Mane Passion Stables is an English riding teaching facility near London, Ontario, for riders of almost all ages and levels. It teaches English pleasure, jumping and hunter/jumper on more than 10 lesson horses and ponies. It also offers full-care indoor boarding, breaking and training for horses over three, and pony birthday parties. An indoor arena allows year-round riding.
Foothills Farm in Chelmsford, Ontario, has developed riders and horses since 1979. It offers private and group lessons, clinics, boarding, training and a summer riding camp. Head coach Cathy Inch holds Level 3 coaching certification, and the farm also runs horse shows. New riding students are currently accepted only if they have their own horse, and trail rides are not offered.
Greenbrook Farm Equestrian Center offers horse boarding, riding lessons and training in Fair Haven, Michigan. It is owned and operated by Margaret Zech, who lives on site and runs a variety of lesson programmes. The facility has 36 matted stalls, an indoor and an outdoor arena, 10 pastures and 43 acres of groomed trails. Boarding is offered as full care, cooperative or dry stall.
West Wind Stables is a family-run stable near Caledonia, Ontario, on 100 acres. It offers boarding and English riding lessons in dressage, hunter and equitation on its school horses and ponies. The lesson programme is run by a certified coach, with part-boarding, leasing and showing available. It also runs summer riding and farm camps for children.
Shoreside Stables is an equestrian facility in Lambton Shores, Ontario, formerly operating as All About Horses. It has over 30 indoor stalls, indoor and outdoor arenas and about 10 acres of trails. It offers riding lessons from therapeutic and beginner levels to advanced jumper training, along with boarding and guided trail rides. It also runs birthday parties, team-building programmes, summer camps and a competition team.
Northern Legacy Horse Farm is a privately owned warmblood breeding farm in Northern Ontario owned by Craig Fielding and Katriina Ruotsalo. It is home to the Hanoverian stallion Color Guard and the stallion Calvillo. The farm has bred 52 warmblood foals and offers horses for sale. It has hosted Trillium shows and the Westfalen North American inspection, and its horses compete in hunter divisions.
Sprucehaven Farm is a boarding and training facility in Southwestern Ontario run by Linda and Grant Plank since 1991. It runs a small riding school and welcomes approved outside coaches and equine professionals. As a multi-discipline facility it hosts clinicians and competitions, including Working Equitation. The farm is also home to SpruceWares, offering custom horse ware and blanket cleaning and repairs.
Lions' Bridge Stable is a lesson, boarding and show facility in Ayr, Ontario, established in 2002 and closed to the public. Coach Jen Sweet, teaching since 1992, includes lessons and training in the basic board package. The stable runs a showing programme aimed at Silver level competitors. Facilities include an indoor arena, an outdoor sand ring and wash stalls, and horses are offered for sale, lease and part-board.
Walden Ridge Equestrian Center is a horse boarding facility on 136 acres near Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph. It offers full-care indoor boarding, a hybrid indoor/outdoor programme and outdoor boarding. Boarders have use of an indoor arena, outdoor ring, trails, exercise track, cross-country field and dressage ring. It is not a lessons barn and is open to all disciplines.
Findaway is a family-run hunter and jumper facility in Baden, Ontario, established in 1977 by Cindy Ballantyne. It offers full-service boarding, training, showing, a riding school and camps. The main barn has 35 box stalls, an attached indoor arena and an outdoor sand ring. Findaway also runs schooling shows and dressage and hunter shows.
Buxton Equestrian is a semi-private equestrian facility serving a small number of horse owners. It offers indoor and outdoor boarding as well as lay-ups and rehab. Lessons are available to boarders and ship-ins, along with breaking and training board. It also handles consignment sales of select horses and does not run a public riding school.
Riding on Grace is an equestrian center on an Ohio farm offering riding and horsemanship for ages 3 to adults. Programs include beginner horsemanship, lessons for young children, homeschool programs, private lessons and advanced and rodeo instruction. It also offers horse leasing, equine-assisted therapy and retreat weekends. Instructor Sarah Jean has over 20 years of teaching experience and is certified in adaptive riding.
Earthbound Stables is a year-round riding school on a 73-acre tree farm on the eastern edge of Stouffville, Ontario. Lessons take place in a renovated bank barn with indoor and outdoor arenas, using the stable's own school horses. It offers group, private and semi-private lessons in seasonal sessions, plus the 1,2,3 Ride! and Ready 2 Ride children's programs. Students can join the Earthbound Riders Club and show team, take Equestrian Canada Rider Level testing and volunteer for extra riding time.
Kilbyrne Farm is a family-operated boarding and training facility on 186 acres near Thorndale, northeast of London, Ontario. Its two stables hold 26 horses and connect to a 70 by 30 m indoor arena, with an outdoor dressage ring, grass ring, jumping course and cross-country course. Michaela Pisters, an international level 3 coach (Pferdewirtschaftsmeister), trains horses and riders in classical dressage from basic to upper levels. Horses receive daily supervised turnout and the farm welcomes competitive and recreational riders.
Blue Farm Stables is a horse boarding farm near West Lorne in West Elgin, Ontario. The 148-acre heritage farm was founded by Curtis and Christine Hay to meet a local need for high-quality horse boarding. Horses live on a rotational grazing system in which larger pastures are divided into smaller paddocks. The facility is run day to day by operator Jackie Proctor.
Dykman Stables is a family-run horse boarding facility between Hamilton, Cambridge, Guelph and Brantford in Ontario. It offers boarding options from box stalls to private and group pasture board, with stalls cleaned daily and hay grown on the farm. The roughly 200-acre farm has a large indoor arena, three outdoor arenas, a cross-country jumping field, a round pen and access to about 600 acres of trails. Boarders from all disciplines are welcome to bring in their own coach for lessons.
Moon Meadow Stables is a riding facility for all disciplines in Amaranth, Ontario, run by Cynthia and Andrew Nevidomskis. It offers indoor boarding in 8 rubber-matted 12x12 box stalls with two concentrate feedings a day, small-group turnout and a night check. Facilities include an 80 by 170 indoor arena, a 100 by 200 outdoor sand arena and a heated tack room. Riders can also ship in to school in the arenas on the flat or over fences. Clients may use their own vet, farrier and insured coach.
Deer Valley Stables and Equestrian Centre offers indoor and outdoor horse boarding near Tillsonburg, Ontario. Its 17-stall barn comes with daily turnout, an insulated 65 by 160 indoor arena and a 100 by 200 outdoor ring. The centre also offers professional horse breaking and training for western and English horses, riding lessons and arena rental. Boarders have access to hacking trails across a 100-acre property.
Imperial Equestrian is a full-service training facility specializing in Arabian and Half-Arabian show horses. It helps owners buy, sell, market and show their horses. Its lesson program has over 60 students and offers private and group lessons in Saddleseat, Hunt Seat and Western on seven lesson horses. Owner, trainer and instructor Hillary McGowan is a 4-H and Open Horse Show judge.
Brookfield Farms Equestrian Center is a horse riding, training and boarding facility on over 40 acres in Clarence, New York. It has thirty-six 12x12 stalls, eight 2-acre pastures and a 200 by 100 foot indoor arena plus an outdoor arena. Services include stall rentals, riding lessons, clinics, training, horse shows and horse leasing and sales. The facility also runs Horsewarz, its own horse supply store. Its contact page notes that it is not accepting new riding lesson students at this time.
W. Charlot Farms breeds warmblood sport horses for hunter, jumper and dressage near Stratford, Ontario. It offers a selection of warmblood stallions, standing at the farm or available by frozen semen, with stallion fees and breeding contracts. Founder Augustin Walch bred horses for over 50 years in Germany and North America, and his daughter Inge Walch-Allard has taken over the program. The farm sells young prospects and competition-ready horses and aims to match each horse with the right rider.
Schickedanz Galten Farms breeds horses under the guidance of Charlotte Schickedanz, named 2014 Equine Canada Breeder of the Year. The operation keeps a herd of stallions and mares and offers young horses for sale. It runs two farms in Ontario, one in Markham and one in Erin. Visitors are welcome at both farms by appointment.
Telos Farm is a breeding farm in Northeast Indiana that produces dressage and multi-sport horses, primarily Hanoverians and Trakehner x Hanoverian crosses. It has been awarded a Breeder of Excellence by the American Hanoverian Society and has bred foals since 2013. The farm sits on 48 acres of rolling pasture and grows and analyzes its own hay. Owner and manager Sarah Randolph has competed in dressage and eventing and works with young horses and mares preparing for breed performance tests. The farm lists mares, sires and horses for sale.
Win-A-Gin Farms is a family-run horse boarding facility in Oxford, Michigan that has cared for horses for close to 30 years. It offers boarding, training, sales and riding lessons, specializing in the English hunter/jumper discipline. Boarding includes twice-daily feeding, daily stall cleaning and day or night turnout. The farm has an indoor arena, three outdoor show-quality rings and hosts B and C rated hunter jumper shows on site.
