and work hours. Young children are instructed individually until they are ready to join a class. Fun and safety are emphasized. Prices are $30/group hour, $50/private hour, $20/twenty minute leadline for agesthree to five. Some beginners prefer to start with a few private lessons and then switch to a group but that is entirely optional.

Week-long camps for children and teens during school vacation periods provide fun and games, as well as daily riding and stable activities.

Riders who enjoy competition will benefit from special instruction that covers all aspects of showing, including preparation of horse and rider, fine-tuned riding skills, and horse transportation.
2010 showson the premises will bescheduled for August, September, October, and November. A horse and rider costume contest will take place at the October show.

Deer Antler, a Delaware certified facility, is situated on 30 plus acres with indoor and outdoor riding arenas. Horses are given quality care and proper nutrition, with daily turnout. Veterinary and farrier services are accommodated. There are several boarding plans for horse owners to choose from. Prices begin at $320/month. Boardingspacefor several horseshas recently become available.
Riders may lease a horse under several plans, ranging from long-term to a few hours of riding.
Location & Directions
Deer AntlerEquestrian Centerisin Clayton, Delaware, located south of Townsend and west ofSmyrna, at 1133 Deer Antler Road.

From the North: Rte 13 south, turn right at blinking light onto Blackbird Forest Rd.(becomes Holletts Corner Rd.), turn left onto Deer Antler Rd.
From the South: Rte 13 north, turn left onto Rte 42 west. Continue through Kenton andcross over Rte 6 (Blackiston- blinking light) onto Longridge Rd., turn right onto Deer Antler Rd.
FromSmyrna: Follow Rte 6 west to Blackiston (blinking light), turn right onto Longridge Rd., turn right onto Deer Antler Rd.

Laura Lesky Blevins, owner, is an accomplished rider and trainer, qualified in hunt seat equitation, basic dressage, and equine management. She has earned many riding awards including the Adult Equitation Championship in the 1992 Chester County, PA Horse Show Association Series. Prior to opening the Deer Antler Stables, she taught in West Grove, PA and at the University of Delaware in the Equine Studies Department while earning aBS in Animal Science. She opened the Deer Antler Equestrian Center in Clayton in 1999 and expanded toa Middletown facilityfrom 2002 to 2008. In August of 2008 she consolidated all services back to the Clayton stable.

The staff keeps current by attending seminars and clinics, including some given by US Olympic Equestrian Team coach, George H. Morris, and Olympic riders, Ann Kurzinski and Michael Matz. Staff members are trained in First Aid and CPR. Junior counselors assist with camps.
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