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Cedarhill Farm
2620 Waxhaw Marvin Rd
Waxhaw, NC 28173
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Leasing & Sales
Finding the Right Horse
advice for our Cedarhill Riders:
If you’ve decided that it’s time to purchase or lease your own horse, we’re here to help you
This is a service that Andrea Guzinski, Cedarhill Farm’s owner and head trainer, with the assistance of Caroline Foto, Cedarhill's assistant trainer has provided for her clients for more than 25 years. She will work hard to find the right horse or pony for you. Andrea has many sources and contacts throughout the horse community, both locally and at farms around the country
Although you can find horses or ponies for sale almost anywhere
from the Internet, local newspapers and magazines, as well as through friends and family members -- finding the one most suitable for your son or daughter is an entirely different matter. If you trust us to provide proper instruction, then please allow us to work with you on this very important decision and investment. We can locate a horse that best suits your needs and fits your budget
The price of your horse or pony will vary greatly depending on overall quality, level of experience and training, age and health
The more risks you, the buyer, are willing to take, the less expensive the animal will be. Fewer risks mean more expense. There are many factors involved in the purchase process. Our years of experience will serve you well as we team up with you. It’s our job to help you navigate the decision-making process and help you sort through every detail of your choice, including what you can and should live with (as well as what you can’t and shouldn’t)!
If you look around our barn you will find many happy horse owners and full-time leasers who are well-matched to their mounts. Let us know when you are ready to take this next step!
Alternatives
Not all horse/ponies are eligible to be included in the all-inclusive half- or full-lease programs. further advice for our Cedarhill Riders:
If you’re not quite ready for horse ownership, but you want your child to more fully explore his or her passion for horses
we suggest taking an additional lesson each week. Time in the saddle is what builds confidence and allows each student to master new skills. Session riders may schedule additional lessons at the rate of $60. each.
Another option to consider is half-leasing one of Cedarhill Farm’s schooling horses
Half-leasing entitles each student the use of their horse three days each week. We ask that one of the days be their lesson day and they may choose one other weekday as well as Sunday for their horse to be reserved for their use only! The opportunity to lesson on their own horse weekly and form a bond with that horse gives the rider a greater sense of confidence. The two additional days spent with horse and rider practicing their learned skills and simply enjoying each other’s company is a wonderful experience for our students. (And our horses enjoy it too!) Half-leasing an outside schooling horse is $475. per month + lessons. Check out the downloadable Cedarhill 2013-2014 Lease Information sheet to your right
Our summer camp is another excellent way to further expose your budding equestrian to all aspects of horsemanship
We offer camps for beginners through advanced levels of riding. Our intermediate Travel and Advanced Showmanship camps are especially designed for our more experienced students who want to practice and perfect their skills. One-week camps run for eight weeks throughout the summer months at a cost of $450. - $550. per week
We have included a lot of good information to give you a starting place in what we hope will be a wonderful journey for your family
Of course we know that you may have more specific questions regarding the needs of your individual student. Please feel free to contact us at any time at info@cedarhillfarminc.com,calling the barn office at 704.843.5944 or talking to your instructor
Hunters for Lease at Cedarhill Farm
Rio Tigre
Handsome brown bay 2005 16.2hh gelding with lots of white by Rio Grande out of Sanguin. Good mover, jumper, lead changes and the best brain. Available 2014
Salud
Cute, handsome 2004 chestnut 16.1hh gelding with lots of white by Amour Parfait out of Metropolitan. Average mover, with the best style of jumping. Competing in Child/Adult Jumper and 1.15 meter classes. Available 2014
Reliant
Handsome bay 16.1 hh 2005 gelding by Amour Parfait out of Maresy. Average mover, very good jumper. Winning in the Child/Adult hunter division as well as the 3' Derbys and 3'3 Performance Hunters. Elegible first year green
Redding
Handsome Gray 16.2 hh 2004 gelding by Darn that Alarm. Great Child/Adult jumper. Fun ride. -Leased
Apropos
Handsome bay 16.2 hh 2004 gelding by Amour Parfait . Super kind with an automatic lead change and a huge slow step. Great 2'6 Pre-Child/Adult hunter, the Child/Adult hunter division, as well as the 3' Derbys
Lessons
Cedarhill offers English Hunt Seat Equitation Riding Instruction to both children and adults
Group Lessons
Our group lessons are 2 hours long. The first half hour is spent learning to properly bring your assigned mount in, and tack up. An hour is spent in the saddle riding before the last half hour; designed to untacking and properly caring and putting your mount away
Teacher Assistants
Teacher Assistants help our riding instructors with their students in the preparation of their lesson, keeping the lessons on schedule as well as with the untacking
We have over 20 capable school horses and ponies of different levels to provide our students many options
Three all weather footing rings, complete with jumps, cavalletti, cones, and other appropriate teaching materials provide the excellent environment necessary for quality instruction
Our wash bays and grooming stalls in both the lesson and main barn, equipped with grooming and tacking supplies provide our students with the necessary tools to complete their lesson in horsemanship
Our regular group lessons at Cedarhill Farm are $75 per lesson and are also called A la Cart lessons
We offer a discount for riders who can commit to a full session (essentially a month) of lessons with a maximum of one make up/rescheduled lesson for every three sessions. The discounted lesson is $60 per lesson. With the exception of posted holidays our session riders ride every week. There are no cancellations or make ups unless extreme weather makes it dangerous to drive out to the barn. If the weather is not appropriate for riding, we teach horsemanship of all levels under cover. Our session riders are billed via email two weeks prior to the beginning of the start of the session for collection of lesson payment.If you cannot commit to a session, please consider our regularly priced $75 lessons. Contact Brian Guzinski if there are any billing questions, or if you would like to discontinue lessons email him at Brian@Cedarhillfarminc.com
Lesson Agreement
Our commitment to you
To provide a fun and safe riding experience for your rider. To give excellent instruction on the fundamentals of good horsemanship.
Your Commitment to us
Arrive in time for the start of your assigned lesson. Notify us by phone if you are running late for a lesson by calling one of the following numbers: Cedarhill Farm - 704-843-5944, Caroline Foto - 704-649-5799, Andrea Guzinski - 704-965-8798, Colleen Huber - 704-589-1088
Calling or Texting your instructor is the best way to convey a message
Notify us by email Andrea@Cedarhillfarminc.com
if you are unable to make your scheduled lesson. We send out at the beginning of the month a "Extra Lesson" Email list to all of our riders. There is opportunity alot of the time to swap out some of the lessons you are missing with another family, also in the same predicament. Note that although Cedarhill will make every attempt to fill your lesson, there is no guarantee that a lesson can/will be made up
In case of inclement weather
we will offer classroom instruction and in-the barn practice of grooming and general equine care. Our instructors have developed a curriculum for all ages and abilities of riders. We believe our Training Center helps us better educate our students in all aspects of horsemanship
Please allow two hours for your child to fully enjoy his or her lesson
30 minutes to catch and tack the horse, one hour in the saddle and another 30 minutes for un-tacking, grooming, putting away equipment and returning their horses to the paddock or stall)
While many of you enjoy helping your children with their horses
please understand that a large part of their lesson is learning how to groom and tack their mounts themselves. Please allow them to learn and practice these skillls. The time in grooming stalls is every bit as important as the time in the saddle
Our group lessons are $75 for the two hour group lesson
We discount our lessons for those wanting to commit to a monthly session. These riders are billed each month at the rate of $60. for each group lesson. Session lessons are non-refundable. Payment is due by the first day of each month. We have a late charge of $25. for lesson payments paid after the 1st, and a $60 late charge for lessons paid after the 10th. We request an email or letter in writing to Brian Guzinski who handles the bookkeeping to discontinue the session riding lessons prior to the beginning of the next session. His email address is Brian@Cedarhillfarminc.com
Our a-la-cart riders call to schedule each week at the rate of $75 for each group lesson, and carry a full $75 cancellation fee. Private lessons are available for $85. per 1/2 hour
Occasionally, due to weather or unforeseen factors, our lessons may run a little behind schedule
Please show us patience and use this time to watch other lessons. Your child can learn a lot by observing the other students
Summer Riding Sign Up
During our summer months of June, July, and August most of our families have a very irregular riding schedule compared to the fall (school) schedule
Sign up and pre-pay for a minimum of 4 lessons in any of the summer months to take advantage of the session rate discount. A la cart lessons, which are 3 lessons or less per month are $75. per lesson. The lessons schedule will be in the book for your instructor to sign you up, and collect a check for the lessons. You can also sign up by calling us, however we need a check mailed in before we can put your name on the schedule. The Summer Sign Up book will be available on May 1st
Fall Riding Registration
We start our fall registration in the middle of July
During that time all returning students as well as new riders to Cedarhill Farm fill out a new registration form with their current contact information as well as a new Medical form and Liability release form. Cedarhill requires a $25. yearly registration fee for all new and returning students
By the first week in August we send out a tentative schedule by e mail, and by August 15th we send out a final schedule which this year starts August 19th
Lesson Rates
Private lessons
- (half hour instruction) $85.00
Semi Private lessons
- (one hour instruction) $85.00
A-la-cart Group lessons
- (one hour instruction) $75.00
Session Group lessons
this rate is for students who come every week and prepay for the month. To discontinue the session lessons, please inform us by either email or writing
- (one hour instruction) $60.00
Registration
Registration
Please download the PDF file below which consists of three pages to be filled out and mailed back to us to get enrolled in Cedarhill Farm's lesson schedule. We require a $25. registration fee for all new and returning students which should be mailed along with the forms to: Cedarhill Farm Inc, 2620 Waxhaw Marvin Rd, Waxhaw, NC 28173
Our Instructors at Cedarhill
Andrea Guzinski-Head Riding Instructor for over 20 years
Andrea has brought many riders and horses from the beginner ring through the ranks to the Junior and Amateur ring, winning at prestigious shows such as Ocala Hits, Pennsylvania National Show, Washington International, National Horse Show and more
Caroline Foto- Riding Instructor and Rider
With over 8 years with Cedarhill Farm as a professional and 17 years as a student at Cedarhill Farm, Caroline knows Cedarhill! Caroline is an asset to the Cedarhill program from the Beginner Ring to our A Show Team, and everything in between.Caroline also is our IEA Head Coach
Colleen Huber-We welcome Colleen back to our teaching staff
Colleen had been with us for over 15 years before taking a 5 year break. She returns to us on a part time basis as a Friday and Saturday instructor, and to fill in as needed. Always a team player, we look forward to having her back
Holiday Schedule/No Lessons 2013-2014
(You will not be billed for these lesson days). Ask your instructor if you wish to sign up for lessons during some of the holidays
Boarding at Cedarhill Farm
Our barn is spacious
with 31 stalls in the main barn with a 24’ foot aisle, 10 grooming stalls, six of which double as wash stalls, two large tack rooms, an office and bathroom. Two apartments for our live in grooms complete the main barn
Individual full care completes the boarding experience
for those not able to come out regularly. On a daily basis our staff thoroughly goes over your horse or pony, providing measures to ensure that they are healthy and well groomed
We pride ourselves in providing a top notch facility with the best care for both you and your horse
Our horses receive the best of grain- Purina Strategy with soaked beet pulp mashes two of the three times we feed daily. Unlimited good quality fescue grass hay in their stalls, as well as supplemented in their fields during the winter months keep plenty of roughage in the diet. Some of our horses require more than this; those needing a special low starch diet also get supplemented with Amplify- a high fat supplement, as well as Soy Oil
We believe in quality turn out for our horses
and are proud that most of our horses go out daily for a minimum of 8 hours per day in grass fields. Horses are social animals- and in keeping with that, we turn out in semi-private and small groups. We offer individual turn out for the exceptions
Professional blacksmith David Couick
provides weekly services and has been shoeing our horses for over 8 years. We utilize both Palmetto Equine and Large Animal Vet Services to maintain the health of our horses
Shipping
Shipping to and from the local and national horse shows is available and our transportation includes our Freightliner with a six horse Grand-Prix six horse head to head trailer, a Ford 350 Dually with a two horse trailer, and an International truck with a 15 -horse semi-trailer, all equipped with cameras
Our trainers are experts
taking a team approach to the well being of all of our riders. Communication is key for any equine facility and our monthly newsletter emailed out at the beginning of the month keeps all of our boarders abreast to all the happenings around the barn
Rates at Cedarhill Farm
Board
$1,000.00Required Lessons/Training
- (to be utilized each month) $240.00
Full Individual Care
- (/month) $300.00
- (/day) $15.00
Lessons
$60.00Training Rides
$40.00Show Coaching
- (/day) $65.00
Show Full Day Care
- (/day) $75.00
Show Half Day Care
- (/day) $40.00
Trailering
Hotel, Trainer, and Grooms accomodations to be divided equally among all customers attending horse shows
- (/mile) $1.50
- (/minimum) $25.00
Approximate Monthly Maintenance Expenses
Board/Lease Program
- Base Board Rate $1,000.00
Base lesson program
- $240.00
- Blacksmith Service every 4 to 6 weeks (can vary widely) (- $250.00) $45.00
Veterinary Care Typical
may vary widely per horse
- (- $100.00) $25.00
- De-worming Typical (as needed) $10.00
Dental Care Typical - once or twice a year
- (- $20.00) $15.00
- Body Clipping (- $25.00) $15.00
- Body Clipping (twice/year) (each) $100.00
Major Medical Insurance
may vary by horse. Life Insurance 3.75% value of horse per year (will vary widely by horse)
Totals (excluding insurance)
- (and up) $1,400.00
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General Info
About Us
Cedarhill today encompasses 40 acres of fields, streams, rings, barns, and paddocks. Home to over 40 horses including boarders, school horses, and horses in training, there is always something going on!
Over 50 students ride weekly year round in our program as well as our boarders. During the summer we have a big camp program with over 60 attendees.
Three trailers transport our horses from one day local horse shows all the way to the Washington International, Devon, National Horse Show, and other fine AA shows.
Four locally sanctioned horse shows are hosted by Cedarhill Farm each year- a great opportunity to show without having to travel.