Hopoti for Riding Schools

Riding school software for horse people

Between lesson scheduling, invoicing and a dozen group chats with parents, running a riding school shouldn’t feel like a second job. Hopoti manages your lessons, riders, horses, instructors, bookings, payments and messages in one system.

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Riding School Owners on Hopoti

An instructor lungeing a chestnut horse with a young rider up, in a sand arena. — Using Hopoti has saved me lots of time sending endless messages back and forth to make bookings. Rides that went unpaid or payments that had to be chased are a thing of the past!
Sally Blackmore Greenways Stables
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Everything you need to run your riding school

Plan your lessons, manage your riders and horses, schedule instructors and arenas, take bookings and payments, and keep everyone informed — your whole riding school in one system.

Every lesson in its place

Manage your curriculum, group lessons and private sessions in one shared calendar. Keep riders, instructors, horses and arenas organized as availability and schedules change.

Explore lesson management

The Hopoti lesson calendar for a week, showing group lessons and camps with the places filled on each.

The right horse. Every time.

Assign each rider a suitable horse while keeping horse availability and workload visible across your entire lesson schedule.

Explore horse assignments

The Hopoti horse assignment screen for a day, matching each rider to a horse and showing which horses are unavailable.

Let riders book the right ride

Let riders register, book and pay online for the lessons and activities available to them. Bookings and availability update automatically, reducing messages and manual administration.

Explore online booking

The rider-facing booking screen in Hopoti, showing a lesson’s level, price and remaining places.

Give riders their next goal

Create riding levels, track each rider’s skills and award badges as they progress. Give riders and parents a clear view of every achievement and a reason to keep coming back.

Explore skills and badges

More than regular lessons

Create, organize and sell camps, clinics, trekking, arena rental and other activities alongside your curriculum, all through the same system.

Explore activity management

The Hopoti activities list, showing bookable treks and experiences with their dates, prices and places remaining.

Your week, in one place

See the whole business at a glance

Every lesson, every rider, every horse and every payment on one screen so you can see what is full, what is not, and what still needs doing before you get on.

The Hopoti day summary: today’s lessons and who is riding which horse, horsecare tasks, and overdue invoices, all on one screen.

Additional Features

More Features that Make Horses Nicker

Memberships

Automatically invoice riders for recurring memberships, reducing monthly admin and creating more predictable revenue.

Rider Fees

Keep more of what you earn by transparently passing card-processing fees on to riders.

Horse Profiles

Keep each horse’s details, availability, workload and rider suitability together in one place.

Rider Profiles

Store contact details, guardians, bookings, payments, badges and riding history in one rider profile.

Rider & Parent Communication

Keep riders and parents informed with booking confirmations, lesson updates and important messages.

Social Media Sharing

Share lessons, camps and activities on social media to reach new riders and fill more spaces.

Waitlists

Let riders join a waitlist and quickly fill spaces when cancellations create availability.

Attendance Tracking

Record attendance and cancellations so you always know who rode and when.

Payments & Invoicing

Collect payments online, issue invoices and keep track of outstanding balances in one place.

Business Reporting

Track bookings, riders, payments and revenue to understand how your riding business is performing.

Riding School Software FAQ

What is Hopoti?

Hopoti is riding school management software. It manages lessons, riders, horses, instructors, bookings, payments and communications in one system, and it is used by over 300 riding schools and other equestrian businesses in more than 40 countries.

We run lessons, camps and boarding. Do we need separate systems?

No. Hopoti handles a mixed program in one calendar (weekly lessons, holiday camps, visiting clinics, trail rides, arena rental and boarding) all sit together, with the same riders and the same payment setup.

Our riders are not very technical. Will they cope?

Riders book from their phone in a few taps, and most stables find that uptake is quick once the first term is booked through the system. We also help prepare Rider Welcome pages to get them up to speed on your behalf.

How can I manage rider levels sensitively?

Set levels for group lessons, privates, courses and terms. Riders only see what they’re eligible to book without seeing your setting, avoiding awkward conversations and unsuitable requests.

How does horse assignment work?

You set each horse’s suitability and each rider’s level, and Hopoti keeps the two matched. It also tracks how many sessions each horse has done, so workload stays visible and even across the barn.

Do we have to take payment online?

You do not have to as we offer alternative payment methods, but it is where most of the benefit comes from. Stables taking prepaid bookings see no-shows fall and cash flow steady, because the lesson is paid for before anyone arrives.

How long does setup take?

Registering takes about five minutes. We make sure you have an excellent onboarding to get your lessons, horses and riders in our system in a matter of days rather than weeks.

See Hopoti run your riding school

Book a demo and see it on your own stable: every lesson, rider and horse in one place, riders booking and paying for themselves, and no end-of-day paperwork.

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