Riding Lessons

Hunt View Riding Academy counts with CHA certified riding instructors. All instructors are CPR and first Aid Certified. The academy offers classes in English Style, Western Style, and Trail Riding. The Academy offers classes for ages 8 and up and we accommodate all levels of instruction. Our goal is to provide you with a positive and professional riding experience. Our riding classes focus on developing a well rounded student. We believe in order to become a skilled rider students must know all aspects of horsemanship. Our classes teach horse behavior and care, grooming, tacking, safe practices, riding, and ground work. We encourage our students to learn while at the same time having fun. Below you may read about our instructors, their backgrounds and schedules. To schedule a lesson please contact Owner / Program Director Alberto Gamboa at [email protected] You may book your lessons by submitting your class enrollment form and academy riding waiver via PDF and by purchasing your lessons using the pay-now button found at bottom of the page below. Once you have submitted these 3 items your chosen instructor will contact you in a timely manner to schedule your lessons.

Meet Our Riding Instructors

Alberto Gamboa

Alberto Gamboa: CHA Certified Contact (240) 477-9491 email: [email protected]

Trail Riding /English / Western Riding: Learn to explore the trails with one-on-one professional instruction. Instruction focuses on trail safety, riding skills needed to walk, trot, canter, jump on the trails and fields. Become an experienced and confident rider with our classes in a relaxed family friendly atmosphere.

Bio:

Alberto is a CHA Certified Instructor that counts with decades of horsemanship experience. Born and raised in Argentina, Alberto has been around horses all his life. He completed an extensive multi- year internship in several horse farms in the Montgomery County area where he worked with experienced farm owners and a horse veterinarian. He earned his Certified Riding Instructor Certification through the CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association )

As Owner and Director of Hunt View Riding Academy he is excited to be able to pass on his knowledge, experience, and love for horses and riding to his students.

Alberto's Class Schedule:

Flexible schedule: September-May Weekdays 9 am-1pm and Weekends

June, July, August: Weekends Only

Linda Gamboa

Linda Gamboa Contact: 301-366-6458 Email: [email protected]

Riding classes: Enrolling new students

Linda's teaching Schedule: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays

Bio:

Linda grew up in Montgomery County and studied Biochemistry in the University of Maryland. She gained medical insight and knowledge with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department as an Emergency Medical Technician. She gained vast riding and teaching experience working and riding at Hunt View Riding Academy. She is currently in her Junior Year at St. Andrews University pursuing an Equine and Stable Management Degree. Her classes are geared toward building confidence, both on the ground and on the saddle. Her classes focus on the horsemanship aspects of riding such as grooming, bonding with the horse, groundwork, tacking, riding, and fine tuning riding skills to better communicate with the horse. Linda is trilingual and can hold riding classes in English, Castilian, and French. As co-Owner and co-Director of Hunt View Riding Academy she is excited to be able to pass on her knowledge, experience, and love for horses and riding to her students.

Gabriella Gamboa

Gabriella Gamboa Contact: 301-332-4248 Email: [email protected]

Riding classes: Enrolling new students for English, Western riding, jumping, trail riding and hunters

Gabriella's teaching Schedule: Please inquire for availability

Bio:

Gabriella Gamboa has been riding horses all her life. Gabriella is excited to share all her teaching and riding skills with her students. Whether it be basic horsemanship, grooming, tacking, ground work, riding, jumping and trail riding, her patience with young children and adults is a key feature of her teaching. Upon demand, Gabriella's lessons may also include show-competition preparation. Gabriella is a proud member of the Varsity Quince Orchard Equestrian Team. Gabriella competes in competitive show events affiliated with the ISHS. She also participates in local equestrian community events. All earnings from her teaching goes towards her college education. Gabriella is CPR and First Aid Certified. Gabriella is bi-lingual and can hold classes in Castilian and English.

Estefania Puricelli

Estefania Puricelli Contact: (202) 735-4398 Email: [email protected]

Riding Classes: English riding, specializes on beginners

Estefania's class schedule: Flexible schedule. Please contact for specific days and times.

Bio:

Estefania began riding before she could walk at her family's farm outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina. From a young age, Estefania learned jumping, basic dressage, and also the traditional “gaucho" riding style utilized hundreds of years in the pampas of Argentina. For more than a decade, Estefania held a position as a trail ride guide instructor in a beach town in the Province of Buenos Aires. She refined her skills through the study of Doma Personalizada, a natural horse domestication discipline that requires patience, kind techniques and a vast knowledge of horsemanship, balanced riding, and a deep understanding of the horse's temperament and instincts. Estefania is bilingual and can hold classes in both English and Spanish. She is currently enrolling beginner riders.

Catherine Woodard

Catherine Woodard Contact: (703) 999-4606 email: [email protected]

Riding Classes: English Riding, Dressage, Jumping, Trail Riding

Bio:

Catherine was born in Scotland, into a family of horse lovers, and was riding before she could walk. Having the vast countryside of Scotland presented many opportunities for her to have the freedom to explore and venture by horseback. Catherine’s knowledge and passion for horses expanded while working at a castle estate with retired competition horses and ponies. Catherine has extensive teaching experience and general horsemanship knowledge. Catherine has experience in the different riding techniques such as English, show-jumping, cross-country, dressage, and trail riding.

During her college years , Catherine was a member of her university team, where she gained a vast knowledge of English Riding. Catherine is now an English style riding instructor at Hunt View Riding Academy. She accepts students with all levels of experience and hopes to pass on her passion for riding to her students.

Alexis Maloney

Alexis Maloney Contact: (240)-994-5862 Email: [email protected]
Riding classes: English riding specializing in beginner riders
Alexis’ class schedule: Monday – Friday evenings and weekends. Please contact for specific days and times.
Alexis grew up in Montgomery County and has been riding since the age of 7. Though riding for many years, Alexis’ knowledge of horses and teaching evolved when she started riding at Hunt View in 2020. Alexis is also a dedicated and knowledgeable horse owner. As a horse owner, Alexis has learned the significance of bonding with a horse as well as the importance proper and effective communication is in both ground work and riding. Her lessons are geared towards basic horsemanship including grooming, tacking, groundwork and riding while incorporating bonding and effective communication. Alexis is also CRP and First Aid certified. She is enrolling new students and specializes in first time riders and beginners.

To pay and register: Please select from the below lesson packages or drop in lesson and fill out and send your class enrollment form and riding waiver form to [email protected] as a PDF file.

Class Enrollment Form

Riding Waiver

From the Ground to the Saddle Approach :

*Lesson includes, grooming, tacking and riding as part of the 1 hour lesson.

Drop in lesson $150

Private lessons- Package of 4 $400 ( save $200 per package)

Private lessons - Package of 10 $900 ( save $600 per package)

Adult Group lessons - Package of 4 - one hour lessons $340

* Please note you must bring a group of 3 or more adult riders. Children are not allowed in group lessons for safety purposes. Any class with 2 or less riders is considered a private lesson. All riders in the group lesson must purchase their own individual group package.

Premium Riding Approach :

Lesson focuses on riding only and horse is groomed and tacked when you arrive

Private lessons - Package of 4 $600

Private lessons - Package of 10 $1,200 (save $300)

Please note for all lessons:

-Payment is due in full in order to schedule your lesson. Thereafter, to keep your space reserved, payment is due on the last lesson of the current series. There are no refunds once a class has been reserved.

-Re-scheduling: Due to high demand, we’ll need 2 days notice to reschedule a lesson, or the missed lesson will count as a paid lesson, even if due to sickness or injury. Remember, a specific horse is reserved for each rider based on many factors including class size, ability, etc.

Weather: In case of rain we will have a “Barn Day” focusing on stable management, grooming, horse care, horse education, and general horsemanship.

-Extreme weather policy: We will follow Montgomery County School weather cancellation policy. In addition in case of extreme heat or extreme cold classes may be re-scheduled since horses are affected by extreme temperatures. In this case the instructor will notify the student and class may be made up at the end of the session.