Vintage Farms is a 3-day eventing training barn that also offers boarding and a show team. The business provides sport horse training, horse showing and schooling for riders at all levels. Riding lessons, training rides and show coaching are offered alongside care and management of the horses.
Fox Farms Virginiatown is a horse boarding facility founded in 2024 by Lindsay and Alex Fox. It offers stall and pasture boarding with daily turnout and attentive management. Amenities include a large outdoor arena with full lighting, a round pen, an indoor wash rack, a tack room, and easy access to local trails. Each horse receives morning and evening feeding, with grain, blanketing, fly masks, and farrier or veterinary holding available on request. Horses are monitored 24/7.
Sierra Ranch is a miniature horse ranch in Grass Valley, California, run by Steve and Kim Sterchi. It keeps stallions and show horses and offers stallions, colts, mares, fillies and geldings for sale. The ranch trains its own horses with a program covering manner training, conditioning, grooming and show ring preparation. Its facilities include an arena, a round pen and a barn. The site also lists Australian Shepherd puppies, pheasants and pigeons as side offerings.
Ride to Walk is a non-profit organization in Penryn, California. It provides therapeutic and recreational horseback riding for children and adults with special needs. Riders are supported by a trained leader, side walkers, and a physical therapist when needed. The program keeps its own horses, which it trains and cares for at its facility with stalls, paddocks, arenas and round pens.
St Francis Friesians is a small private breeding, boarding and training facility focused on pure Dutch Friesian horses for saddle and carriage. The farm offers mare care and foaling services with monitoring, along with horse training and boarding. Keuring preparation for the KFPS Dutch Judging is offered to a few select clients. The farm also offers Friesian Experiences, visits with carriage rides, and occasional horse sales.
Dan Gillen DVM is an equine veterinary practice in Newcastle, California. The practice offers lameness diagnostics and therapy, dentistry, and preventative and therapeutic medicine for horses. The site emphasizes a personal approach and compassionate care, with 39 years of experience.
Beachem Dressage LLC is a dressage training and horse sales business led by USDF medalist Heather Beachem. It offers in-person lessons and clinics in the Sacramento area and daily virtual lessons for riders nationwide. The business also accepts a select number of sales horses and offers consulting for buying or selling a horse. Its training is aimed at riders working toward FEI goals.
SNS Equestrian offers riding lessons and horse training in Placer County, California. Lessons cover beginner to advanced levels, including showing. Hunter jumper lessons are a core part of the program. The trainer has years of competing experience and has worked as an assistant to an accomplished USHJA-certified trainer, including developing a feeder training program. Students of all ages and experience levels are welcome, from basic horsemanship to work over fences.
Lasting Bliss Equitherapy offers therapy sessions for horses, including craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, cold laser therapy and KT taping. Sessions are offered as Bliss, Pixie Dust and Dance 'Til Dawn packages, each combining selected methods. The practice aims to address underlying issues in horses such as soreness, tight muscles and limited range of motion. Clients are invited to contact the practitioner by email or phone to discuss a horse's needs and book a session.
Youthful Courage Stables runs riding sessions in which children, youth and families work with and ride horses. Each session pairs one child with one leader, who supports the child's individual challenges and progress. Activities also include crafts, games, chores, wood working and life skills, with a focus on mentoring the child and teaching equine safety and husbandry. The stable's Director of Equine Operations, Stephanie Kaesekamp, has many years of experience riding, training and teaching horses. Visits are by appointment only.
Warrior's Soul is a healing and learning center on a 40-acre ranch in Lincoln, California. It offers equine-assisted learning sessions, horseback riding lessons, and guided coaching sessions for women. Its trauma-informed approach is rooted in the principles of The Natural Lifemanship Institute. The center was founded in 2010 to serve active-duty military and veterans and now also serves children, families, and individuals.
Sundance Horse Rescue and Sanctuary is a non-profit organization in Nevada County, California. It rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes injured, neglected, abused or unwanted horses. Horses live at the rescue or sanctuary while they recover, and many are offered for adoption. The organization also offers horse sponsorship, a volunteer program and educational clinics on equine care.
Wolf Creek Ranch in Grass Valley, California, is the home of horseman Eitan Beth-Halachmy and Debbie Beth-Halachmy. Eitan is the founder of Cowboy Dressage, a western discipline built on dressage principles and light-hands horsemanship. Having retired from the show ring and public training, he devotes his time to teaching and runs a clinic program at the ranch during the winter and spring months. He also teaches Cowboy Dressage on the road nationally and internationally.
Vaquera Ranch is a boutique 65-acre horse ranch in the Sierra Foothills of California. It offers private horse riding lessons and riding immersion courses for students aged 11 to 14. Guided trail rides on the property are available for experienced riders. The ranch also offers guest accommodation, a women's retreat, archery, fishing and weddings alongside its riding programs.
Cedar Hill Farm is a horse facility in Grass Valley, California, on 30 irrigated acres. It offers equine retirement and rehabilitation care. The farm also runs a training program that emphasizes horsemanship and classical foundations, with per-ride and package options. Private and semi-private riding lessons are available for riders of all levels.
Pulsed PEMF Therapy offers electromagnetic equine therapy for chronic pain relief and injury recovery. Treatments use pulsed electromagnetic frequency delivered through a coil placed on the animal by a certified practitioner. The site says the therapy aims to relieve muscle soreness, reduce inflammation, increase range of motion, and support healing of fractures and wounds. Visits are by appointment only, serving Placer, Sacramento and Amador counties in California.
Larry Viegas Insurance Services is a family-run insurance agency focused on the equine enthusiast. It offers farm and ranch packages that cover property, liability, and equipment for horse farms and ranches. Its commercial equine liability cover is aimed at businesses involved in boarding, instruction, training, breeding, and horse sales. The agency also provides livestock mortality policies for horses, along with stable, trainer, and riding club liability cover.
Hooves & Paws Healing Hearts is a volunteer-based non-profit that provides animal assisted interactions to children, adults and veterans. Clients have physical, cognitive, social or emotional challenges. Sessions involve care for and interaction with horses and dogs. The organization describes horseback riding as supporting balance, coordination, mobility and communication. Visits are by appointment only at its ranch in the Newcastle, California area.
Kalley Krickeberg is a horse trainer offering the Balanced Horse Training program, a curriculum of groundwork, riding and liberty lessons for horse and rider. She also runs an Off-Track Thoroughbred Program that prepares retired racehorses for new careers. The business holds clinics and events and sells horses. Kalley has trained horses across more than 12 breeds and works with problem and rehabilitation cases.
Camelot Equestrian Park is an equestrian facility in Oroville, California. Its main service is year-round horse boarding, with horses fed three times a day, stalls cleaned daily and water filled daily. The park has jumping arenas, dressage courts, round pens and cross-country trails. It hosts dressage and hunter/jumper shows, clinics and schooling events, and gives riders access to instructors in several disciplines.
Mike Warman Training Stables is based in Maxwell, California. The business is dedicated to training and showing cutting horses. It offers a training program built on strong fundamentals and riding lessons for non-pro and amateur riders. It also helps clients buy and sell horses.
Finley's Mountain Ranch is a small family-owned and operated ranch near Ukiah, California. It breeds Registered American Quarter Horses, focusing on correct conformation, trainable dispositions, performance ability, versatility and color. The ranch built its band of quarter horse mares around quality bloodlines and aims to breed for quality rather than quantity. It also breeds Katahdin hair sheep and sells market lambs and other farm products.
Ricochet Ridge Ranch is a family-owned horseback riding business on the Mendocino Coast of California, founded 40 years ago. It offers guided trail rides on Ten Mile Beach, along coastal trails, and through redwood forests near Fort Bragg. Riders are paired with horses suited to their experience level, and guides give brief instruction before the ride. Rides range from a 3-hour redwood ride to an all-day ride, and the ranch accepts riders aged 7 and up.
White Dog Ranch is a full-service equine facility in Potter Valley, Mendocino County, offering care for horses. It provides riding lessons in English, Western and general horsemanship for children, adults and disabled riders, on the client's own horse or on the ranch's school horses. Boarding options include pasture boarding with shelter and stalling, with individualized feeding programs and pasture turnout. The ranch also offers group and private clinics on horse fitness, athleticism and confidence, and has a lighted indoor arena and nearby trails.
