Lessons, instruction and schooling — find a yard to learn the ropes or bring a horse on.
Blue Fountain Farm is a horse facility offering boarding in stalls, private paddocks or pasture board. Its services include lessons, training, clinics and shows. Riding amenities include an outdoor arena, a covered dressage arena, a round pen and riding trails. The farm also schedules vaccination and dental clinics for horses regularly.
Hunterville Stables is an equestrian facility in Penryn, California, run by trainer Patty Ball. It specialises in equitation, hunters and jumpers. The stable offers full board and training programmes that include lessons and training rides, along with daily turnout in single horse paddocks. Horses for sale or lease are also offered on request.
Vintage Farms is a 3-day eventing training barn that also offers boarding and a show team. The business provides sport horse training, horse showing and schooling for riders at all levels. Riding lessons, training rides and show coaching are offered alongside care and management of the horses.
Beachem Dressage LLC is a dressage training and horse sales business led by USDF medalist Heather Beachem. It offers in-person lessons and clinics in the Sacramento area and daily virtual lessons for riders nationwide. The business also accepts a select number of sales horses and offers consulting for buying or selling a horse. Its training is aimed at riders working toward FEI goals.
SNS Equestrian offers riding lessons and horse training in Placer County, California. Lessons cover beginner to advanced levels, including showing. Hunter jumper lessons are a core part of the program. The trainer has years of competing experience and has worked as an assistant to an accomplished USHJA-certified trainer, including developing a feeder training program. Students of all ages and experience levels are welcome, from basic horsemanship to work over fences.
Youthful Courage Stables runs riding sessions in which children, youth and families work with and ride horses. Each session pairs one child with one leader, who supports the child's individual challenges and progress. Activities also include crafts, games, chores, wood working and life skills, with a focus on mentoring the child and teaching equine safety and husbandry. The stable's Director of Equine Operations, Stephanie Kaesekamp, has many years of experience riding, training and teaching horses. Visits are by appointment only.
Warrior's Soul is a healing and learning center on a 40-acre ranch in Lincoln, California. It offers equine-assisted learning sessions, horseback riding lessons, and guided coaching sessions for women. Its trauma-informed approach is rooted in the principles of The Natural Lifemanship Institute. The center was founded in 2010 to serve active-duty military and veterans and now also serves children, families, and individuals.
Vaquera Ranch is a boutique 65-acre horse ranch in the Sierra Foothills of California. It offers private horse riding lessons and riding immersion courses for students aged 11 to 14. Guided trail rides on the property are available for experienced riders. The ranch also offers guest accommodation, a women's retreat, archery, fishing and weddings alongside its riding programs.
Cedar Hill Farm is a horse facility in Grass Valley, California, on 30 irrigated acres. It offers equine retirement and rehabilitation care. The farm also runs a training program that emphasizes horsemanship and classical foundations, with per-ride and package options. Private and semi-private riding lessons are available for riders of all levels.
Mike Warman Training Stables is based in Maxwell, California. The business is dedicated to training and showing cutting horses. It offers a training program built on strong fundamentals and riding lessons for non-pro and amateur riders. It also helps clients buy and sell horses.
White Dog Ranch is a full-service equine facility in Potter Valley, Mendocino County, offering care for horses. It provides riding lessons in English, Western and general horsemanship for children, adults and disabled riders, on the client's own horse or on the ranch's school horses. Boarding options include pasture boarding with shelter and stalling, with individualized feeding programs and pasture turnout. The ranch also offers group and private clinics on horse fitness, athleticism and confidence, and has a lighted indoor arena and nearby trails.
Long Bar Ranch is a family-owned and operated ranch in Oroville, California. It offers Western riding lessons, private and group lessons, and guided trail rides from the ranch onto trails around the Feather River and Lake Oroville. The ranch also provides boarding and personalized horse care.
Almond Tree Stables is a horse boarding stable in Chico, California. It offers boarding with spacious stalls, pastures and experienced staff, for both short-term and long-term stays. The stable also runs riding lessons for riders of all levels, using its own well-trained horses. It has indoor and outdoor riding arenas and welcomes all disciplines.
Sheltering Oak Farms is an equine facility in Northern California. It offers horse boarding with stalls, paddocks, pastures and arenas, along with private riding lessons for riders of different levels. The Equine Connection program uses horses in equine-assisted learning to support emotional regulation, body awareness and presence, including work with local schools.
Silver Foule Team is a horse stable focused on sport training for both horses and riders. It offers riding lessons for beginners and more advanced riders, including children, young people and adults. The stable also prepares horses and riders for competition starts. It offers leasing of sport horses as part of its services.
Stadnina Kurki is a horse farm in Kurki, Mazury, run by Inga Romańska. It offers riding lessons led by an instructor, starting on the lunge and moving on to small group rides and trail rides. The stable also provides dressage and jumping training, riding camps and TREC events. Horses are chosen to suit the needs and ability of each rider.
Stadnina Ławra is an equestrian centre near Warsaw that cares for a herd of about 30 horses. It offers horse riding lessons, with classes held in a covered and lit lunging ring. It also provides hippotherapy for children with disabilities, led by the stable owner. The stable offers boarding for horses, and the site also describes school group visits and day activities with horses.
Szkółka Jeździecka Bonanza is a riding school and stable that has operated since 1994. It offers riding lessons for children and adults on horses and ponies, with an indoor arena and an outdoor sand arena. It also runs a Pony Club, hippotherapy sessions for children and young people, and alpaca therapy. Horse owners can board their horses, and riders can lease a school horse. The stable prepares riders for riding badge exams and has a sports group that competes at regional and national level.
Valley Horse Center is a horse ranch in Red Bluff, California, offering horse sales, training, breeding and lessons. The ranch has pastures, a main barn, mare motels, an outdoor sand arena, an indoor arena and a covered round pen. The owner trains horses from foaling to finish and specialises in stallions. The stated focus is the welfare of the horse, with training and management aimed at healthy, happy horses.
Owen Equine & Co. is a horse business run by Kaeley Owen, based in Gerber, California. It offers private and small group riding lessons and competition coaching, with a focus on barrel racing and pole bending. The business also runs clinics for competitors at all levels, and clinics can be hosted at an arena chosen by the client. Equine bodywork and therapy modalities are offered for performance horses, and customized boarding is available for short- or long-term care.
Ośrodek Jeździecki DUBELBAR is an equestrian centre in Podlesie near Niemcza in Poland. It offers riding lessons for beginners and advanced riders, lunging, rides out on trails, and riding instruction in saddling. It also runs sports training sessions and boards horses in its two connected stables, which hold horses and ponies. The centre has an outdoor arena, a 30x60m riding area, a small 15x30m arena, a covered 10x15m hall and grass paddocks.
Stadnina Koni Rzeczna is a horse stud in Rzeczna, near Pasłęk, Poland. It breeds horses, with stallions and breeding mares listed on its site. It offers stallion leasing for the breeding season and has horses for sale. The site also lists riding services under the name Jazdy konne.
Stadnina Koni Krasne is a horse stud in Krasne, Poland, which the website says has a tradition dating back to 1857. The site lists horses for sale, stallions by year, and foals. It also offers horse rides and carriage rides, with a published price list and riding rules. Parts of the site contain unrelated gambling text, which was ignored for this profile.
Na koniu po zdrowie is a small stable in Kudypy near Olsztyn run by a certified hippotherapist and riding instructor. It offers one-to-one riding lessons for children and adults, from beginners on the lunge to more advanced riders. It also provides hippotherapy for people with disabilities and neurological or emotional difficulties, as well as ground-based therapy sessions with horses. Further offers include workshops for young children and short led walks in the saddle. Sessions use the stable's own horses and follow a natural, respectful approach.
