Out of the Box Stables is a riding facility near Gaithersburg, Maryland. It offers weekly private and semi-private riding lessons for adults and children. Programmes include riding for children aged 5 and under, horse-based birthday parties, and summer and holiday equestrian sessions. Lessons include grooming and tacking up the horse before riding.
Thunder Mountain Stables is a small family-owned equine facility in Keymar, Maryland. It offers self-care pasture boarding for horses. The facility has eight stalls available for temporary use, for example during farrier visits or medical treatment. Riding lessons on the farm's own horses are no longer offered, but boarders may bring their own instructors on site. An arena is available for rent.
North Hall Farm is a boutique hunter jumper barn in Northern Frederick County, Maryland. It offers private and semi-private riding lessons for beginners through adult amateurs, with a focus on safety, horsemanship and correct equitation. The barn also trains green or spoiled horses and ponies into amateur and junior-friendly show mounts. It runs a show schedule including local and nationally rated shows, and it also offers horse sales.
The Joy of Horses offers horse training and lessons based on natural horsemanship methods. The owner, Joy, has worked with horses since childhood, including polo ponies, trail horses and her own Quarter Horses. Training is by appointment only at a farm in Knoxville, Maryland. The business also offers clinics and training videos for sale.
Burning Benjamins offers training and instruction for horses and riders. Sessions are tailored to each individual horse and rider, with a focus on correct biomechanics and the classic principles of the Training Scale. The business works with all breeds across a variety of disciplines, with a particular interest in thoroughbreds. Bodywork for horses is also offered under a separate service.
Just The Right Horse is an American Saddlebred farm. The farm breeds and sells Saddlebreds, including pinto Saddlebreds. It also offers stud service and keeps stallions. The site lists Half Arabians and Arabians alongside its Saddlebreds.
Christine Betz Dressage is a dressage training business led by FEI trainer and international dressage rider Christine Betz. The business offers full training for sport horses across disciplines, including classical and Western dressage, and starts young horses under saddle. Riders can take lessons on the business's schoolmaster horses or on their own horses, and off-site clinics are available. The business also offers training support for horses with established training who are encountering setbacks.
SAS Sport Horses is a dressage and sport horse training business based in Boyds, Maryland, founded in 2009 and run by Shera Ann Solomon. It offers short- and long-term training for horses and riders, combining training rides, lessons, body work sessions and groundwork. Lessons are available on the owner's own horse, and a schoolmaster horse is offered to qualified riders. Coaching at local and regional dressage shows and judging services are also offered.
Pleasant Prospect Farm is a horse boarding and training farm in Brookeville, Maryland, on 300 acres bordering the Patuxent River State Park. It offers stall and field board, with monthly or daily rates and options that include training and fitness packages. Training services include fox hunter tune-ups, race horse leg-ups, and starting and ongoing training. The farm has pastures, barns with wash stalls, a tack room, cross country jumps, and an outdoor arena.
Dark Hollow Farm is a horse farm in Maryland run by David and JoAnn Hayden. The farm breeds racehorses, and several horses it bred have won stakes races. Its young horses are sold at public sales, including yearling and two-year-old sales. Horses have also raced in Dark Hollow Farm's colors.
Capo Kane is a stallion standing at Bonner Hill Farms in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, and offers stud services to outside mares. The website lists a stud fee and a 2027 breeding contract. Special consideration is given to Pennsylvania foaling mares. The site also includes pedigree information and details of the 2023 foals.
On The Mend Restorative Massage offers sports massage therapy for horses, aimed at relieving tense, tired, or overworked muscles and addressing muscle tension from injury or scarring. The practice also uses BEMER, a bio electric magnetic energy treatment, which is used to support circulation in horses. Services are provided to horse athletes and companions across several states in the Mid-Atlantic region. The owner is a certified equine sports massage therapist who previously competed with Morgan horses.
PenMar Equine is an equine veterinary practice serving horse owners within about 45 to 50 minutes of Myersville, Maryland. The practice offers general health and wellness care, emergency care, dentistry, routine surgery and digital radiography, ultrasonography and gastroscopy. Additional services include shockwave, regenerative therapy, chiropractic care and foal and reproduction/mare services. Established clients are required to have a yearly exam and core vaccination for their horses.
Takaro Farm is a horse farm in Charles Town, West Virginia, founded in 1985. It provides professional horse care for horses on the property. The farm also consigns racing prospects at Thoroughbred sales. The website describes more than 20 years of this work.
T.H.A.N.K.S. -A- LOT FARM is a horse farm that breeds German Oldenburg Verband horses for dressage and jumping. The farm also breeds warmbloods using frozen semen from European dressage and jumping stallions. Homebred Thoroughbred stallions are kept at the farm and offered at stud to the public. The farm offers horses it has bred for sale and also lists training and lessons among its services. Its owners compete their own horses in dressage, jumping and hunters.
Twin Canyons Ranch SCV is a horse boarding ranch in Canyon Country, California. It offers over 40 stalls, a covered eurociser, two arenas, a round pen with a viewing deck, and grooming stations. Horses are fed alfalfa twice daily and have access to trails. Boarding is priced monthly, with extra hay and supplements available for a surcharge.
Bald Cypress Equestrian is a hunter/jumper show and sale barn in West Friendship, Maryland. The facility has 60 acres of pasture and 26 matted stalls, with an indoor and outdoor ring and jump courses. Services include lessons, boarding with several board packages, training rides, and horse sales. Grooming, rehab care and wash services are offered as add-ons to boarding.
Offutt Stables is a family-owned and operated stable located in Woodsboro, Maryland. It provides harness racing training for standardbred horses, preparing them for qualifying races. The stable also offers horse boarding, including stalls and optional feeding, cleaning and exercising, as well as farrier services. Additional services include automatic exercising and water walker rehabilitation for horses.
Straton Sporthorses is a horse training business headed by trainer Katie Straton in Gettysburg, PA. It offers classical dressage training, lessons, clinics, and competition campaigning from green horses to FEI level. Full or partial training board is available at its Gettysburg facility. Training rides and lessons are also offered at several locations in southern Pennsylvania and the Frederick, Maryland area.
Cedar Creek Stables is a horse facility in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. It offers horse boarding, riding lessons and horse training. The website names Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia as its service area.
Bethel Park Stables offers horse boarding, with grain, hay, and daily stall cleaning included in the monthly rate. Riding lessons and horse leasing are also offered. The facility includes an indoor arena, a round pen, and direct access to South Park trails. Birthday party packages with pony rides are also available.
Canoe Ridge Quarter Horses & Boarding offers horseback riding lessons for all ages, from beginners to more experienced riders, in an indoor riding arena. The farm also provides horse boarding with stalls and pastures, and rental of its indoor riding arena for private riding. The business has been buying and selling horses of various riding abilities, and horses are listed for sale on the site. It is run by the father and daughter owners, John and Holly Domb.
Sohlay Sporthorses is a private equine training business in State College, Pennsylvania. It offers instruction and training for both horses and riders, with an emphasis on fitness, strength and confidence. Visits to the farm are by appointment only. Prospective clients are asked to describe their previous riding experience and current goals when getting in touch.
Full Circle Dressage Stable is a small dressage barn in Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania. It offers stall and field boarding, with horses fed twice a day and having access to the barn and indoor arena. The barn also provides riding lessons, training and horse sales. It hosts clinics and learning events throughout the year.
