For the Love of Ponies is a riding program for people of all ages and abilities. It offers horseback riding lessons in English, western, lead-line and independent formats, with 30 or 60 minute sessions. Ground lessons teach horse care, grooming and behavior. Therapeutic riding is offered by a PATH certified instructor.
Bethpage Equestrian Center is a horse boarding facility located next to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York. It offers full board and stall rental for horses. The center runs riding lessons in both English and Western styles for beginners through advanced riders, including private, semi-private and group options. It also offers trail rides, camps and children's parties involving horses.
Carriage Stone Farm is a horse facility in Northford, Connecticut, offering horse boarding. Horses are kept in matted box stalls and have daily all-day turnout in individual paddocks. The farm also provides balanced-seat riding instruction for riders of all ages and abilities on the flat and over fences. Riders can use indoor and outdoor arenas year round.
JC Eventing is an eventing and dressage focused facility in Connecticut. It offers horse boarding with turnout in paddocks, daily stall cleaning and fly and blanket care included in full board. It also runs riding lessons and training, including starting young horses and restarting off-the-track Thoroughbreds. The barn hosts shows and clinics.
Parkview Riding Center is an equestrian facility in Connetquot State Park offering private, semi-private and group riding lessons for riders of all ages. It also provides horse boarding and leasing, camps, trail rides and clinics. The center has an indoor arena and outdoor riding rings for year-round riding. A therapeutic riding program is offered alongside its other services.
Sagamore Hill Stables is a full-service boarding, training and show barn in Northport, New York. It offers horse boarding with stalls, turnout paddocks and wash stalls, along with private riding lessons for riders from beginners to advanced. The barn works with young and problematic horses and focuses on riders who compete in the show ring. Half leases on some of its school horses are available for riders who do not own a horse.
Hidden Acres Farm is an equestrian center in Naugatuck, CT, offering riding lessons for riders of all ages. It provides horse boarding with spacious stalls, pastures and daily care. Training programs for horses are also offered. Riding is available year-round on wooded trails, outdoor rings and a heated indoor arena.
Foggy Meadow Farm is a horse facility in Southern Connecticut offering training, boarding and riding lessons for horses and riders. Boarding options include basic board and training board, each per horse or pony. Lessons are offered privately and in groups, along with professional training rides and lunging. The farm provides extensive trails for riders and horses to explore.
Amara Equestrian is a full-service hunter/jumper boarding and training facility with locations in Riverhead, NY, and Wellington, FL. The facility offers premium horse care, professional training and proper horse management. Riders can learn to ride, go pleasure riding or prepare for competition, with an individualized program. The team also focuses on sales horses and breeding, according to the site.
Silvermine Farm is a full service hunter/jumper show stable. It offers private and semi-private lessons with professional instructors. Boarding is provided as a full care program tailored to each horse and owner. The farm also leases and sells horses and fields an IEA team.
MPR Farms Inc. is a horse riding farm in Medford, New York. It offers riding lessons for beginners, returning riders and competitive riders, with a focus on hunt seat equitation and hunter-jumper. The farm runs a lease program that gives riders a horse or pony of their choice with private lessons and show opportunities. The owner and head trainer also imports and breeds horses for clients.
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian is a non-profit equestrian facility that began in 1995 as a therapeutic horseback riding program. It offers adaptive horseback riding lessons and unmounted equine coaching and horsemanship for people of all abilities, with students aged 5 to 70. Its programs use horses to support growth, learning and healing, including equine-assisted psychotherapy and equine-assisted learning. Populations served include children and adults with disabilities, survivors of trauma, military members and first responders.
Riding in Redding is a private backyard barn that offers personalized horseback riding lessons. Lessons are open to beginners as well as people returning to riding. Students learn to prepare and tack up their horse, ride, and carry out post-ride care. The business offers private and group lessons, with 30-minute and one-hour options and multi-lesson packages. Lessons are by appointment only.
HorseAbility is a center for equine facilitated programs located on the campus of SUNY Old Westbury in New York. It aims to improve the lives of people with special needs through equine facilitated interactions. Its offerings include riding and hippotherapy programs, the G.O.A.L.S. Program, and a mini horse program. The center also works with SUNY on equine-related courses and certificate training.
Hedgewood Farm is a family-oriented farm on the North Fork. It offers English riding lessons, boarding, showing, leasing and camps for riders of all ages. The farm runs summer pony camps and has Middle School and High School teams in the IEA interscholastic equestrian league. Head trainer Dawn Hommel has competed at A-rated shows and teaches beginner lessons.
North Fork Equestrian is a hunter/jumper riding facility in Riverhead, New York, on about 21 acres of farmland. It offers riding lessons from experienced instructors, with a program aimed at riders of all skill levels. The facility includes an indoor and an outdoor riding arena, grass turnout paddocks and stalls, and it offers horse boarding. The site also lists horse sales and lease options.
Laurel Crown Farms is a horse facility in East Quogue, New York, offering riding lessons and training. The farm works with hunter, jumper and equitation riders. It also provides boarding and camp programs for riders of all ages and abilities. Horses for sale are part of its offering.
Hidden Lake Farm Riding School offers riding lessons for all levels, from young children to adults, by the hour or half hour. It runs a summer Pony Camp for ages 5 and up, with daily riding lessons and horse care activities. The farm also offers adult horsemanship classes focused on horse care and handling, as well as full board with all-day turnout and box stalls. Pony rides and pony parties are offered on the farm.
Highwind Farm is an equestrian center in Mattituck, New York, with a heated indoor riding ring and outdoor paddocks. It offers riding lessons from beginner to advanced in dressage, reining, natural horsemanship and hunter-jumper. The stable provides boarding for horses and riders, and horses and ponies are available to lease. The farm also runs a youth riding program and summer and holiday riding camps.
A Bit Above is a horse facility in Aquebogue, New York. It offers English riding lessons, including private 30-minute lessons on the rider's own horse or on one of its lesson horses. Dressage lessons are available with visiting dressage trainers. The facility also houses boarders and features grass paddocks, large stalls and a heated indoor ring with dust-free footing.
Big River Barn Rescue offers horseback trail rides on Long Island, in the Muttontown Preserve in central Nassau County. Riders of any skill level are welcome, from beginners to advanced, and no prior experience is required. The horses are all rescues, many from the racetrack, and are cared for long-term, rehabilitated after injury, and given work on trail rides. The business also teaches riders on the trail, with riding offered year-round.
Rollin' Jaxx Stables offers horseback riding for all ages and skill levels. Its services include trail rides, pony rides and horseback riding lessons. Lessons are taught in the ring and on the trail, for beginner to advanced riders. The stable also runs scout and merit badge programs.
The Yale Polo and Equestrian Center offers polo lessons at its facility in Bethany, Connecticut. Lessons are taught on the center's ponies, which suit beginner and experienced players. The center also offers riding lessons of all levels on its horses. Group and private polo lessons are available, and enquiries are handled by the polo program manager and coach.
Firefly Farm is a horse facility in Bridgehampton, New York, with two indoor and three outdoor sand rings, a Grand Prix field, and spacious grass paddocks. The facility has more than 80 horse stalls. Trainers work with clients and their horses, and some remain at the farm through the winter. In winter the business boards horses at a facility in Wellington, Florida.
