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Riding 4 Life offers horsemanship and beginner riding lessons for riders of different ages. It runs equine assisted learning and hippotherapy programs, including services for autism, and offers therapeutic riding. The business also provides horse boarding, camps, clinics and retreats involving its horses.
Equineimity offers horseback riding lessons for children, adults and families in Naramata, British Columbia. Lessons are mostly guided trail riding in the mountain terrain, with English and Western styles offered. The instructor works with a stable of lesson horses she has hand-trained herself. Group lessons for up to three people and family sessions are available. Prospective students can book a barn meet and greet before their first lesson.
Heritage Farms Equestrian describes itself as a hunter/jumper and equitation training barn serving riders and horses of all levels. It offers fundamental riding lessons on its school horses, where each one-hour lesson covers grooming, tacking up, riding and aftercare. The barn also offers leasing options for lesson horses and specialized training programs for horses at any level. Full care boarding with individualized care is available at the facility.
Methow Valley Riding Unlimited offers individual and group riding lessons in English and Western styles, usually from March through November. It runs summer camps where children learn to care for, groom, tack up and ride horses. Its therapeutic horsemanship riding programmes serve kids and adults, and it runs Equine Assisted Services. MVRU currently owns four horses and operates from Crown S Ranch in the Methow Valley.
Wild at Heart Horse Rides is a horseback riding outfitter in Leavenworth, Washington, in the Cascade Mountains. It offers public and private trail rides for riders of all abilities, from beginners to experienced riders. Beginner rides start with basic horsemanship before the trail ride. Routes run through forest, meadows and along Beaver Creek on privately owned trails.
Rendezvous Ranch is a facility near Cashmere, Washington, at the base of the Cascade Mountains. It offers group clinics and individual riding lessons in an indoor arena and a trail obstacle course with 90 obstacles. Its Mountain Trail training teaches horses to work through backcountry-style obstacles, starting in hand and moving into the saddle. The ranch also provides covered stalls for horses, and camping and rental accommodations are offered on site.
Willow Grove Riding School offers horse riding lessons on a weekly schedule, including one-hour lessons and group lessons of up to three riders. It also runs pony rides and pony birthday parties in its indoor riding arena for children aged 4 to 12. The yard takes boarders, and junior boarders are required to be in a lesson or training program. A volunteer program lets students learn horse care in exchange for extra riding or horsemanship lessons.
Poplar Grove Stables, run by Claudia Zurmuhle Equestrian, offers riding lessons for beginner to advanced riders. Lessons include in-house riding with a lesson horse and haul-in options. The business also offers boarding and facilities, training and rehabilitation, and driving lessons. Claudia Zurmuhle is a Licensed and Certified Equestrian Canada Competition Coach.
The Happy Ruth Ranch is a family-run therapeutic farm in Kelowna, BC. It offers western riding lessons for riders aged 12 and older, with a focus on horsemanship, groundwork and caring for horses. The ranch also runs equine therapy and programs for neurodivergent children and teens, held in a calm, low-arousal setting. Participation is by appointment and in ongoing weekly programs.
Midnight Mountain Farm offers horse riding lessons year-round, starting at age 4, for both children and adults. Students learn to catch, groom, lead, saddle and ride, with lessons available in Western, hunt seat, saddle seat, sidesaddle and bareback styles. The farm also provides full care boarding for horses. The training style is described as classical French, and riders can work toward showing or trail riding.
Mission Creek Ranch is a 70 acre equestrian facility in Kelowna's Lower Mission. It offers horse boarding with indoor and outdoor options, including full, part and self board. Riding lessons and training are offered in dressage, show jumping and cross country. The ranch also organizes an annual 2 Phase Derby and dressage days.
Papalia Training is an equestrian business in Aldergrove, British Columbia, that offers riding lessons, horse training and horse sales. Lessons are available for beginners through to competitors, and school horses are available for riders. Full and partial training programs are offered, along with horse show services such as individual ring rides and clipping. Horses are also sold on consignment. The business is run by Ashley Papalia, who has a background in hunter/jumper competition.
Empire Equestrian is a riding facility in Maple Ridge, BC. It offers English riding lessons for children and adults, using its own lesson horses, and tailored riding and training programs from beginner to advanced levels. The hunter/jumper program is for riders who lease or own their own horse, with year-round training and competition planning. The business also offers horse sales and camps.
Perpetual Motion Training offers private and group lessons for horse and rider. Its professional training sessions target problem areas, advance a horse's education, and refine aid responsiveness. Event coaching is available at competitions and clinics. The program combines classical riding principles with contemporary coaching methods.
Canoa Farms is a horse property in the Nicola Valley near Merritt, British Columbia, on about 20 acres. It operates a Mountain Trail Park with a natural trail course built for horses and riders. The farm holds horse shows, including a Mountain Trail and Ranch Trail buckle series, and offers clinics for riders who are new to the sport or want to improve. Its paint horses are used for trail riding, western events and hunter jumper work.
Fancy Free Farm offers training for both horse and rider, with a focus on sport. Training services cover horses at all levels, from full and partial training to customized packages. Riders can take lessons and coaching, with flatwork and dressage as the foundation for disciplines such as hunters/jumpers, equitation and eventing. The farm also trains young horses and has horses available for sale.
Gloucester Downs Equestrian Park is an equestrian training centre for both horse and rider. It offers showjumper training and instruction for hunters, jumpers and dressage, with lessons from beginners to advanced competition coaching. Horses are available for schooling, and guest coaches and clinics are held throughout the year. The centre also stands three stallions and covers mares through fresh and frozen semen.
Dream Chaser Equestrian is run by Lisa Schultz, a nationally certified coach and judge. It offers training for horses and riders across several competition disciplines, including hunters, jumpers, dressage and eventing. Riding lessons are available, including on the school horses it keeps. The yard also offers full board for client horses with indoor and outdoor arenas and paddocks.
Mane Success Horsemanship offers horsemanship and riding instruction focused on improving the relationship between horse and rider. Lessons cover foundation horsemanship, confidence building, and customized riding for western and English riders at all levels. The instructor travels to the client's facility, and private and group lessons are offered. Learn To Ride program levels 1 to 4 are also available.
Triple M Farms is a family-operated stable in South Langley, British Columbia. It offers horseback riding lessons, both private and semi-private, using its own school horses. It also runs group equestrian vaulting lessons for beginners through competitive vaulters, along with vaulting clinics and day camps.
Hearthstone Equestrian is a horse farm in Chilliwack, British Columbia. It offers English riding lessons for all skill levels, including jump and dressage lessons and competition coaching. It also provides horse boarding, young horse board and therapeutic riding. The farm also sells hay.
Beyond The Haybale is the dressage business of Nicole Berthelot, based in the Lower Mainland of BC, Canada. It offers dressage lessons for riders of all levels, including those new to riding. Limited full training clients are taken on. One- or two-day clinics are held at the client's barn or at Nicole's barn. Nicole also works as a licensed Equestrian Canada 'B' Dressage Judge and Competition Coach.
Obsidian Hunter Jumper is a full-service equestrian training program run by Eliza Hunt. It offers hunter, jumper and equitation training at Greystone Stables in Delta, British Columbia. The program is built on good horsemanship and proper equitation, with horses and riders schooled in basic dressage as well as over fences. Eliza Hunt is a competitive hunter jumper rider with a dressage background who also works with young and unschooled horses.
Collingwood Stables offers lessons and training programs designed around the rider and horse. The stable specializes in developing competitive young riders in the hunter/jumper discipline. It also offers young horse development. Services are offered from a Langley location and through the Southlands Riding Club in Vancouver, where club membership and an own horse are required.
