Elvenstar Riding Lessons and Camps
Tierra Rejada Valley, 15540 Lapeyre Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
About
Elvenstar Riding Lessons and Camps offers riding lessons for kids and adults, along with year-round horse camps. The program includes group and private instruction, hunter jumper training, equitation programs, dressage, and competition programs that include regional and national show programs. It also offers spring, summer, and fall horse day camps for ages four and up, as well as boarding with placements matched to the rider’s program.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Tuesday–Friday 8am–6pm, and Saturday–Sunday 8am–2pm
Elvenstar Riding Lessons and Camps operates as a recreational equestrian facility with two full equestrian facilities under one program serving Southern California equestrians. The Moorpark facility is home to year-round boarding, training, and Academy programs and is described as having all of the bells and whistles of a premier classroom. The program has been serving riders of all levels for over twenty-five years and features a Gallery of Champions highlighting past champions that trained at Elvenstar. Elvenstar is not a licensed “special needs” facility.
The leadership team includes CEO and Founder James Hagman, who is also Founder, Head Coach, and Instructor for all programs, and who runs the regional and national show programs with the senior training staff. Additional team members include Lisa Benefield in Business Office and Accounting, instructor Kaycee Kurtze-Bischoff, and Regional Show Director, Coach, and Instructor Kay Altheuser. The stated mission emphasizes good horsemanship as requiring compassion, respect, patience, a sense of responsibility, a desire to learn, and a positive attitude, with a teaching style described as positive and enthusiastic. The program begins with a base in classical horsemanship, focuses on the art of communication between horse and rider, and emphasizes the basics of riding as the building blocks of correct riding skills, with the facility described as allowing students at all levels to grow and develop their individual equestrian excellence.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
• Ages: 4–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Tuesday–Friday 8am–6pm, and Saturday–Sunday 8am–2pm
Elvenstar Riding Lessons and Camps operates as a recreational equestrian facility with two full equestrian facilities under one program serving Southern California equestrians. The Moorpark facility is home to year-round boarding, training, and Academy programs and is described as having all of the bells and whistles of a premier classroom. The program has been serving riders of all levels for over twenty-five years and features a Gallery of Champions highlighting past champions that trained at Elvenstar. Elvenstar is not a licensed “special needs” facility.
The leadership team includes CEO and Founder James Hagman, who is also Founder, Head Coach, and Instructor for all programs, and who runs the regional and national show programs with the senior training staff. Additional team members include Lisa Benefield in Business Office and Accounting, instructor Kaycee Kurtze-Bischoff, and Regional Show Director, Coach, and Instructor Kay Altheuser. The stated mission emphasizes good horsemanship as requiring compassion, respect, patience, a sense of responsibility, a desire to learn, and a positive attitude, with a teaching style described as positive and enthusiastic. The program begins with a base in classical horsemanship, focuses on the art of communication between horse and rider, and emphasizes the basics of riding as the building blocks of correct riding skills, with the facility described as allowing students at all levels to grow and develop their individual equestrian excellence.
Last updated June 22, 2026.
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