StillWater Equestrian is an equestrian training business in the San Francisco area, owned and operated by Stephanie Simmonds, a USHJA Credentialed Instructor. The business offers training and coaching for horses and riders, with a focus on the hunter/jumper discipline. Services also include management of stable operations, equine injury rehabilitation, consulting and clinics.
Solo Acres is a boarding stable that provides equine care for horses owned by clients. The stable offers a small, personalized setting where boarders and their owners receive individual attention. The business has operated since 1982 and describes its environment as clean, safe and friendly. It is located in the rural community of Sebastopol in Sonoma County, Northern California.
Minarets Pack Station and Resort is a family-owned pack station in the Sierra National Forest, near the southern border of Yosemite National Park. It offers guided horseback pack trips into the Ansel Adams Wilderness, including weekend trips, fully outfitted trips, and single-destination dunnage drops. Guided trail rides and full or half-day ride packages are also offered. Glamping cabin tents and camping with horses are available for guests before or after their rides.
Essence of Equine Bodywork offers sports massage for horses, using the horse's body language to locate tight fascia and sore muscles. Massage is used to help sore or tight horses, as a warm-up or cool-down, and to support the horse's overall balance. Red light therapy is offered alone or together with massage to help relax muscles and increase circulation. Thermal imaging is listed on the site as coming soon.
Sunshine Integrative Veterinary Services is a veterinary practice focused on integrative medicine for horses in the Central Valley and beyond. It combines traditional Western medicine with integrative therapies to support the health and performance of horses. Services listed include lameness consultations, acupuncture, electro-acupuncture and massage therapy. Care plans are developed individually with horse owners.
Hoofbeats Equestrian is a hunter/jumper facility in Elk Grove, California. It runs a riding academy with lessons for riders from beginner to advanced, using its own school horses and ponies. The yard also offers all-inclusive boarding for clients in its riding or training program, and horse leases for current students. A show team competes at local and regional shows and is open to juniors and adults in the program.
The Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association is a not-for-profit club in Clayton, California, on the slopes of Mt. Diablo. It offers horse boarding in stalls with paddocks across two barns with 21 stalls. Riding facilities include two lighted arenas, a round pen, and a cross country course. Members have direct access to trails in Mt. Diablo State Park and can join club events and horsemanship clinics.
SOCOTUR offers horse training built on a gentle, communication-focused approach between rider and horse. Training sessions and trail rides are tailored to the horse selected for the day. The business also offers horse sales and buying assistance. Membership plans include riding advice, horse selection support and discounts on premium hay and grain.
Onoda Dressage is a dressage training business based at Caldecott Stables in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nick Onoda, an FEI trainer and competitor, works with riders and horses on the classical system of dressage. The services include full and half training, young horse programs, trailer-in lessons, clinics and a sales program for horses. Show services such as training at show grounds, grooming and stable care are also offered.
Legacy Farm is a hunter, jumper and equitation training facility in Brentwood, California. It offers full-service boarding for horses across all disciplines. The facility has several riding rings, sand round pens, turnouts, and layup and rehab stalls. Board and care plans and training packages are set up during an initial consultation.
The Dingle Family Farm and Stables is a family owned and operated facility in Oakley, CA. It offers horse boarding, including stall board with paddock and partial board options, and an all sand riding arena. Private horseback riding lessons are available, along with horse camps open to ages 5-17. The farm also runs pony rides, a petting zoo and farm parties.
VIP Equine Services is a veterinary practice focused on whole-horse care. The practice offers lameness evaluation and treatment for equine athletes, including digital radiography and ultrasonography to find the cause of a horse's pain. Treatment options include joint injections and regenerative therapies such as PRP, IRAP and stem cells. The practice also lists acupuncture, medical manipulation (chiropractic) and shockwave therapy among its services.
Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center is a 24-hour equine medical, surgical, and ambulatory hospital in Penryn, California. The practice offers hospitalization, surgery and intensive care for horses. Listed services include acupuncture, castration and chiropractic, performed both in the field and at the clinic. The team is made up of partner veterinarians focused on continuing education and client care.
MPHorsemanship offers horsemanship training for horse owners. The training covers the horse, the rider, or both together. Training is available across California and surrounding states depending on availability. Services can be customized, and a phone consultation is offered to discuss needs.
Rising Tides Equestrian is a horse training business in the Bay Area of California. It provides training for both horse and rider, with a focus on correct and positive methods. The owner and head trainer, Kyana Sazegari, has taught riding professionally since 2010 and has eventing experience. The business is based on a yard in the Castro Valley area.
North Peak Equestrian is an equestrian facility offering horse boarding and training. The business is located in Walnut Creek, California. It operates on 10 acres at the foot of Mount Diablo. The facility is home to a select group of trainers and a community of riders.
Rusty Halo Foundation is a California non-profit that uses horses to support teens and young adults. It provides low-cost to free individual and group Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine Assisted Learning sessions. Sessions take place at the Rusty Halo Ranch facility, alongside other outdoor activities that connect youth to nature. The foundation focuses on young people who lack access to this form of healing, including those with contact with foster or juvenile correctional systems.
Stonewall Sporthorses is a horse breeding program run by Michael Muir at his Stonewall Stud. The site describes the Stonewall Sporthorse as an American warmblood developed over decades of selective breeding. According to the site, the horses have won national grand championships and set sales and racing records. The website has pages for stallions and mares. Access Adventure at Rush Ranch uses the horses to provide outdoor recreation and therapy for people with disabilities.
Bright Future Farms is a training, boarding and breeding center located at the base of Mt. Diablo in Walnut Creek, California. The farm breeds Oldenburg, Arabian and Half Arabian sport horses and selects stallions for its mares. It offers boarding with an 11-stall barn, 18 mare motel paddocks, and a sand arena, with access to nearby trails. Training is provided by dressage, eventing and jumper trainers working as independent contractors.
Hossmoor is an equestrian facility offering horse boarding in a choice of barns, with stalls, paddocks and pasture options. Services include turnouts, blanketing, hand walking, and a EuroXciser free-flow exerciser for rehabilitation or conditioning. Horses are fed multiple times daily with grass and alfalfa hay, and graining can be included. The property has covered and outdoor arenas, round pens, bridle paths and trails on 138 acres, and instructors in most disciplines are available on site.
Kismet Farms is a full-service equestrian barn. It runs a horseback riding school for beginners to advanced riders, most of whom do not own horses. It also offers a competitive three-day eventing program for horse owners. Lessons and schooling rides are offered as part of its programs.
Horse and Rider Connection is a family-oriented barn based at Franklin Canyon Stables in Martinez, California, operating there since 2005. It offers riding instruction in Western, English and trail riding. The barn also provides horse training, leasing, horsemanship classes and horse camping trips. Horse boarding is available, with horses fed twice daily and stalls and runs cleaned seven days a week.
Healthy Horse Massage and Grooming provides massage and grooming services for horses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Massage is offered as preventive care, before or after training or performance, and during periods of lighter training or recovery. Sessions aim to help with muscle cramps, warming up muscles, and removing muscle knots and adhesions. The business is run by Julie A. McCarthy, a Certified Equine Massage Therapist.
Mito's Elite Equine Services offers bodywork and equine massage for horses. The business also provides PEMF, MagnaWave and BEMER treatments for equine athletes. Services are offered in the Bay Area and parts of Southern California. The owner, Rachele Burr, is certified in Equine Massage and has a background in riding and kinesiology.
