Breezy Hill Farm is a privately owned breeding farm in South Carolina. It breeds Quarter Horses and Paint Horses and keeps stallions for stud service. Mares can be sent to the farm for breeding and are cared for during their stay. The farm also sells foals and raises them with early handling.
Deep Run Hunt Club is a foxhunting club founded in 1887 and described on its site as one of the oldest such clubs in the United States. It organizes fox hunts from October to the end of March, along with horse shows, hunter and hacker paces, and a pony club. The club states its aim is the preservation of the sport of foxhunting and the tradition of organized hunts.
Grand Strand Equine Veterinary Services is an equine-only veterinary practice that has provided care since 2014. The practice offers wellness services and immunization plans for horses, along with acupuncture, medical manipulation and PEMF treatments. Lameness evaluations use the Sleip objective gait analysis tool. The practice provides mobile veterinary services in Horry County, SC, and places an emphasis on client education.
Bluff City Acres is a horse property in Dorchester, South Carolina, on a 40-acre gated farm. It offers pasture and stall boarding in a 10-stall barn with a wash rack, tack room and feed room. Riding facilities include a dressage arena, an enclosed riding arena, stadium and cross-country jumps and a round pen. Lessons are available with instructors of most disciplines, and the property hosts low-key schooling shows.
Lowcountry Equine offers equine massage and bodywork in Charleston, SC. Sessions combine myofascial release, sports massage, acupressure, soft tissue mobilization, and stretching, tailored to each horse. Bemer PEMF therapy is available as an optional add-on. The founder, Caroline Kosh, is a certified equine bodyworker. Travel fees may apply beyond 25 miles of Charleston.
Wild Hearts Equine Therapy Center runs programmes that use horses to help people with physical, intellectual and emotional challenges. Its services include equine assisted learning and therapeutic riding. Sessions are open to anyone with physical, intellectual or emotional difficulties, from age 4 and up. The programmes also serve at-risk teens, veterans and victims of abuse and trauma. The centre works with rescued horses and a team of therapy horses.
Stone Equine provides equine reproduction services for breeders, based on a 40-acre facility in Timmonsville, South Carolina. Its services include foaling care with matted foaling stalls and round-the-clock monitoring for mares and foals. It also offers mare reproductive management, artificial insemination with fresh or frozen semen, and embryo transfer. Stallion management covers on-site collection, cooled semen shipping, frozen semen processing and semen storage.
Phoenix Rising Egyptians is an Arabian horse stud that breeds Straight Egyptian and Egyptian Sired horses. The farm offers stallions at stud for breeding and occasionally leases mares. It also sells horses and shows sale horses and stallions by appointment. The owners offer advisory support on P.R.E. horses for an extended period after a sale.
Idlehurst Foundation is a non-profit organization located on a 120-year-old family farm. It offers equine therapy and counseling services to individuals with autism, addiction, trauma, and other neuro and physical differences. Sessions combine horses and outdoor activities with licensed healthcare professionals. Activities can include horseback riding and horse grooming, tailored to each individual's care plan.
Gypsy Manor Farm is an equine therapy farm in Blythewood, South Carolina, offering ground-based equine-assisted programs. Its programs include grief recovery, PTSD therapy and Equine Assisted Learning for at-risk children, along with personal development sessions. The farm also runs a Natural Horsemanship program aimed at building a trusting bond between horse and human. The farm keeps a small herd of Gypsy horses, and visits are by appointment only.
Guiding Reins offers equine-assisted wellness programs for veterans, active military, first responders, and their families. The programs use horses in a ground-based format, and no riding is required. They are based on the Eagala Model of horse-assisted wellness and are held in an outdoor, calm setting. Participants take part at no cost.
Fair Play Equestrian is an eventing training and sales operation in Aiken, South Carolina. The owners train and develop young horses up the levels in eventing, including restarting off-track Thoroughbreds. The farm also offers boarding and campaigns client horses in competition. Sale horses are marketed through the business, with consignments handled on request.
Carolina Equine Clinic is a veterinary practice in Aiken, South Carolina, that treats both horses and other animals. Its equine services include preventive care and vaccination, dentistry, ophthalmology, lameness exams, ultrasonography, digital radiography, pre-purchase exams and emergency care. The practice also offers small ruminant (goat and sheep) herd health care and small animal services. Ambulatory vehicles serve a wide area, and horses can be hauled in to the clinic.
Sawyer Equestrian offers horseback riding instruction in dressage and show jumping on its own lesson horses and ponies, or on riders' own horses. Lessons are available for children from age 2 and for riders from age 6 to adult, and are booked by appointment. The yard runs year-round horse camps that teach grooming, horse care and riding. It also hosts horse shows, including a dressage and combined training show, and offers horses for lease.
Twin Chestnuts Farm offers horse boarding and riding instruction in Williston, South Carolina. The barn has ten stalls, and horses are turned out in pastures with three-rail fencing. Riding lessons are open to riders of all levels and use the farm's own lesson horses. The farm also offers horse leasing and takes students to local and rated horse shows.
DFG Stables is a horse farm in Aiken, South Carolina, with a second location in Ocala, Florida. The farm offers training board and show training, with a sand and grass arena and irrigated derby field for schooling. It also provides boarding in four barns with individual turn-out paddocks and trail access. Services include horse shipping to shows and buying and selling horses, including European buying trips.
Southern Equine Service is an equine veterinary practice in Aiken, South Carolina. The practice offers veterinary care for horses, covering general health, acute and chronic conditions, and preventive strategies. Its listed services include sports medicine, surgery, diagnostic imaging, internal medicine, reproduction, dentistry, emergency care and pre-purchase examinations. The practice has a hospital setting for outpatient, pre- and post-surgical, and medical care.
Elaine Owensby is a classical dressage trainer based in Aiken, South Carolina. She works with eventers and dressage riders. Her training is aimed at helping riders improve their scores in the show ring.
StoneRidge Farm is a horse boarding facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It offers stall boarding in three barns with 25 stalls and pasture boarding across 17 pastures. The farm has arenas, open land for riding, and 24/7 supervision by a barn manager. It also provides convalescent care for horses recovering from injury or illness.
Big Oak Boarding Stables is a family-friendly horse farm in Anderson, SC. It offers pasture board with rotational grazing and supplemental hay, and stalls when medically necessary. The farm also offers riding lessons, although its lesson program is currently full. The property has a large sand riding arena and a spacious barn.
Yonahlossee Saddle Club is a horse farm near Greensboro and Burlington, NC. It offers riding lessons for all ages and levels, in group and private formats, using its own lesson horses or the rider's own horse. The farm trains horse and rider in dressage, eventing, combined training and hunters, and offers boarding and training for horses. It also runs summer horse camps and shows for students.
Ligara Farm is a horse boarding and training yard in Aiken, South Carolina, with a focus on young horses. It offers boarding for both broke and unbroke horses, with eight stalls, paddocks and a track on 24 acres. Training programs are individualized to each horse and aim to build a strong foundation from the early stages. The farm also rents out a guest house on the property, which is a side offering.
The Benestar Ranch is a small family ranch that breeds Friesian horses for the show ring and for family owners. It offers stud and booking services for outside mares, with foals sold each year. The ranch also provides horse training, riding lessons through its riding academy, and equine transportation services for the local community and other horse owners.
Pony Gang Riding Academy offers horseback riding lessons in English and Western styles. Its programs cover young children from about 18 months to 7 years, including supervised pony rides, grooming and lead-line rides. Lessons for older beginner and advanced riders take place at its equestrian facility in Hopkins, SC, with an outdoor arena. The academy also offers Tiny Tot pony adventures for children aged 2½ to 5.
