Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Kastlerock Ranch is an educational riding facility offering horsemanship programs and riding lessons for children, families and adults. It uses natural horsemanship methods and incorporates equine-assisted and equine-facilitated learning. It runs summer horse camps, a year-round weekend program and wellness programs for veterans and first responders.
Eagle Mountain Ranch, home of Eagle Mountain Arabians, is a training and boarding facility run by Kim McLaughlin and Alberto Esquivel since 1999. It trains horses in Western, Saddle Seat, Hunter and Reining with a focus on Arabians, from starting prospects to national-level show horses. Riding lessons are offered for kids and adults on lesson horses, and boarding is available.
Silver Buckle Youth Equestrian Center in Brush Prairie, Washington is a non-profit that develops young people's life skills through horses. It offers private and group riding lessons in English or Western styles for all ages, plus a class for children aged 4 to 9. It also hosts a 4-H club, play days and youth horse shows.
Equine Unlimited offers hunter, jumper and western riding lessons for all ages and levels, open year-round. Lessons use school horses and ponies, with private, semi-private and group options. It runs a show team and is an educational partner of local charter schools.
Tesoro Equine and Vine in Medford, Oregon offers riding lessons for kids, parent and child sessions and horse camps. It also provides full-service horse boarding. Mini horses are part of the camp program.
Pax Diem Equestrian Center in Eagle Point, Oregon offers riding lessons and training programs from beginners to riders preparing for premier shows, with a focus on hunters, jumpers and equitation. Full training includes lessons and pro rides five days a week. The facility has over 20 stalls with paddocks and indoor and outdoor arenas.
Riverwood Ranch near Evansburg, Alberta is a fourth-generation ranch with a cattle operation and an equine facility. Head trainer Megan Greenwood offers colt starting, young horse development, problem horse training and riding lessons. The ranch also offers boarding, clinics and events.
Poseidon Stables is a competitive show stable near Eugene, Oregon. Its riders compete in the hunter, jumper and equitation rings at shows on the West Coast. It offers lessons and show training.
Rice's Horses in Buxton, Oregon, west of Portland, is a family horse business spanning three generations. It offers guided trail rides, riding lessons, camps, birthday parties and indoor arena riding year-round. It also hosts weddings and special events.
Emerson Equestrian is a family-owned riding and boarding facility in Ridgefield, Washington, run by Jake and McKaylee Childs. It offers lessons for beginners through competitive riders on its lesson horses. Full boarding includes stalls with runs, daily turnout, a covered arena and on-site trails.
Flipside Horses is a hunter, jumper and equitation training and show barn in Oregon led by owner and head trainer Philippa Melski. It offers full-service boarding, training, lessons and show coaching for beginners to international competitors. Horses for sale: it represents clients in horse sales, leases and purchases and works with sale and young horses. It also offers stallion services and hauling.
Pacific Performance Horses in Fiddletown, California is run by Jessica Mosbaugh. It offers lessons for English and Western riders of all ages, with an emphasis on western dressage, working equitation and natural horsemanship. Lesson horses are available and haul-ins are welcome, and clinics are held in other locations.
Reiterhof Behrens is a family-run riding yard managed since 1998 by Detlev Behrens jun., a master in horse management. It offers pony rides and dressage and show jumping lessons, group hacks and a senior riders' group. Besides boarded horses and ponies, the yard keeps 48 of its own horses, 30 of them ponies. It was recognised for species-appropriate horse keeping in 2001.
Hidden Meadows Estate is a 60-acre horse boarding and training ranch in the Applegate Valley, Southern Oregon. It offers full-care boarding with grass hay twice daily, training and individual lessons, including remote sessions. Facilities include a lighted covered arena, two outdoor arenas and trails.
Cottonwood Creek Equestrian Center opened in 2003 and offers full-service boarding, overnight stays and layups. Two full-time trainers give natural horsemanship and western training and private and group lessons. It hosts clinics and events, and its covered arena is open to the public.
River's Equestrian offers riding lessons, individually or in small groups of up to three, for beginners to advanced riders. It teaches horsemanship skills such as leading, tying and grooming. It also offers basic horse training, tune-ups and behavior correction, and equine-assisted therapy.
Arriba Vista Ranch is a horse boarding and training facility on 220 acres in Sunol, California. Full-care boarding accommodates up to 100 horses, with indoor and outdoor dressage courts, a jumping arena and cross-country courses. In-barn trainers teach riding from basic horsemanship to high-level dressage and western.
Crater Hill Equestrian is a full-service equestrian center in Newcastle, California. It offers English and Western riding lessons, with a specialty in endurance riding and an endurance team. Pasture and stall boarding, training and summer camps are offered, and endurance horses are available for lease.
ICR Performance Horses is the reining training business of Sandy, based in Southern Oregon. She offers horse training and riding lessons focused on reining. She has over 35 years of experience including stallion management, breeding, foaling and showing, and was a multi-time NRHA finalist as a non-pro.
NorCal Trail Rides in Anderson, California offers guided trail rides along the Sacramento River and riding lessons, running since 2008. It provides horses, tack, helmets and a wrangler. Private English and Western lessons are offered, and horse boarding is available in stalls with runs.
Butte Creek Horse Club near Durham, California is a boarding facility with a lighted dressage arena, a jumping arena, a round pen and creek trails. It offers stalls with paddocks, individual pastures, English lessons and dressage clinics. It also breeds Hanoverian and Oldenburg horses. Horses for sale: young stock is offered for sale.
Madrone Hill Ranch in Gold Hill, Oregon offers horse training and riding lessons. Trainer Sonja Biada starts and trains horses and teaches riders, combining natural horsemanship with the basics of dressage. Beginners and riders of all ages and disciplines are welcome.
Timberline Farm in Bonanza, near Klamath Falls, Oregon, is a full-service boarding and training facility. It offers lessons in hunters, jumpers, equitation and dressage on school horses or riders' own horses. Trainer Makenzie Harvey focuses on hunter/jumpers. Monthly horsemanship lessons are included for students on prepaid lessons.
Tinyhoof Horsemanship offers private and group riding lessons for all ages at Blue Oak Stables in Cottonwood, Shasta County. Lessons combine classical riding principles, rider biomechanics and equine psychology. It also offers groundwork and horse training, a show team competing in Northern California, and leasing.
