EquiLesson

EquiLesson Horse Instructor Software
EquiLesson is the Only web-based software solution developed specifically for scheduling horseback riding lessons and managing the unique aspects of a horseback riding lesson business

What Makes EquiLesson Different?

EquiLesson will help you manage your horseback riding lesson business. It is the Only web-based software solution developed specifically for scheduling horseback riding lessons and managing the unique aspects of a horseback riding lesson business. Get organized and start saving time today!

Note: Since EquiLesson is web-based, it allows your customers to see your schedule of lessons on-line anytime; allows them to reserve lessons on-line anytime; allows them to even pay on-line anytime!

Who Can Benefit From Using EquiLesson Software?

If you are in a horse business that involves teaching lessons to students, whether you are a Riding School, Private Instructor, Dude Ranch or Summer Camp, EquiLesson can take the business worry out of your life and allow you the time you need to do what you do best— teaching riding!

How Does EquiLesson Help Instructors?

Whether you teach English, Western or just give riding instructions to clients at your Dude Ranch or Horse Camp, EquiLesson is for you.
Can You Answer “Yes” To Any Or All Of These Questions? If So, EquiLesson Is For YOU!

• Do you give horseback riding lessons?
• Do you want to keep better track of your students? What lessons they have and how much they owe.
• Do you want to save time by giving your students on-line access to make lesson reservations and answer questions themselves? 24 hours a day / 7 days a week.
• Do you want to accept on-line payments?
• Do you want to assign and track horses for each lesson? Ensure horses are not over or double booked. Assign horses based on levels/skills of the horse and the rider.
• Do you want to easily communicate with your customers? Send e-mails, notifications, cancelations, and lesson changes.

EquiLesson Can Save You Time— and Time Is Money!

• Schedule your horseback riding lessons quickly and easily
• Lessons can't be scheduled if the instructor is not available, so you save time by not having to reschedule lessons later
• If you do need to reschedule, lessons can be easily dragged and dropped to an available time slot. E-mails are automatically sent to notify students and instructors that the lesson was rescheduled
• Allow customers to register and pay on-line. Save time by allowing them to answer their own questions on-line anytime. "What do I owe?" "When is my next lesson?" "Is there a group lesson available on Tuesday?"
• Post lesson fees automatically to student accounts based on your lesson packages and your payment policies
• Collect balances due with the push of a button with EquiLesson's recurring billing feature
• Have your customers pay on-line anytime
• Easily E-mail invoices to your customers
• Quickly send e-mail notes to some or all customers
• Focus your time on horseback riding lessons and not on paperwork

How Can EquiLesson Help Me Make More Money?

All instructors have had a student say “Can I pay you next time?” and then the next time is forgotten… or perhaps you were so busy giving the lesson and involved in helping the student, you forgot to ask for payment at the end. In addition, there are other ways that EquiLesson can help make you more money…

• Collect more revenue with a complete understanding of who owes you what and when they will owe again
• Allow your customers to easily pay on-line or through recurring (monthly) payment plans
• Don't lose customers because they don't know your lesson availability or they can't reserve horseback riding lessons on-line when it's convenient for them
• Sell other items and merchandise through an on-line store

So EquiLesson Can Help Me Manage My Business More Effectively?

Absolutely! EquiLesson thinks of things you don’t have time to!

• Dozens of reports to give you better insight into your business
• Stop over booking or double booking horses or instructors
• Systematically match the skills/levels of students with instructors and horses
• Track lesson and boarder fees and balances

Is It True That EquiLesson Makes It Easier To Communicate To Clients?

Yes! Your students will appreciate your professionalism and consistency.

• Automatic e-mails (such as lesson reminders, cancelations, and changes)
• E-mail notes and invoices to some or all of your students – easily
• Consolidate contact info for horses, students, and instructors
• Give your customers access to their account and lesson history

But Will I Get Support To Help Me Set This System Up?

Yes you will! We know that your expertise lies with riding instruction. We will walk you through the initial set up. We are with you every step of the way to ensure you are set up exactly the way that is best for you individual needs!

• We walk you through the initial software setup and configuration
• No setup fee. No software to install – everything is web-based
• Free unlimited phone and e-mail support
• Free software upgrades
• You can be up and running today!

How Much Does EquiLesson Cost?

Your tax deductible EquiLesson Software starts at only $29 per month for up to 5 horses, $39 a month for up to 10 horses, and $59 a month for up to 25 horses— larger programs are available! If you wish to process credit card payments with our program, there is just a small additional fee as we are partnered with an excellent payment processing company…. the bottom line— EquiLesson is an Affordable, TAX Deductible expense that pays for itself.

• No setup fee
• Low monthly fee. Based on the number of horses that you manage in the system

• No long term contracts. Month to month; just give us 30-day notice if you need to cancel your account; for any reason
• 30-day money back guarantee
• Unlimited concurrent users
• Unlimited students/clients
• On-line student account portal and on-line store included
• Free unlimited phone and email support
• Works on PCs and MACs
• Free software upgrades. Each time we update the software, you get those new features automatically and for Free
• Free training - we help with the initial setup and configuration to match your business processes and answer questions any time!

What If I Want To Cancel?

Our month to month subscription only requires a 30 day notice to cancel and you can cancel at anytime.

So How Do I Get Started?

We thought you’d never ask. Just call us today and we’ll get you started. We can actually have your customized EquiLesson program up and running in a a few hours. This program is so wonderful you’ll never want to go back to your “scheduling book” again! EquiLesson is the business partner everyone loves to have! Call today!

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What problem does EquiLesson actually solve?

Running a lesson barn means juggling a moving puzzle of riders, horses, and instructors, and a horse booked for one lesson cannot be in two arenas at once. EquiLesson was built to untangle exactly that: it tracks the availability of every instructor and every horse so a lesson can never be booked into a conflict. As one user, Blue Horse Farms, put it, "EquiLesson lets me focus on giving horseback riding lessons and not on paperwork. Allowing students to pay online saves me a ton of time!"

Who builds and stands behind the platform?

EquiLesson launched in 2012 as a United States-based, web-based software company focused entirely on the horseback riding lesson business. The product is operated by The Studio Director, a long-running studio-and-class management software company, which brings mature billing, scheduling, and online-enrollment infrastructure to the equestrian niche. Support is handled by phone at and by.

The scheduling and horse-matching engine explained

EquiLesson lets you set skills and levels for horses, lessons, students, and instructors, then assign specific horses to individual student lessons so the right mount meets the right rider every time. Availability windows for both instructors and horses block out any time they cannot be used, which stops double-booking before it happens. Riders see your live schedule around the clock, reserve their own lessons, and receive automatic email notifications whenever a lesson is changed or cancelled.

Billing, invoices, and getting paid online
The system tracks how much each student owes and exactly what they owe it for, then generates personalized invoices and supports automatic, recurring payment plans. Students can pay online any time, which collapses the back-office chasing that eats an instructor's evenings. You can brand the portal with your own logo and load in your business rules, policies, and lesson fees so the experience reads as your barn, not a generic tool.

Who is the right fit for EquiLesson?

EquiLesson is purpose-built for riding instructors and lesson barns of any size, from a single freelance trainer up through multi-instructor academies and nonprofit therapeutic programs. Because it is web-based, it runs from any device with an internet connection and works across Cloud, Windows, and Mac. If you teach scheduled lessons, manage a string of school horses, and want students booking and paying themselves, the feature set maps directly to your day.

How to start: free trial, no contract, money-back guarantee
EquiLesson extends a free 15-day trial so instructors can get organized before committing a dollar. Plans run month-to-month with no long-term contract, a 30-day money-back guarantee, and complimentary set-up, and the monthly support fee scales with the number of horses you store in the system. Software upgrades are free and free training is provided to walk you through the initial setup. Reach the team at or to begin.