Overview
Equetec is an educational center that specializes in customizing action plans for improving the effectiveness of horse–rider interaction.
Ginger Long is a Dressage and Combined Training; horse trainer, riding instructor, coach, behavioral and movement specialist.
Our multidisciplinary approach offers riders a unique opportunity for working through problems that have been resistant to conventional solutions.
Equetec provides riders with learning opportunities and facilitate programs specific to each individual’s goals and abilities for optimal performance and longevity. The harmonious, systematic development of each team is our goal. We strive for fun and a supportive team environment.
Equetec resides at LongHaven Farm, owned by Ginger and Gary Long in Prospect Hill, NC.
LongHaven Farm is a private rehabilitation and training facility that helps horses and riders develop successful training programs. We are primarily a training facility and learning center. We run our schedules around the horses’ routines and best structure for overall program success. This is our home and you are a part of our community.
Ginger Long, LHF Riding School and Ashley Rumple provide individuals that want to learn about the whole horse, the opportunity to do so. We have excellent equine teachers that are available to help make you into the effective, versatile, and competent rider you have always wanted to be. We specialize in meeting the individual where they are in their personal riding journey and giving them the tools and knowledge to attain their desired goals and outcomes. We emphasize safety, horsemanship, and understanding so that horse and rider can find harmony with one another.
Ginger Long is certified by the esteemed, British Horse Society, at Wellington Riding in Basingstoke, England. Ginger teaches balanced seat lessons and horse behavioral principles by instructing in a whole horse, multi-disciplinary approach.
Ashley Rumple is the Assistant Trainer for Ginger Long and Equetec as well as the Barn Manager at LongHaven Farm. She has over 25 years of experience with horses and over 15 years of experience in instruction and teaching. As Assistant Trainer, Ashley has gotten the opportunity to learn from every horse that has come through Ginger’s program.
Ashley began riding hunters and equitation which developed her ability to ride softly and smoothly. Once she came to Equetec, she learned that she needed the fundamentals of dressage to truly be able to correctly train and help horses. The eclectic mix of horses available at LongHaven Farm has given Ashley the chance to learn to ride in correct balance with softness and feel no matter the discipline or horse. Ashley is hungry for pursuing harmony with all horses she meets and is excited to help other riders in their journey as well.
Our mission is “In Pursuit of Harmony” and therefore our strategies always lean toward that focus.
Learn more about Ashley Rumple at Equetec
LongHaven Riding School:
https://sites.google.com/equetec.com/longhavenriding/home
Looking for ANSWERS??? LOST for a clear goal or expectation?
Make harmony your goal and see how far it can take you.
Ask yourself:
What makes a rider want to be better?
What is ‘fair’ for the horse to tolerate while the rider is learning?
How real are you about the process and the work required?
Do you have a systematic approach to accomplishing the goal of “MOVING WITH” walk trot canter, jump and varied terrain?
What is in the way of true harmony with your horse?
Need an answer?
SEAT LESSONS
So you can FOCUS on posture, alignment, and balance while going with the movement.
Final question:
Do you want to be an effective rider moving with the horses’ back up and swinging freely in rhythmic and following breath? You do!!!
Only one step leads you toward your journey.
LongHaven Farm, home of Equetec, maintains school horses for this purpose.
Private lessons on one of our schoolmasters includes rider fitness coaching off the horse in our basement gym and during COVID using Zoom, FaceTime, and email support.
Group and private weekly VIRTUAL sessions and technical Q&A for $30 per session.
Email ginger@equetec.com to get started today!—
Testimonial~~Been “riding” pretty much my whole life… didn’t learn what it truly meant to be an EFFECTIVE rider and how to balance myself over the horse and how my body can influence AND sometimes hinder the horse’s movement until I found Ginger Long and Equetec. 
Ginger’s specialization is in rehab conditioning and movement for optimal performance and longevity
~ “In Pursuit of Harmony”
Ginger can teach you on one of her horses or your own, at her farm,Hwy. 86N, off of Hwy. 49N in Prospect Hill, North Carolina
Equetec’s assistant trainer, Ashley Rumple starts kids on our ponies with instruction on safety, tacking, care for the horse and riding fun.
Serving you with:
- One hour Lesson with Ginger on one of her horses or your own
- One hour Lessons with Ashley on one of Ginger’s ponies
- Full and part time Training, Conditioning and Rehabilitation
- Weekly Themed Group sessions
- Comprehensive Evaluations include horse and rider movement, mechanics, tack and overall training program. The compatibility and goal of horse and rider are evaluated to determine ‘weak links’ that could be improved on between horse and rider for optimal performance and longevity. An extensive exercise and conditioning plan is developed.
- Postural seat sessions in our studio, gym and while mounted on one of our schoolmasters
- Regular educational Clinics that rehearse skill development
Join us for Educational Clinic Days – Bring a dish for food and fun
Preventive Hoof Care and Comprehensive Evaluations ~
Horsemanship, Trails and Obstacles with group practice ~
Trail rides on Sundays and Cross country jumping, conditioning and footwork Clinics ~
Combined Training or DRESSAGE Ride-A-Test & Jumping Grid/Coursework ~
Ride a Test and Stadium round includes an option for poles on the ground for green riders and horses ~
Ginger Long Equetec Services, .pdf downloadable
Our lesson program for kids includes all aspects of riding: catching, grooming, tacking, and about 30-40 minutes of actual riding time depending on the child’s age and ability to focus.
A lifetime rider and competitor, Ashley Rumple, has a degree in Psychology, camp counselor experience, and loves working with kids of all ages.
The lesson will be a private ride and lead lesson to learn basic balance and communication skills before being taken off the line. This ensures safety and prevents a false sense of security.
Our horses and ponies are sensitive, safe, and wonderful teachers. They patiently mirror the rider as they grow in skill and confidence.
More on Ashley Rumple: Ashley’s website and Blog
“Happy horses; follow, happy, soft, quiet, peaceful humans with clear intention.”
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