Programs & Training

Lessons & Schooling

Private, semi-private, and group formats for boarders and non-boarders. Suitable for beginners through advanced riders.

• Private lessons with Glenda Player
• Semi-private and group sessions available
• Ride your own horse or use a school horse
• FEI schoolmaster lessons — 2nd Level and above
• Flexible scheduling throughout the week
• 24-hour cancellation policy for make-up lessons
• ASTM SEI approved helmet required

Eventing Training

All three phases — dressage, stadium, and cross-country — trained together on property. Starter through Preliminary.

• On-property cross-country schooling course
• Stadium jumping in the dedicated outdoor arena
• Dressage preparation for competitive tests
• Starter, Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, Prelim
• Hacking and conditioning through 160-acre property
• Competition preparation and show-day support

C.O.R.E. Rider Classes

Glenda's signature biomechanics program — unmounted, in-person and online. The neuroscience of riding, applied to your seat.

• Based on 500-hour Mind Body Studies certification
• Understand how your body creates or blocks movement
• In-person sessions at Playland and online delivery
• Suitable for all disciplines and experience levels
• Mounted follow-up sessions available
• Particularly powerful for riders stuck at a plateau

Customised Training Plans

All breeds, all ages — Glenda accepts horses for full customised programmes. Young starts to upper-level preparation.

• Starting young horses under saddle
• Progressive skill development through levels
• Horses in training must be on stall board
• Training packages priced separately to boarding
• Regular video updates and training reports
• Coordination with farrier and vet as needed

Collaborative Care Boarding

Not just stabling — a full partnership in your horse's daily care, health, and wellbeing.

• Stall board — required for horses in training
• Daily turnout on 40+ acres of paddocks
• Farrier and vet coordination handled
• On-site management by Glenda, 7 days a week
• Year-round care in Frederick County climate
• Quality hay and bedding throughout