Littleriver Equestrian

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Littleriver Equestrian Littleriver Equestrian is a small riding school based in Wellington. We are here to help.

Focused on educating all levels with a horse first approach, helping create kind, clear riders. Here at Littleriver our main focus is providing quality education to riders to help them progress and achieve their goals. As well as having happy, healthy and well rounded horses.

​We offer lessons to riders of all ages and levels. As well as pony groups, holiday programs, schooling, selling on behalf, grazing and agistment. From learning to ride, getting ready to buy your first horse, competing and advanced lessons. We are a small family business and open for lessons/ visits by booking only.

We just got home from a wonderful day out at QEP, competing in the Shonnies sport horses 10km CTR, run by the Wellington...
11/10/2026

We just got home from a wonderful day out at QEP, competing in the Shonnies sport horses 10km CTR, run by the Wellington Area trail riding club (WATRC) .

I (Tayla) rode Lily and Emma was on Winter (Emma's first ever competition!) The ponies were amazing and only got rained on a little bit!

Winter and Emma won the class and Lily and I came second! Was a super fun day, a huge thank you to all of the WATRC volunteers, vet Rachel and everyone else who made it a great day.

Had a blast on our farm fun full day holiday program!From seeing the farrier, making feeds and painting poles, to a ridd...
10/10/2026

Had a blast on our farm fun full day holiday program!
From seeing the farrier, making feeds and painting poles, to a ridden scavenger hunt, crafts, games and more!

The weather was beautiful and we had such a fun crew of kids and helpers!

PONY GROUP TERM 4 SPACESDesigned to help riders grow into kind, confident riders. We have small groups, helping foster f...
10/10/2026

PONY GROUP TERM 4 SPACES

Designed to help riders grow into kind, confident riders. We have small groups, helping foster friendships and learning while allowing for individualized coaching.

SPACES
Wednesday
Learning to ride group 5-10yrs / runs 3.30-5pm (2 spaces)

Thursday
Beginner/Advanced beginner pony group 10yrs+ / runs 4-5.30pm (2 spaces)

Friday
Adult pony group (17+, suited to any level rider) runs 10-11.30am (1 space)
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We follow a clear curriculum that gives our riders a solid roadmap with a focus on confidence, kindness and knowledge within each certificate level.

Pony group riders also have the option to join New Zealand pony club which is a nationally recognized organization with extra certificates they can achieve.
All Littleriver riders get access to our second hand rack, library and volunteer opportunities and are able to take part in in-house events and shows.

Pony groups is $600 per term.​​
Get in touch with us to book.

Some snapshots of our full day program on Wednesday, the start of some wonderful days of holiday program fun!
09/10/2026

Some snapshots of our full day program on Wednesday, the start of some wonderful days of holiday program fun!

The Confidence Course New fortnightly group for kids aged 7 to 12 with a few more spaces in term 4!This is a ground cour...
09/10/2026

The Confidence Course
New fortnightly group for kids aged 7 to 12 with a few more spaces in term 4!

This is a ground course, focused on helping kids build confidence and emotional regulation. As parents you'll know yourself just how hard it is to believe in yourself and be able to recognize and regulate your emotions. Now imagine being a small child with those same issues, but with way less experience.

Horses are like a mirror, with no room for judgement, which make them one of the best teachers of confidence and emotional regulation there is. You can talk about confidence in a circle of kids for an hour and get nowhere. But with horses they can discover more about themselves then they even realize.

Kids will work on:
Speaking up and being heard
Reading and managing their emotions
Staying calm under pressure
Trusting their own judgement
No riding experience needed. No horsey background needed.

Term four Fortnightly Saturdays 9starting first fortnight), 1 to 2pm
Ages 7 to 12
$100 for the term

We don't label our ponies by ability or level. No beginner ponies, no advanced ponies.Labels turn ponies into steps on a...
08/10/2026

We don't label our ponies by ability or level. No beginner ponies, no advanced ponies.

Labels turn ponies into steps on a ladder. Start on the "easy" one, move up to the "better" one. Categories make it seem like you can be better than a pony, or finish learning on one.
You can't.

The pony who struggles to canter for long might be perfect for practicing sitting trot because their trot is smooth. The pony who can't jump big fences might be great to teach you how to ask for a leg-yield. The pony who needs confidence might be great to teach you how to keep a supportive rein.

Every pony has something to teach, whatever stage you're at.

08/10/2026

Had a wonderful first day of holiday programs yesterday!

It was trainer day and we learnt all about horse communication, classical vs operant conditioning, clicker training, how horses think and so much more!!

Monday's lovely weather was the perfect opportunity to get out and about!We took Winter and Lily out to the forest park ...
07/10/2026

Monday's lovely weather was the perfect opportunity to get out and about!
We took Winter and Lily out to the forest park with Elodie and Addi and had a blast.

It was both of these riders first time taking ponies off site, so a great chance for learning and a fun new experience!

We had a blast on our last day of spring auction camp!The morning was full of challenges. Some involved balloons, some h...
06/10/2026

We had a blast on our last day of spring auction camp!

The morning was full of challenges. Some involved balloons, some had us laughing till we cried, and then there was an obstacle course race that was pretty competitive!

After a fab day we got to our auction. We auctioned off 16 amazing items from our range of sponsors, and campers got very passionate bidding to buy their favorites!

They went home with all sorts of goodies, from Nibbleropes from the lovely Paxx, to jumping boots from Punk Ponies, a voucher for a custom crochet horse from Charlie Road, and so much more!!

We love camp every single holidays and we can't wait for summer, where we have four camps planned!

A huge thank you to all our camp supporters. We are so grateful for every one of you. 🎉
Punk Ponies Tack Shop
HERDD bedding HERDD pet care

Charlie Road
Heart Horse Books
Paxx Equestrian
Vetpro
Living Rural Pāuatahanui

And thank you to all our wonderful campers for another amazing camp, and to all the parents who signed them up. ❤️

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564 Coast Road
Wellington
5373

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