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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.
Bluewater Ranch is a 5-acre facility in Murrieta, California, offering riding lessons including barrel racing and pole bending, guided trail rides on the La Cresta trails, and horse boarding with rehabilitation. It also runs a youth academy and a recovery riding program.
MKO Performance Horses is a horse riding operation in Lake Forest, California. It offers a lesson program and summer camps, with lessons booked by appointment.
Blossom Hill Ranch is a riding school behind Old Town Murrieta, California, with miles of trails nearby. It offers lessons for all ages and abilities, horse camps and events, with a curriculum covering riding, horsemanship and horse care.
Parkinson Performance Horses, run by Shadd Parkinson, is a full-service training operation in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializing in working cow horses and ranch riding. It trains futurity and derby horses, offers lessons, and has horses for sale from prospects to finished show horses.
Foothills Ranch in Mayer, Arizona, is run by Phyllis and Wes Holmes. It offers guided trail rides, lessons, leasing and boarding, and provides horse sales assistance for buyers and sellers. A reined cow horse trainer works from the ranch.
Crystal Springs Ranch & Saddlery, founded by Kathy Weiss, has equestrian facilities in Carbondale, Colorado and Thermal, California. It offers pasture and paddock boarding, barn leasing, riding lessons, horse training and tack services.
Knob Hill Ranch is a horse ranch in California's high desert near Joshua Tree. It offers horseback rides through Joshua Tree National Park and overnight stays at the ranch.
Lotus Sport Horses at Five Oak Farms in Orangevale, California runs a boutique hunter, jumper and equitation training program. It offers full and partial training, lessons, training rides for haul-in clients, lease options and show support.
Rivendell Ranch at Garden Valley in California breeds Foundation Appaloosas with an emphasis on endurance and sport horse type. The stallion MHS Honors theFallen stands at stud for AI only at 500 dollars plus collection and shipping, and horses are occasionally offered for sale. Dressage-based riding lessons are available at 60 dollars an hour.
