Equessence Riding Centre
📍 Auckland, Auckland
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Best for children taking their first riding lessons, including anxious beginners who warm up quickly under one coach's steady guidance.
🏆 Family Action Verdict
This suits children new to riding, including nervous beginners, where a calm and attentive coach makes the difference - reviewers describe anxious first-timers trotting by the end of a lesson. With only a handful of reviews, the picture is limited but uniformly warm, and the care shown to the animals comes up repeatedly.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
5 Google reviews
G Reviews from Google
Jeanie Southgate
3 years ago
“Absolutely fabulous. Tash, the instructor is amazing, my Grand Daughter (8 yrs) had never had a riding lesson before, she was nervous and a little scared. Within a very short time, Tash had her relaxed, smiling and enjoying herself. She was trotting by the end of the lesson, amazing ! We stayed and watched and can only sing Tash's praises, she is a gifted, talented, gentle, intuitive and mindful instrutor and her horses are so loved and obviously very wrll cared for. We will certainly be going again. 👍🌟🤗”
Donna Massey
2 years ago
“My highlight of the week is my lesson with Tash at the riding school. All the horses and ponies have the best of care thanks to Tash. They are lovely engaged horses with a confident and encouraging coach.”
Rubyjade Jones
2 years ago
“Tash is very helpful for moving foward in your riding or just beginning to ride. Tash is very kind. Her jodphers are very comfy aswell”
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Based on Google review tagsRiding lessons
2 reviews
Pony
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Overview
A small riding centre built around one instructor who knows every horse and pony on the place, each kept engaged and well looked after. Lessons scale from true beginner to building confidence in the saddle, with a calm, encouraging approach that nervous children seem to settle into fast. There's parking on site to make the trip easy.
