horse Leases

Lease with Full Moon Equestrian

Imagine taking your horsemanship to new heights without the financial commitment of full horse ownership. Full Moon Equestrian offers a fantastic opportunity to do just that with our onsite, half-and full lease options. With a focus on multidiscipline, biomechanical horsemanship, specializing in dressage and hunter/jumpers, and a welcoming atmosphere for all ages and skill levels, we have everything you need to unlock your full potential. Whether you’re seeking community, fitness, or companionship, we’ll match you with the perfect horse to help you achieve your goals.

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Leasing Information

Our selection of beginner and intermediate-friendly horses and ponies, combined with our stunning trails, expert trainers, and supportive community, makes for an unbeatable combination. Quarter and half leases are available.

What is included in a half lease?

A half lease gives you three dedicated rides per week, offering extra time in the saddle to grow your skills and deepen your partnership with your leased horse. We work closely with your schedule to help ensure those rides fit seamlessly into your routine.

Riders in a half lease must remain enrolled in lessons, ensuring continued guidance, safety, and skill development.

With approval, half leasers may also trailer their leased horse off-property for trail rides, shows, and clinics—giving you even more opportunities to learn, explore, and enjoy new experiences with your horse.

What is the cost?

A half lease is $450 per month, plus half of the routine farrier and veterinary costs. This shared structure keeps leasing more affordable while ensuring your leased horse receives the best ongoing care.

Why lease a horse?

Leasing offers riders the perfect balance between meaningful time in the saddle and manageable commitment. If you’re looking for extra riding and bonding time, leasing provides a wonderful opportunity to connect with a horse more frequently—without the financial burden and long-term responsibilities that come with full horse ownership.

A lease also benefits the horse. With more consistent interaction, they’re able to form a deeper, more trusting relationship with a dedicated rider, rather than the limited connection that develops through once-a-week lessons. This steady partnership helps build confidence, improve communication, and create a more rewarding experience for both horse and rider.

For riders, leasing is a fantastic way to strengthen horsemanship skills, gain experience in horse care, and stay active year-round—especially during the winter months when it can be hard to keep riding regularly. It’s a meaningful, affordable, and enriching step forward in your equestrian journey.

Chewy

We do things very differently at Full Moon. We allow our horses herds, we feed them free access hay, they live outside unless absolutely necessary… and yes, sometimes that makes it more complicated to care for them. One of our favorite lesson horses is a real testament to how this is so much healthier. Chewy came to me needing to be muzzled to be handled on the ground. He would attack people, biting or kicking. He would chase you out of the field! Yes you could ride him, but he was deeply angry. Humans had failed him in so many ways, and not due to abuse as much as ignorance. His owner sent him to me to fix and sell, she had listened to her trainer every step of the way. Her trainer didn’t know any better and just blamed the horse. She loved him but knew she wasn’t helping him.

It has taken years of problem solving to actually “fix” chewy. He was in shoes many sizes too small, causing him constant pain. His genetics blessed him with an abnormal pelvis and at only 7 years old he was riddled with arthritis. He didn’t know how to live in a herd and was Constantly bullied and pushed off of food. The other horses didn’t trust him because he has zero social skills. He was ridden as a 2 year old and it wrecked his body. And somehow he still allowed people on his back, but wow…he really didn’t like people.

Instead of selling him, I bought him for a dollar, knowing that in the wrong hands he was still dangerous enough to be euthanized. A few years later and I’m happy to say that chewy is a completely different animal. He loves his horse friends deeply, he’s extremely affectionate…he even smiles on command for treats. Adults and children love him and he successfully attends shows and is a favorite lesson pony here. But he is still an animal of instinct and if his needs are not being met, he will resort back to acting out. Because he can’t talk, he tells us, more gently these days, when he’s uncomfortable or upset. We love this pony so much and I’m so grateful I took a chance trying to help him.

I truly believe that almost always, horses communicate as quietly as they can, to tell us their needs…most people ignore those subtleties and call them “bad” because that’s easier than changing what they have been taught. Horses don’t owe us anything. They don’t owe us submission, they don’t owe us ignoring their pain for our pleasure. They deserve to be respected, and they deserve to live in ways that make them feel safe. Chewy has taught me so much, he has challenged everything I thought I knew about training. And I’ll always cherish those lessons.