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Smoke Tree Ranch is a private hunter, equitation and jumper facility in northeast Scottsdale, Arizona, run by trainer Betty Beran. It offers full training, lessons, camps and boarding, and lists horses for sale or lease.
West Desert Ranch is a family-run horse boarding and lesson ranch in Surprise, Arizona, established in 2021. It offers beginner lessons and horsemanship training, and the site has a sales page and events.
Joy Ranch Equestrian is a riding facility in Desert Hills, Arizona, welcoming any riding discipline. It offers full-care boarding, lessons, training, consignment and sales, and events, with a lit rodeo arena and trail access.
Wildcat Ranch is a non-profit horse boarding facility in Phoenix, Arizona, founded in 2021 by Sayda and Jose Ramirez. It offers boarding, riding lessons and equine assisted therapy.
Complete Performance Horses offers horse training, riding lessons, rehabilitation, and consignment and sales, with trainers Keara and Sara. The site lists sold horses, and its training emphasizes collection, balance and relaxation.
Mountain View Ranch Joshua Tree is a small family-owned boarding facility in Joshua Tree, California. It offers trail rides, riding lessons, pony rides, horse leasing, full-care boarding and other horse experiences.
Windsong Arabians in Mt. Airy, Maryland began in 1986 breeding, raising and selling Davenport Arabians. It now concentrates on riding lessons, with field boarding, training, leasing and summer camps also offered. Lesson horses are kept in its stalls.
Horseshoe J Dude Ranch in Fingal, Ontario has offered summer camps and hourly horseback trail riding since 1957. It also runs horse clubs, riding lessons, birthday parties and family camps. It has an indoor riding arena and over thirty horses and ponies.
Windsong Ranch is a family-owned horse business near Bognor, Ontario, run by Gord and Heather Sturm since 2004. The 100-acre property has a 22-stall barn, indoor and outdoor arenas and trails. It offers trail rides, Western riding lessons, horse training and boarding.
Jäger Ranch is a family-run horse boarding and riding facility in Baden, Ontario, on 89 acres. It offers full-care boarding, riding lessons for all levels, a riding club for children aged 6 to 14, summer camps and birthday parties.
Heartland Youth Ranch is a faith-based non-profit ministry in Nebraska that uses horses to work with children and families. It teaches youth horsemanship, horse care and ranch chores, including those with emotional, mental or physical challenges. The focus is the human-horse relationship rather than training expert riders.
Jack Tone Ranch in California is a family horse ranch established in 1849 that breeds purebred Arabians of the Fadjur line. The site has pages for Arabians for sale and for lease, horse boarding from 300 dollars a month, horsemanship and riding lessons, and weddings and events.
Castle Rock Arabians in Walnut Creek, California has taught riding since 1971. It offers private and group lessons in English and Western seat, school-year and summer camps, birthday parties and an apprentice program.
Burgeon Sport Horses in Livermore, California is a riding school and horsemanship program with coaching and training for dressage and eventing. It offers full training packages, a riding team, an apprenticeship, shows and outings, and pages for sale and lease horses and breeding.
Rancho Boca Cañada in the Briones valley, California offers full-service horse boarding in three barns and several pastures, plus training and lessons. Facilities include a round pen, an outdoor arena and an indoor arena.
Rancho Pardis at Briones, California is a small family-run ranch focused on beginner horseback riding lessons for children and adults. Students start in bareback pads and learn ground work and liberty work. It also runs a farm friends class, day camps, horse sponsorships and birthday parties.
Rancho Del Lago Stables at Briones, California is a full-service equestrian facility with a lighted indoor arena, outdoor jumping arena and pasture turnout for every horse. It offers boarding, riding lessons, a pony school, summer camps, training and a quadrille team, and has a Horses for Sale page.
Rafter 3 Ranch is a family-owned horse business in California's Central Valley that sells, trains and teaches. It sells selected horses after at least 30 days of training, consigns client horses, offers tune-ups and colt starting, and gives lessons from age four. It also runs an online tack shop.
Panoshe Ranch is a 10-acre horse ranch in Sacramento, California offering boarding, training and riding lessons for all ages. It has pasture boarding with individual shelters, runs dressage and schooling shows, and holds horse summer camps.
Hickerson Show Horses at Wilton, California, run by Todd Hickerson, trains Arabian, Half-Arabian and Saddlebred show horses and gives riding lessons. Hickerson has ridden Arabians since he was five, including endurance rides, and the site lists clients, services and merchandise.
SpiritHorse at Rainshadow Ranch is a non-profit therapeutic riding program near Murrieta, California, licensed since 2012. Children and adults with special needs take free one-on-one lessons with certified instructors.
Cougar Pass Recovery Ranch is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in Escondido, California, providing therapeutic horseback riding lessons for people with special needs. It operates on the site of Miller Equestrian Services at Valle Vista Farm.
Ivey Ranch Park Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in Oceanside, California, active since 1981. Its equine programs include therapeutic riding, able-bodied riding, vaulting, summer horse camp and equine-assisted counseling.
Sandia Creek Ranch is a horse facility in the countryside. It offers riding instruction for all levels, from beginner horse safety to jumping and competition-level work. The ranch also raises and trains young horses, retrains off-track Thoroughbreds, and rehabilitates traumatized horses. It runs programs that use horses to support people's confidence and mental health, including a homeschool program.
