Double J Riding Club

Double J Riding Club offers riding lessons, educational classes, camps, farm classes, and show team training, along with one-time private lessons and Tiny Rider Lessons. Children can also take part in Animal Adventure Camps, Horse Camps, Junior Half Day Camps, Horsemanship 101, Farm Hand 101, Farm School, Tiny Animal Adventures, Early Childhood Classes, Homeschool Courses, community group field trips, birthday parties, craft workshops, Scout badge opportunities, and a Friday Farm Tour.

• Ages: 1–18 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. and Saturday–Sunday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with Friday Farm Tours (ages 1 and up) at 12:15 p.m. for 45 minutes, Tiny Animal Adventures (ages 1–4) Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m., and one-time privates and Tiny Riders available Monday–Friday before 3:00 p.m. plus weather-permitting privates after 3:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends

Double J Riding Club states that it is committed to offering safe, educational, and enjoyable classes both on and off the horse. The leadership team includes Cindy Johnson (Owner), Haley Johnson (Riding Instructor, Event Coordinator & IEA Coach), Kathy Jachymczyk (Riding Instructor & Show Team Coach), Ryan Cunningham (Education Program Director), Sara Parks (Riding Instructor), Lisa Ostrego (Early Childhood Instructor), Brett Graves (Animal Outreach Coordinator), Grace Seter (Farm House Instructor), and Natalie Connolly (Head of Horticulture). Staff credentials include backgrounds in hospitality and tourism management, environmental science and ecology, environmental biology, biology, zoo and aquarium studies, recreation management and environmental studies, and sustainable urban horticulture, agriculture, and environmental justice. Riding instructor and show team coach Kathy Jachymczyk holds a 2022 USDF bronze medal on OTTB Sock Monkey, a 2022 ECP level 1 certification, multiple USEA medals at beginning novice and novice levels, participation in the AEC every year since 2018 with noted finishes in 2019 and 2021, and several Area 4 USEA awards.

The Friday Farm Tour is an all-outdoors experience where participants are asked to dress for the weather and are strongly encouraged to wear waterproof shoes. On this tour, families may feed snacks to several animals, search for eggs in the chicken coop, visit 50-year-old tortoises, coax pigs out of “Piggy Palace,” and feel the squishy tip of a horse’s nose. Animals that may be encountered include horses, sheep, goats, ducks, rabbits, an alpaca, a Patagonia cavy, chickens, cows, pigs, a donkey, and a mule. Double J Riding Club is described as a riding center and urban farm and notes that it does not offer trail rides or boarding.

Parent testimonials describe Jr. Farmers Camp weeks with changing subject focuses that include reading a story, doing crafts and science experiments, playing games, making homemade treats for the animals, visiting the animals on the farm, and ending each day with a horse riding lesson. Other parents describe birthday parties with many animals and guides who are informative with the children, riding lessons with patient barn staff and hands-on experiences for kids, a variety of skilled trainers and many horses for all levels of riding, and group outings where girls participated in every activity and some became interested in lessons.

Last updated May 27, 2026.