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Rates
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| The Fraser School of Driving is open year round. We have lots of places to drive with awesome
views of the mountains, but if the weather turns bad we have a spacious indoor
arena where we can conduct your lessons. |
| Rates:
our rates are subject to change; any rates quoted will be honored to anyone who has already booked their
lessons or clinic. We have not changed our rates in years but I need to reserve
this right. |
| Basic Training: $75 per hour up to15 hours of lessons.
Fifteen hours of lessons
is our minimum
recommendations for learning the basics. We suggest a three hour lesson per
day which will include plenty of hands on driving, harness & hitching and
informal class room to include question and answer time. This is about as much as most people
can absorb in a day. There is a lot to learn! |
| Advanced Training: $50 per hour. This rate applies to
our students who have completed the Basic Training and want to continue
developing their skills. |
| Commercial drivers should
consider at least 40 hours of professional training before you risk the
lives of the trusting public. If you book this time, we will offer you
the discount rate. |
| The Experience: $100 per hour for 1 to 2 hours driving horses.
This is for the people who want the experience but have no intentions on doing
more. |
| Partner Rates: We offer a Partner rate to a spouse,
family member or friend who will share the lesson time. The first person
pays the full rate and the second person pays $30 per hour of shared
time. |
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Clinics
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| $400 per day clinic at our facilities. You can have
a private clinic for yourself or your group. This is for people who want
to spend the entire day learning as much as they can about harnessing,
hitching and driving horses. This will include lots of hands-on driving
experience; how to get a better response from the driven horse; question
and answer time; harness choices; vehicle selection; safety
considerations; horse types and abilities; the horse's way of thinking
and responding; what the horse needs from the driver. |
| $500 per day plus expenses for clinics away from our
facilities. |
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Lodging
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| We can offer Room and Board to a limited
number of students in our nice bunk-room. Meals are served family style.
Call for rates. The benefit of staying here is receiving additional
question and answer time and conversations before, during and after
meals. There are motels and restaurants very close by if you prefer more
privacy. Go to the Links page and scroll down to
the Local Accommodations for Motels or RV campgrounds. |
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Schedules:
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| We can be flexible in our class times
and dates, so call and talk with us about what schedule works best for
you. |
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| Lessons: |
| The lessons vary with each student.
Everyone has different interests and levels of ability so we work with
each individual to offer them what they need the most. We teach driving
with contact - this is the safest and most responsive way to drive a
horse or multiple horses. We will briefly cover harnessing, fitting and
adjustments, but we focus mostly on hands-on-driving. We are very
flexible in the lessons and we try to accommodate your individual goals
and requirements. We can also teach you how to best present your horse
through grooming techniques and equine enhancement. You may drive a
single horse or a well matched pair. We offer lessons in driving four
horses, but only after you have accomplished driving a pair. |
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Gift Certificates:
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| We offer gift certificates by the hour or by the
week! We can make available as many driving hours as you would like to
give. We have sold gift certificates to: |
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a wife who gave her husband the gift of driving for
their anniversary. He drove horses as a kid and wanted to re-live the
experience. You should have seen the smile on his face! He had so much fun his
wife paid for another hour.
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a friend who wanted to say Thank You to someone, and she knew
how much her friend wanted to learn to drive horses. The recipient couldn't
say no to the gift and decided to take more lessons.
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parents who were learning how to drive from us and could see the
value of professional training, so they gave their daughter the gift of lessons.
She went on to expand her lessons and is now driving horses for someone else and
competing in the CDEs.
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husbands who wanted to give something special to their
wives.
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a husband who wanted to make his wife's dream of driving horses
come true!
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a wife who gave her husband more lessons because she knew
he wanted more experience driving his horses.
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Horses:
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| We usually have a variety of horses to drive
including draft horses, cross breeds, light horses and ponies. If you
have a well trained horses, you may bring them for your lessons. We may
charge $75 for an evaluation to be sure your horse is suitable for your
lessons. If your horse needs additional training it will be an
additional $50 per hour in addition to your lesson. If your horse is
fine there will be no extra costs except the standard boarding rate of
$20 per night. We have hay but it is alfalfa mix and that might be too
rich for your horse, so bring what you normally feed and we will adjust
the rate. We have some wonderful driving horses for sale - if you are
looking for quality - see our list of Horses for Sale. |
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Equine Enhancement:
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| We can teach you how to make your horses
look their very best! It is surprising how proper conditioning and
presentation can benefit you in the show ring, the sale ring, parades,
or anytime you drive in public. We can also teach you to train your own
horses, but this will take time to train you first. It is not likely you
can learn it all in one or two weeks. |
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| Clinics In Your Town: |
| Alex will travel to teach a driving clinic or teach
private lessons in your area. |
| Cost is $500 a day plus his expenses which includes
standard mileage rate to and from your location or air fare, food and
lodging for the time he is away from home. If he has to haul horses for
lessons, there will be an additional fee. |
| A clinic would usually include an 8 hour day
for lessons plus an hour lunch break, but just try to shut him up after
8 hours. <smile> |
| You can set up the clinic however you
choose. We do suggest a limit of 10 people for the day so everyone can
have some hands on experience. |
| If you have any other questions feel
free to call 406-846-3686 or E-mail, we will be happy to answer your questions about the school or
lessons. |
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