Our family has been riding at Breezy Bluff for over 10 years. The owners and instructors emphasize the safety of horse and riders. Horses are well cared for and live long lives. Learning to groom and saddle your horse is an important part of the riding experience. Riders progress at a pace appropriate for each individual but are encouraged to expand their skills. The owners are accommodating regarding schedule needs when those needs are politely communicated well ahead of time. read more

Short version: Some very nice horses, a good instructor named Cherri, okay for beginners, but there are definitely better options with better facilities and more well-cared for horses. Long version: My first impression of Breezy Bluff was very negative. Horses all wear halters 24/7 in outdoor pastures standing in a few inches of their own muck and mud. That was in January. I saw a horse with an open abrasion from the halter rubbing it's nose and many with bald patches. The mule (sweetest thing in the world, by the way) had an open cyst just above the back of her front hoof. I brought these to the attention of the people there. One response was that it was good it was open to drain....well maybe, but not in the dirty conditions it was living in at the time. Apparently the surgery to remove it was too expensive or too inconvenient for them. I honestly should have just left and gone elsewhere at that point. My questions about not having any stalls or shelters for the horses was met with the explanation that Betty prefers her animals to live out their lives as the natural herd animals they were created to be. That sounds good, except that natural herd animals roam over many miles/acres of land...not in a fenced area where most of their time is spent standing in manure. Another client took her granddaughter out to another stable due in part to the place being a "dump" in her words. I wouldn't necessarily go that far, but it is obviously just too much for the owners to maintain very well. It did get cleaned up a little and looks much better now that nicer weather came. I did go to 12 lessons and two days of horse camp...my daughter and I did not once see any hooves picked. I was taught it was basic horse care to regularly clean hooves, yet apparently not here. The ironic part is that the Bible verse about a righteous man caring for his animals is her signature line. :-/ Enough of the care (or lack thereof) of horses...on to the lessons. On two occasions they "forgot" that I had already made payments for my services, then found them. The lessons always start late and spend more time letting the kids struggle to groom and tack the horses without any formal teaching on this aspect than they spend riding. One response to this was, if they want to ride more, they should tack faster....what??? They don't even know how yet.... In the lessons we took there were several times that communication was lost between the "instructors" and different people were covering for these miscommunications. The first 10 lessons were only my oldest. I decided to let two of my younger children try. The first of their lessons I showed up and the first three people I talked to didn't even know they were coming, then one young instructor said she had gotten an email that they were scheduled. The instructor had a back problem, so they were covering for her that day. The next week I showed up and was told their lesson would be an hour later...there was a horse camp that day, so I assumed it was to allow for that event. All my emails showed my lesson at the agreed upon time. The next week I showed up for our lesson and was told they had been moved an hour later...I was never informed of this time, and frankly it didn't work with our schedule, so I said I would not be back and expected a refund for the lessons I wasn't taking. It was the company's error, so I feel I should have been refunded the full amounts...however, I was informed that I could not be refunded since I didn't cancel 48 hours in advance, and that since they didn't complete another set of 10 lessons, the cost was higher. I did get a "refund" for about 1/5 of the amount it should have been had they been honest and shown integrity. I never cancelled a lesson, they changed without communication. I would say there were three good, well organized classes out of the 14 we took. There is more I could say, but this should suffice. All in all, this business is not a well-oiled machine and your money is better spent (and safer) elsewhere. read more

We love Breezy Bluff! My daughter has learned so much not only about riding but also about responsibility, hard work, respect, and the importance of a job well done. It has increased her confidence and improved her performance in school. Betty and her staff treat us like family! We'd recommend them to anyone & everyone!!!! read more

If you're looking for crummy, overpriced "horseback riding lessons" then look no further! Breezy Bluff is the perfect place for you. Where "lessons" are an hour long and not a second more. You even get to get off ten minutes before your hour is up because unsaddling counts as part of your hour! Grooming and saddling counts, too! So if you get a dirty horse, you'll only be riding for five minutes! If you can't make a lesson due to an emergency or whatever reason, you still have to pay for your lesson. Isn't it great? :) Learn how to groom a horse, but not pick its feet, like all horsemen! Want to have your kid cry? Look no further, because this place is all the rage in making kids cry! Tired of kids snitching and tattling? Boy, do I have news for you! Kids and parents snitch and tattle! The horses here are so perfectly safe in their pens. There's glass and axes and wire and machinery they can use to scare off any predators that may come at them! They get to live like true wild horses without shelter and moldy hay! And leaves and goo in their water too! In the winter, it freezes over and left that way so the horses feel like they're truly wild and free! They even burn logs so the horses can pretend they're running from a wildfire. They really do care! You get to ride in circles and do nothing fun at all! The instructor just stands there and tells you what to do. Awesome, right? Want to go to horse shows? Then this place isn't for you! They only have shows at the farm, and it costs more than it would if you were to go to another horse show! Want to ride in a parade? Sure! That'll be $60! Cheap, right!? Want drama? Great! There's so much drama here, I'm surprised they haven't made a TV show about it yet! read more