Brightleaf Stables is a horse farm in Durham, NC. It offers horseback riding lessons for all ages and skill levels, using gentle, patient horses as teachers. The farm also provides horse boarding in its barn, which has 13 stalls and a feed and tack room. The business has been home to horses since 2000 and began boarding horses in 2001.
Walker Acres Riding Academy is a riding school that teaches horsemanship and riding skills, with a Ranch Riding base and teaching principles including Showmanship, Horsemanship, Liberty, Hunter, Western Pleasure and Dressage. It also offers horse boarding, including self-care, co-op and full-care pasture board with arena and trail access. Boarders are not required to take part in the lesson or lease program. The academy is part of a wider farm in Orange County.
Hoofbeats in Harmony offers riding lessons for children at its horse farm in Oxford, NC. New students start with a trial lesson and are placed in a group matched to their level. The curriculum covers more than riding, including horsemanship, horse care, groundwork and liberty training. Lessons focus on safety, positive learning and life skills such as confidence and communication.
Woodlawn Stables is a family-owned boarding and training facility in Mebane, North Carolina. The farm offers full boarding with daily turnout, feeding, and farrier visits, along with a lighted riding arena, round pen, and wash area. Riding lessons and horse training are offered by instructors with experience in dressage, eventing, jumpers, and hunter/jumper riding. The stable has served the local equestrian community since 1965.
Blue Skies of Mapleview is a small family farm with an emphasis on natural horsemanship. It offers horseback riding lessons, including after-school and private lessons, and a summer day camp for beginning to intermediate riders. The farm also provides boarding, training and instruction, and runs a weekday program called Women's Intuitive Riding. Riding takes place on the farm's two riding rings and on trails through the surrounding woods and pastures.
Station Hill Farm is an equestrian business in Hillsborough, North Carolina, offering training, lesson programs and coaching for horses and riders. It provides full-service boarding with private paddocks and daily care. The farm also helps clients find horses in the USA or Europe and facilitate sales, and offers long- and short-term layup and rehabilitation programs. The owner is an FEI rider and trainer with a classical dressage focus.
Wildwynn Stables is a horse boarding stable offering stall and pasture board. Stall board includes twice-daily grain feeding, daily turn-out when weather permits, and 24-hour on-site care. The facility has covered and outdoor arenas, a round pen, wooded trails and wash racks. Riding lessons are available, taught by the resident barn manager or by approved guest instructors and trainers.
Fox View Farm is a family-owned horse farm offering boarding, breeding, and training. The farm, owned by the Gaither family, operates a 100-acre property in North Carolina with an additional farm in Florida. It runs a warmblood breeding program focused on hunters and jumpers. Training is led by the head trainer, who coaches students in jumpers, equitation, and hunters. The farm shows along the East Coast.
Carousel Farms is a family-owned and operated farm in Raleigh, North Carolina. It offers pasture and stable boarding for horses on more than 100 acres. The farm provides breeding services for APHA paint horses. It also offers horseback riding lessons for all ages and skill levels in outdoor and covered rings.
HighClere Farms is a boarding and breeding facility that has operated since 2008. It offers stall board, private turnout and paddock board, with a feed program that includes hay. The farm has covered and outdoor arenas, grass jump arenas, a round pen and trails. The owner lives on site, and horse adjustments are available.
Ingleside Farm is a horseback riding and training stable in Franklinton, NC. It offers riding lessons for beginners through advanced riders, including private and group lessons from age 3 and up. The farm trains and shows American Saddlebreds, Morgans and Hackney ponies, and offers seasonal camps for kids and beginners. It also sells show horses and ponies.
Dave Lohrey Training Center is a horse training business in Franklinton, North Carolina, run by Dave and Pam Lohrey. Dave offers starting, training and fine-tuning of horses across disciplines, with a focus on performance horses. Pam offers riding lessons that aim to build rider control and balance. The center's training is based on trust, communication and compliance, without harsh aids or training methods.
Crescent Farm is a horse facility offering boarding, with stall and pasture options. It also provides horse training, including a covered arena, a dressage arena and a jump arena. The farm offers riding lessons such as basic riding, jumping and dressage. It also handles horse sales.
Eliza Sydnor Dressage is run by Eliza Sydnor Romm, a dressage rider, trainer and instructor with USDF Training-Fourth Level Instructor Certification. The business offers private, semi-private and group lessons for riders of all levels, and horses of all breeds. It also trains young horses and runs one to three day clinics across the United States. Horse sales are offered, with the business working closely with breeders and trainers in North Carolina.
Flying W Ranch is a horse facility in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It offers formal riding lessons for riders from age 6 and up, along with summer horse camps. Boarders can choose stall or pasture board and have access to the ranch's trails. The ranch also offers guided trail rides and sells home-grown hay.
Landon Farm is an equestrian barn in Greensboro, North Carolina, offering English-style riding instruction for riders of all levels, from beginners to competitors. Lessons are offered in private, semi-private and small group formats, with weekly and monthly packages. Riders also learn to groom, saddle, bridle and care for their lesson horse, and take part in camps and horse shows. The barn works with horses of any breed.
Country Life Living is a horse boarding farm in Franklinton, North Carolina. Boarding packages are offered per horse, with a six-month minimum contract for packages other than board by the day. Horses are kept on pasture with shelter, free-choice salt and mineral, and hay when needed, and grain and supplements are available for an extra fee. The farm also offers to schedule vet, hoof care and worming visits and act as a go-between for owners, for a monthly fee per horse. The website also lists a kennel, but the excerpts give no details about it.
Nickerson Farms is an equestrian facility in Reidsville, North Carolina, with almost 17,000 square feet of indoor facilities and outdoor facilities. It offers horse riding lessons for riders of all skill levels. The farm also hosts birthday pony parties and farm-themed events. It sells premium hay in a variety of types and blends.
Cool Creek Farm offers pasture board for horses, with a focus on customized care for semi-retired and retired horses. The farm keeps a maximum of six horses on site, each fed separately twice daily. Horses have access to pastures with run-ins, trails, a lighted grass arena and a round pen. The farm also runs children's day camps and offers lodging, but the camps do not involve the horses.
North Carolina Equestrian Center is a riding academy in Reidsville, NC, serving riders of all levels and ages. It offers riding lessons, horse ownership programs, and sport horse development, including competition and showing. The facility also provides private full-care boarding with individualized horse care plans, daily staff checklists, and access to two covered arenas and outdoor riding space. Training board is available on request.
Chase Performance Horses is a working facility at Little River Ranch in Wendell, North Carolina. The business specializes in reining horse training aimed at show-pen performance. It also coaches non-professional riders of all levels. Horses for sale are offered, and the owner helps buyers find a suitable reining horse.
Topline Training operates out of Green Level Equestrian, a boarding facility in Apex, North Carolina. The business offers horse riding lessons for children and adults, including Hunter-Jumper and Dressage lessons. It also runs training programs for horses and riders, and offers full stall boarding. The program is led by owner and trainer Laura Rose Heymann.
Black Creek Hill Farms is a farm in Benson, North Carolina, offering horse riding lessons, including private and semi-private lessons. The farm also runs trail rides, camps and birthday parties on horseback. Boarding and leasing of horses are available. The farm has been operating since 1997 and also cares for rescued animals.
Kolt Equestrian offers riding lessons for new and experienced riders, using both ring and trail instruction with an emphasis on horsemanship, safety and fun. Lesson packages include a one-on-one trial lesson for first-time riders. The farm also offers leasing, boarding and training arrangements, and rental of its riding ring. The owner and head instructor has over 40 years of experience showing, training and teaching riders across several disciplines.
