Since 1965 · Meadow Road · Verona, Wisconsin

Sponsor a horse.
Keep the Academy riding.

For $150 a month — or $1,500 a year — you keep one of our school horses fed, shod, and teaching the next generation of Verona riders. In return, your name goes on the stall.

The Program

What your sponsorship does.

A simple, transparent program. Every dollar goes to the horses — the feed bill, the farrier, the vet, and the care that keeps the Academy open to every family that wants to ride.

What your sponsorship pays for

  • A full year of feed, hay, and bedding for one school horse
  • Routine farrier work — shoes every six weeks, year-round
  • Annual wellness vet, vaccinations, and dental float
  • Mortality and major-medical insurance for the horse
  • Sibling scholarships — a rider keeps riding even when a parent loses a job
  • Dignified retirement when a school horse finishes their teaching career

What you receive in return

  • A named brass plaque on your sponsored horse's stall door
  • A professional equine portrait of your horse, printed and mailed each spring
  • Monthly email update — the rides, the students, the new tricks learned
  • Two private grooming & meet-the-horse visits per year
  • Ten percent off any Academy term, summer camp, or birthday party
  • Invitations to all three Academy Night recitals each year
  • A handwritten note from Neva with a photograph of your horse
  • Recognition on the LaFleur website and in every Academy Show program
Meet the Horses

The school masters.

Each of our lesson horses has a personality, a history, and a next generation of students waiting to learn from them.

Tiffany
Senior School Mistress
A steady bay mare who has been teaching beginners to trot since 2019. The first horse every new rider meets.
Open for sponsorship
Johnny
Lesson Horse
A forgiving, well-schooled gelding favored for Academy Prep students. Quiet in the arena, social at the rail.
Open for sponsorship
Arriving Summer 2026
Kentucky School Master I
An American Saddlebred joining the Academy on free-lease from a Kentucky partner. Sponsor family will name.
First-right · Family sponsorship
Arriving Summer 2026
Kentucky School Master II
A Morgan or American Saddlebred cross being retrained for saddle seat at our Kentucky partner farm.
First-right · Family sponsorship
Arriving Fall 2026
Kentucky School Master III
A seasoned Academy-ready horse joining for the fall term. Final Kentucky addition of the rebuild year.
First-right · Family sponsorship
In memoriam
School horses past
Memorial sponsorship — name a stall in honor of a school horse who taught your family. A Meadow Road tradition.
Legacy sponsorship
Choose a Level

Three ways to sponsor.

Individual, family, or business — each tier pays for real horse care and comes with a real seat in the Academy.

Individual
$1,500 /yr
or $150 per month
  • One school horse, one year
  • Named brass stall plaque
  • Annual printed portrait
  • Monthly email update
  • Two private visits
  • 10% off camp, Academy, parties
  • Academy Night invitations
Business
$5,000 /yr
or $450 per month
  • Business plaque in the barn lobby + stall
  • Three school horses covered
  • Logo on Academy Night programs
  • Mentioned in local press coverage
  • Team-building visit for up to 10 employees
  • Custom co-branded summer camp week
  • Tax-deductible business-support potential
Where Your Money Goes

Every dollar, accounted for.

This is the annual cost of keeping one school horse at LaFleur. Sponsorship covers these real, itemizable line items — nothing goes to overhead the daycare side already carries.

$2,400
Hay & bedding
A year of quality alfalfa-mix hay and clean shavings, locally sourced.
$1,560
Farrier
Shoes every six weeks, year-round. A school horse wears through them fast.
$900
Vet & dental
Annual wellness exam, vaccinations, Coggins test, dental float.
$1,140
Grain, supplements & care
Daily feed, joint supplements for senior horses, fly spray, tack repair.

Your $1,500 annual sponsorship covers the real, itemizable cost of caring for one school horse. If you give more, the overage funds sibling scholarships and incoming-horse vet work.

Begin

Apply to sponsor.

Fill in the form. We'll be in touch within two days to match you with a horse and walk through the paperwork.

Sponsorship Application

Your information goes straight to Neva at info@lstables.com.

Since 1965, the Academy has taught thousands of Verona children to ride.
Sponsorship is how the next generation learns.

— Neva LaFleur
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