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ALTER Farm & LIFE School offers riding lessons from beginner to advanced levels, including English, hunter/jumper, dressage, eventing, equitation, and Western riding at beginner and intermediate levels. Riders can also take part in barrels, reining, and roping/sorting/penning, and may bring their own horse or use one of the schooling horses. The program includes short term training, short term boarding, and short term lay-up and rehab, and also offers FUN Kids Education as part of its activities.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: LIFE Farm School class times are listed on their other pages
• Price: $85/hour for private lessons; $65/hour for semi-private lessons; $100/hour for competition of any kind and cross country schooling coaching; $120+ for special needs (case by case basis, this is an average); lease horses available starting at $400/month for an all inclusive lease
ALTER Farm & LIFE School operates as the LIFE Equestrian Academy at ALTER Farm and is an all-inclusive facility where special needs and challenges are welcome. The barn staff is led by owner, instructor, trainer, and manager Britnee Mantis. Veterinary staff includes Dr. Friedman, who provides equine, chiropractic, acupuncture, and small animal care. Instructors are also mobile, carry independent insurance, and can visit a student’s barn, and guest visits and tours are available by appointment only.
The program’s mission is to provide any animal and human who join the farm a positive, healing, productive, kind atmosphere where wellness flourishes, with animal health and happiness kept at the top of the staff’s priorities. The mission also states that mutual respect, balance, and caring energy between horse and rider are a priority, and that the program is dedicated to the wellness and happiness of the animal and the handler, emphasizing happiness, wellness, and kindness. The staff treats every animal that enters the farm exclusively and encourages guests to become familiar with all methods and team members by participating and learning at any time they choose. ALTER Farm & LIFE School is registered as a 501c3 in the State of Washington as of 2021.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: LIFE Farm School class times are listed on their other pages
• Price: $85/hour for private lessons; $65/hour for semi-private lessons; $100/hour for competition of any kind and cross country schooling coaching; $120+ for special needs (case by case basis, this is an average); lease horses available starting at $400/month for an all inclusive lease
ALTER Farm & LIFE School operates as the LIFE Equestrian Academy at ALTER Farm and is an all-inclusive facility where special needs and challenges are welcome. The barn staff is led by owner, instructor, trainer, and manager Britnee Mantis. Veterinary staff includes Dr. Friedman, who provides equine, chiropractic, acupuncture, and small animal care. Instructors are also mobile, carry independent insurance, and can visit a student’s barn, and guest visits and tours are available by appointment only.
The program’s mission is to provide any animal and human who join the farm a positive, healing, productive, kind atmosphere where wellness flourishes, with animal health and happiness kept at the top of the staff’s priorities. The mission also states that mutual respect, balance, and caring energy between horse and rider are a priority, and that the program is dedicated to the wellness and happiness of the animal and the handler, emphasizing happiness, wellness, and kindness. The staff treats every animal that enters the farm exclusively and encourages guests to become familiar with all methods and team members by participating and learning at any time they choose. ALTER Farm & LIFE School is registered as a 501c3 in the State of Washington as of 2021.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
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