Five Star Equestrian is the private Hunter/Jumper and Equitation school.

Located at Five Star Stables in Danville, Five Star Equestrian is a family oriented equestrian center with a focus on horsemanship and showmanship, promoting the development of the horse and rider from the ground up, developing confidence and enthusiasm for the sport, while addressing individual needs and goals. We encourage a team spirit, hosting many events and activities to build comradery that we believe is essential to bolstering the success of our clients and program. We believe very strongly that by developing confidence in our clients and encouraging a sense of empathy for other living things, we will produce a winning combination not only in competition, but in the daily lives of our clients.

Why Us?

Located in the East Bay’s Alameda County, our riding school offers classes for the beginner rider to the professional horsemen. Clients learn through hands on experiences, videos, demonstrations, clinics and consistent work.

Our program is designed to build a community where riders thrive and can make lifetime friends. We set goals for each of our riders and work to meet the milestones needed to reach these goals. We stress the importance of good horsemanship and building strong communication with our equine partners through an understanding of how a horse thinks and reacts and why. We promote the development of good horse management skills and care, emphasize the need for ground work and, above all, the importance of respect, which we feel are the most essential ingredients to developing a successful equestrian.By developing confident horses and riders, anything is possible.

What we do

  • We offer more than the traditional training center riding lesson where you pay, you ride, you leave. Five Star clients are given the unique opportunity to spend quality time learning how to care for the horses and ponies before and after lessons. As a rider progresses he or she is encouraged to develop the ability to school horses properly and work with various issues successfully.
  • We develop an understanding of why we focus on various tasks and develop clients who can identify the needs of different mounts. Developing confidence in both our clients and horses yields a partnership that guarantees lifelong success in whatever discipline or direction our clients choose to go.
  • We customize each program to meet the needs of the individual and his/her horse, as not each person or horse has the same goals or development needs.
  • We keep the goals of our clients at the core of our mission, which is to develop equestrians who respect their horses first, facing challenges with patience and understanding.
  • We host many events and offer both outside and in-barn clinics, exposing riders to a broad spectrum of experience while keeping costs reasonable. By understanding, clearly, the dynamics between our clients and the horses, Five Star manages to yield positive results and produce talented and gifted riders.

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Our Team

Owned and run by CHA certified trainers Cassandra Keith and Leah Feliz. Learn more about them, and about their passion for this sport.