Riding Academy Lessons

Both adults and children can learn and improve their riding skills with our expert instructors and 20+ schooling horses and ponies. Lessons are offered Tuesday through Sunday and are open to the public. Our Riding Academy instructors are Whitney, Sherri, and Jessie.

Learn more about lessons here.

Girls learning proper stirrup position at summer camp.

Horsemanship Camps

When school’s out, the fun starts here! Kids ages 6-12 learn the basics of tacking, grooming and riding during Spring Break and Summer Camps. Camps run Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon during Spring Break (date TBD) and early through mid-summer (2027 dates TBD). Preference is given to current Perennial Farm Riding Academy students. Get all the camp details and dates here.

IEA Team Prep Camp runs August 3-7, 2026. It is reserved for Perennial Farm IEA Team members.

Click here to go straight to Registration. If you have questions, you may email Whitney at perennial_farm@aol.com.

Introducing: IEA Team

Perennial Farm Riding Academy at Tampa Yacht and Country Club is now a member of the Interscholastic Equestrian Program (IEA), offering riders in grades 4-12 the opportunity to join the Perennial Farm IEA Team to compete and learn about equestrian athletics.  IEA is national 501(c)3 non-profit organization with nearly 15,000 members in the United States riding and coaching in three disciplines: Hunt Seat, Western and Dressage, each introducing and promoting lifelong involvement in equestrian athletics. The Perennial Farm IEA Team competes in the Hunt Seat discipline, which is based on the tradition of fox hunting and includes both flat and over fences competitions.

Perennial IEA Team membership is open to riders in grades 4-12 with openings in both Middle (Grades 4-8) and Upper Teams (Grades 9-12), as well as non-riding Junior Education members.  Each Perennial Team consists of up to 40 riders in the same age group and a coach.  Riders of all experience levels from Beginner Walk-Trot to Varsity Open.  The IEA show season runs from August through June each year. 

Horse and rider jumping during a home show at Perennial Farm

Home Horse Shows

All lesson participants have the opportunity to compete with their friends in our horse shows. We’ve completed the 2026 Spring Season! The next horse show season is Fall 2026. For details on fees, attire and points, click here. View the gallery of our latest horse show images.

Vintage photo of Mary Lib Cason in the 1965 Tampa Charity Horse Show at Perennial Farm.

History of the Stable

Located just across from Ballast Point Park, the stable has a long history at Tampa Yacht and Country Club. TYCC is the only yacht club with a stable in the entire country. Since the early 1900’s, generations of South Tampa residents have learned to ride here, including both of owner/head trainer Whitney Grim’s grandmothers. One of her grandmothers, Evelyn Stephens, was the head trainer in the 60’s. Whitney’s parents met here at the Tampa Charity Horse Show. Whitney Grim took the helm as owner/head trainer in 2015.