Driftwood Farm in McHenry, Illinois, offers riding lessons for ages 6 and up, from beginners through advanced jumping. The farm runs four student horse shows a year and attends A-circuit and NIHJA shows. It also offers horse boarding with 33 box stalls, indoor and outdoor arenas, and grass turnouts. The farm sells horses and has been operating since 2012.
Jump 4it Equestrian is a hunter/jumper facility offering riding lessons, boarding, horse sales and showing. Lessons are hunt seat and tailored to each rider's goals, for beginners through advanced riders and children through adults. The facility runs a share-board program that lets riders join its show team, which competes on the A/B Circuit in Illinois and at the World Equestrian Center Ocala. Summer camps are also offered.
Royal Fox Equestrian offers horse riding lessons for riders from first-time beginners to lifelong riders, with individually focused lesson plans. It also provides horse training based in biomechanics, open to all disciplines. Services include horse evaluations, half and full leases, and horse consignment. Traveling services are offered in the Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin area.
Land Farm is a Hunter/Jumper facility in Wauconda, Illinois. It offers professional training, full-service boarding and riding lessons for riders from beginners to experienced competitors. The yard also handles horse sales. Its program includes participation in USHJA 'A' Rated shows and local Illinois competitions.
Speranza Stables is a horse training yard in Woodstock, Illinois. It offers custom training programs for hunters, jumpers and equitation, designed around the physical and mental wellbeing of each horse. The yard provides stalls, turnout, and large indoor and outdoor arenas. Riders are coached alongside their horses to build skills and confidence.
Deerwood Farm is an equestrian facility run by head trainers Erin and Heather Hirsch. It offers training for horse and rider, with private and group riding lessons for children and adults from age 6. Boarding is available in stalls and pasture, with full-service and monthly board options. The farm also keeps school horses and ponies for riders who do not own a horse, and has horses for sale and lease.
Matchmaker Ltd. is a horse business run by Connie Curtes Stevens, offering training for hunters, jumpers and equitation. It provides riding lessons for riders of all levels and trains horses for show competition. The farm offers boarding with matted stalls, an indoor arena, an outdoor riding field and paddocks. The business also finds, trains and sells young horse prospects.
Diamond Acres is a horse training business run by Jodi Funk. The program focuses on groundwork and liberty training to build the relationship between horse and handler. Training covers working equitation, ranch and dressage work, with riding aimed at improving confidence. Jodi also offers clinics and demonstrations for horse fairs, private farms and events, using horses from the farm.
Lucky Dog Farm offers horse boarding in Woodstock, Illinois. Services include daily stall cleaning, a custom care plan based on each horse's needs, and daily turnout weather permitting. Horses are housed in an attached heated indoor facility with 24 stalls, and the barn has a hot and cold wash rack. The owner lives onsite.
Speak Kindly is a full training and boarding facility for horses and riders. Every horse in its program is in full training, with individualized plans and daily care managed by professionals. The riding academy offers lessons and horsemanship education focused on biomechanics, balance, and timing. Students are encouraged to take part in grooming, tacking, and day-to-day horse care.
Laura's Ark is a private 15-stall barn with an indoor arena in Barrington Hills, Illinois. It offers boarding, with horses fed hay four times a day and turned out daily in all-weather paddocks or pastures. The facility specializes in classical dressage and basic horsemanship, with training packages, lessons and clinics. Instruction is available for riders from beginner to advanced level.
Victorious Farm is a hunter/jumper facility in Woodstock, Illinois, focused on developing riders at all levels. It offers horse boarding with basic and full service packages, as well as horse leases. Private lessons are available on school horses and ponies, for beginner through advanced riders. The farm also trains and shows its own horses and riders on local and A/AA circuits.
Fantom Run Equine Center is a private equine boarding facility in Woodstock, Illinois. The family built their own barn after starting out with horses for their daughter's barrel racing. The stated focus is the health and happiness of the horses. The property is also a place where friends and family can gather and share their love of horses.
Dr. Börge Schichl - Pferdepraxis is an ambulatory equine veterinary practice in Gratkorn. The practice offers professional dental treatment for horses through a mobile dental station, as well as acupuncture and manual therapy. Services also include mobile digital X-ray with on-site initial examination, ultrasound, and traditional Chinese herbal medicine for animals. The practice takes part in the weekend emergency service www.pferdenotruf.at.
Hidden Creek Farm is a private dressage training center in Harvard, Illinois. It offers limited full-service boarding with individualized care, daily turnout and customized feeding plans. The farm hosts dressage clinics with national and international level trainers. It also offers sales of upper-level athletes and prospects.
Mare Meadows Farm is a horseback riding lesson, boarding and training barn in Sanford, NC. It offers English riding lessons and horsemanship for riders ages 5 and up, in private and small semi-private classes. The farm also provides stall and pasture boarding with training options, and a covered arena for year-round riding.
Manakin Sabot Equestrian Center is a full-service equestrian facility in Manakin Sabot, Virginia. It offers horse boarding with stalls, pastures and daily care, including lay-up board for injured or post-surgical horses. It also provides riding lessons from beginner to advanced levels in hunt seat equitation and basic dressage. The center is home to the Manakin Equine Retirement Association, which supports retirement and re-training for older or unwanted horses.
Hunter's Ridge is an equestrian facility in Powhatan, Virginia, welcoming riders of all disciplines. It offers riding instruction, with certified instructors and volunteers for therapeutic riders. In the summer it runs week-long camps that teach horsemanship skills such as feeding, grooming, first aid and riding. It also provides boarding for horses and hosts an optional horse show during the camps.
Feather Ridge Equestrian is a horse business in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on 28 acres, owned and operated by Jessie Best. It offers lessons for beginners and experienced riders, with private, semi-private and group options. It also provides horse training and riding instruction focused on the American Saddlebred, Morgan Horse and Hackney Pony. Lessons are offered by appointment, and the business runs summer camps.
White Oak Farm is a full-service hunter jumper training facility. It specializes in hunters, jumpers and equitation. The farm offers training, lessons, boarding, showing and sales services. A summer day camp for riders aged 7 and up includes horse care and riding lessons.
Detersmination Farm and Equestrian Center offers boarding for horses, with pasture board at the farm and stall boarding at the center. The facility provides training for performance horses and riding lessons for beginner through intermediate students in both western and English disciplines. Services also include medical rehabilitation and wound care, mare and foal care, and show conditioning. The center has an indoor arena and states that all disciplines are welcome.
Black Diamond Equestrian is a horse facility offering full-service boarding, with private and group lessons and horse training. The facility has a barn with 30 stalls, an indoor riding arena and an outdoor riding arena. Lessons are offered for riders of all levels, with a focus on the Hunter/Jumper discipline. The business also offers full and half equine leases and off-property shows.
Der Sattelmann is a saddle fitting and saddle sales service run by Oliver Dollensky, a trained horse groom. Saddle fitting is done on site at the client's stable, with checks in standing and in movement. Services include saddle consultation, trial riding of different saddle models and the sale of selected premium and custom-made saddles. Custom saddles are offered with a delivery time of about 6-8 weeks.
Reiterhof Lechner is a small family-run equestrian farm in Trattenbach, Austria. The yard offers riding lessons, guided single and multi-day trail rides, and training and correction of horses. It has a 20 x 40 m dressage arena and a round arena, and it runs a riding club. The farm also organises riding camps and project and school weeks.
