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Pricing & Availability

Limited slots available. Contact us to reserve a training slot!

No openings currently available? Not to worry! Contact us today to be put on the waiting list, so your horse can immediately fill the next opening! There will be several opportunities every month!

Average waiting list time: One Week

Pick up and delivery options are available if you are not able to bring your horse to training yourself. We offer hauling within 100 miles for $2.00 a loaded mile.

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Colt Starting - $900

The colt starting package includes 30 days of ground work for respect, desensitizing, ponying and riding, focusing on the key fundamentals to set them up for a life of success as a riding horse.

Add an additional 30 days to put a great foundation on your colt, and get them riding even better - for $800.

**This package is also an excellent option for riding horses who have spent an extensive amount of time off of riding and need to get back into it, or a new purchase that you are worried wasn't started right. In the restarting process, we will start from the ground up and get their foundation in place for success and saftey, focusing on horsemanship to get their mind in the right place for their future. 

*Price does not include hay and grain. Both are to be supplied by the owner upon drop off, or paid for in advance so we can provide the horse with our high quality feed.

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Tune Up's & Polish Work - $800

With the Tune Up package your horse will receive 30 days of training focusing on problem solving, respect work in the saddle and on the ground, desensitizing, and increasing your horses overall knowledge of higher level skills. Such as leg cues, sliding stops, increased flexibility and softness, roll backs, perfect circles, collection, lead changes, and improvement of gait speed and consistency, but not limited to the very basics that make all of that obtainable.

This package is for horses already broke to ride, who are currently riding.

*Price does not include hay and grain. Both are to be supplied by the owner upon drop off, or paid for in advance so we can provide the horse with their needs.

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Competitor Training - $900

Have a horse with a good handle, who needs to advance? The Competitor package offers 30 days of specific training in the discipline of your choice such as barrel racing, pole bending, trail class and competitive trail, playdays, western dressage, and working cow horse events. In the first 15 days, your horse will receive fine tuning training to improve their skills, then they'll get the chance to hit the road and try out those skills at an event!

*entry fees to be paid by owner

*Price does not include hay and grain. Both are to be supplied by the owner upon drop off, or paid for in advance so we can provide the horse with their needs.

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Lessons - $50 - One Hour Sessions

Unique Horsemanship offers lessons to individuals on their own horses as well as lessons on a selection of pleasure and speed event horses here in the program. We focus on horsemanship in all aspects of our lessons, both ground work and in the saddle.

Advance your skills with a hands on lesson, custom to what you are wanting to accomplish!

Lesson times available Monday-Saturday.

We'd love to have you! So contact us to get on the schedule!

Visit our Trainer Training Course website page if you are interested in learning how to train you own horses, or become a trainer yourself!

Off-Site Lessons - $75 - One Hour Sessions

Need some guidance at home with your horse or just don't want to travel? We offer off-site lessons locally! These lessons are also beneficial to first-time horse owners wanting to learn the ropes, get assistance with their saddle and tack, or just want a professional to go over their horse setups and/or equine nutrition. 

In addition, we help folks with dangerous horses that can't safely be moved to our training facility yet.

Clinics!! $250 per person
Our next Clinic is still pending, but it will be posted here once the date is set!

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"When I was five years old I started taking riding lessons, and that is when it all started. I didn't have a set path of what I wanted to do on my horse riding venture, however I knew my love for horses was growing, and my parents knew it wasn't something they could just brush off.

At the early age of seven I earned enough money picking up rocks for my parents and neighbors to afford a pair of ponies, which were untrained, unbeknownst to us. By then we had moved to another location, so we didn't have the guidance of a trainer to get us through this experienced... I remember sitting down in front of the TV watching Clinton Anderson's Downunder Horsemanship then running out to work my ponies, and this was my day to day, home-schooled life. Fast forward 2 years and I had trained those ponies up to the point that when I outgrew them in size a year later, one went to a special needs 4 year old to help her learn to walk, and the other went on to pull a cart through children's hospitals. By then, the desire to train had already set in.

So I trained my own horses for the years to follow, and studied every natural horsemanship training book and program I could get my hands on. I took this knowledge and applied it to my horses which I trained for reining, team sorting and penning, competitive trail, western dressage, and eventually, speed events, bringing in dozens of trophies, trophy buckles, trophy tack, checks, and many many blue ribbons. 

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My dad was a contractor and when the recession hit when I was fourteen years old, we lost the funding for horses. My parents approached me about selling most of the horses we had, personals and competition horses, and that didn't sit well with me! I knew where they were coming from, but knew there had to be a way to keep my horses. So for dirt cheap I offered training to the folks who I had been beating in competitions and to my surprise, I started bringing in training horses. Enough to fund not only my horses, but competitions too! A desire to train and the motivation of keeping my dream alive fueled something incredible.

I began interning whenever I could with natural horsemanship trainers, attending clinics and studying the work of Clinton Anderson, Ken McNabb, Craig Cameron, Chris Cox, Monty Roberts, Buck Brannaman, Kyle Shurig, Carson James, Pat Parelli, Sean Flarida, Tim McQuay, John Lyons, Martha Josey, Dena Kirkpatrick, Bo Hill, Troy Crumrin, Sherry Cervi, Lance Graves, Kay Blandford, Charmaine James, Al Dunning and Bill Dorrance.

From all of these studies and hands on experiences, I developed a program that had the open mindedness to reach into this plethora of knowledge to help a wide range of horses. I strongly believe and still do, that every horse is an individual, and that not every horse fits into a cookie cutter program! I believe that natural horsemanship is the clear way to go, and that when you speak a horse's language and get the attention of a calm mind, they are truly able to reach their full potential, and that's something pretty special. 

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So what have I done with all of this? Well, I've been training professionally for 10 years, and training my own horses and acquaintances' horses for many more than that. My program has successfully trained over 1,000 horses, and helped train and home over 400 rescue horses from kill pens, neglect seizures and other bad situations. On top of these successes, I've gone on to take my passion of speed events to the next level, competing in national events, winning an ANHA Shootout Open Pole Bending Championship, and claiming 3 different arena records. In speed events and other competitions, my client's horses and I, along with my personal horses have won 28 trophy buckles, 8 trophy saddles, dozens of trophies, over 300 blue ribbons and countless others, and an array of tack awards.

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In 2019 I made another change to the program, but of a different sort!

I married a young man with a passion for horses named Gavin, who I meant 12 years prior while competing against each other in local rodeos.

That first year I trained his cow horse to run barrels and for years to come we battled for 1st at local events, eventually working together and later, tying the knot. We worked great together then and we still do now, on the client's horses, rescues, our horses, and everything in between. You will undoubtedly meet Gavin or watch him lunge me (or vise versa) on colts if you're around the ranch for much time at all. It's helpful to have someone on board who believes wholeheartedly in your training program, and this guy is no exception! 

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Along the way I have enjoyed coaching students young and old on how to become better horse men and women, in everything from basic horse handling and riding, to accomplished competitors and certified trainers in my Trainer Training Course.

What good is knowledge if it's not applied? If it's not shared? If it's not used for good? I believe in natural horsemanship. I have seen it change literally thousands of lives and to say I have a passion for experiencing this, is a massive understatement. I take pride in my teachings, and in turning out horses with good, solid foundations, built on understanding and clarity, which gives them a happy, healthier life, where they can be adored by their owners.

I'm Sabrina Alvarez, and this is my training program, Unique Horsemanship."

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