Learning for life through the love of horses

Liberty Pony Club at Rugged Ranch in Topanga Canyon hosts group and private horsemanship learning experiences especially for children.

Our equine learning programmes are grounded in the Liberty and Natural Horsemanship principles of communication and horse-human connection and prioritise creating a true partnership with our horses.

Our horses and ponies have free roam of the ranch everyday and get to enjoy exploring the natural pathways created through the mountainside. We promote only the lightest and gentlest methods of horse handling and our horses are encouraged to retain or in some cases, re-discover, their free spirit and individual personalities as they build connections with the children.

Through our individually tailored programmes children not only learn about the horses, gain confidence being around them and respect as sentient beings, but also about themselves and life-long lessons in empathy, responsibility, boundaries, energy and emotion management and so much more. Learning to ride the ponies comes only after a relationship of true connection and communication, has been built between the pony and the child on the ground. And importantly - the children get to have fun playing with ponies whilst spending time in nature.

Mindful Mustang

Liberty Pony Club is a division of Mindful Mustang’s equine-assisted learning programmes.