I had a negative experience with this summer camp in SF, mainly based on their aftercare service,…read moreand the general immaturity of some of the staff, including the regional manager. The biking portion of the camp is top notch, and the kids are taken all over the city on different expeditions each day. However, if you sign up for aftercare, your kids are left to fend for themselves. Normally this is fine, but the camp uses public SF parks with minimal private facilities. Because of this, if any unsavory characters turn up to the park, the staff don't know how to react or escalate. One one day when I went to pick up my children from aftercare, they were 5 and 8 at the time, there was a gentleman swinging a golf club around the children's play area with great speed. Nobody saw fit to ask him to leave as he whacked his club close to the young children playing. I intervened and asked him to leave the park, at which point he got verbally abusive and charged at me with his golf club. This whole incident was quite shocking for all concerned (see attached photo for the perpetrator). My complaints over this situations with dealt with scorn and condescension by the SF general manager, Tyler. Happily, the owner of the camp was more level headed, and listened to my concerns. I was still surprised to hear that the camp owner and GM didn't know that adults are not allowed in SF children's parks when not accompanying a minor. This is a basic local law to enhance kids safety in SF. In summary, I cannot recommend this camp as I feel there is not the appropriate level of adult supervision required, at least at the SF camps.

Great program for teaching children riding skills and confidence! Fun adventures and caring coaches.read more

I board my two young rescue horses with Melanie and can't say enough positive, good things about…read morethis facility. My boys are treated beautifully and they are loved by all the folks at the facility. Stalls are clean, hay is high quality, horses get lots of interaction and attention, and the arenas are always clean and dragged nicely with great footing. If you are looking for a quiet, low key barn environment with very happy horses, this is the place for you.

Riding/stabling horses in Oakland? Well yes to both actually…read more Just off Skyline, slip back in to what seems to be an oasis for horses with an ocean view. But keep your speed down- the city boy in me cruised in at what seemed to be a medium pace and was told that that was tooooooo fast. 5 mph or less. So okay. Helped move a new vendor in who will have tons of horse supplies available on site. I'd rattle off some more lingo like saddles and bridles but I don't know what anything else is called. They're there though. And there are numerous signs that indicate that dogs are not allowed. Just an observation.

My daughter loves all the horses we are definitely staying here for a while! We love snickers and…read moreall the horses she loves to trot and ride!

Cash only business and the owner doesn't 1099 her employees. Cash only with a very unsecure…read morepayment system. My cash payment disappeared and when confronted about it, the owner laughed. Lesson ponies aren't treated well and the instructors clearly aren't treated well. If you value honesty, integrity, and believe in decent treatment of animals, avoid at all costs.

Oni Rovatti I have never met the women who posted about Oni…read moreRovatti, but I will back their reviews on Oni. I have had 2 encounters with her where she was verbally abusing myself and my trainers Here is the email that I wrote to the property owner where she rents a stal It should be mentioned that yesterday was my 2nd time where Ani - Oni? literally chased my trainer and myself off of your property. You were right when you told me that she's mean to everyone. She's not only mean but aggressive. Yesterday My trainer and I arrived to use your arena at 1pm Oni arrived at about 2:15pm just as we were finishing up. Oni bolted out of her car and immediately demanded that we leave. My Trainer politely stated that we had 5 min left and then we would leave. Oni stated "since you are not leaving now I'm going to turn the sprinklers on!" She then started turning on the metal sprinkler valve -in the grass right next to your arena She threatened our safety as well as the horses safety. What if my mare had gotten spoked and broke free? Oni continued to hurl (unprovoked by My trainer and I) horrible insults at both oThen she said that all of your horses had herpes and we had to leave. We all know this is false, for multiple reasons. She chased us up the driveway screaming at us that "she knows no one watched our horses at night!" I'm afraid that she will come across the street and harm them, the barn or even worse She's a huge liability. I wouldn't want a renter who's that much of a liability anywhere near my property.

If it was not for Oni, I would not be riding my horse today. She is an excellent trainer with a…read morelong experience and solid credentials.

This place is magical, it's the perfect barn for any discipline and or any type of rider. You walk…read morein and instantly get hit with a different micro climate which is usually beautiful. The views and trails are amazing and horses well taken care of. If you decide to take lessons here, they are not pushy on you showing or buying a horse that's 100k. You don't have to be in a training program to board your horse here. Anthony and Vijoa are very sweet and tolerant of boarders, students and staff. Past reviews were from some not so nice people, and also people who didnt care about horses

Anthony Chabot stables has excellent instruction for any one at any level. Horses stabled there…read morewere happy and healthy. A well run barn! Kudos! MJ

The Great American West and what living use to be like back then. Lemmy tell ya most people living…read morein the Bay Area haven't a clue as to what it was like back then. From: concrete jungles, venti lattes, not knowing your neighbors, and paying 1/2 your months salary in rent. For those looking for an escape from the mundane and a change of pace from their liberal strongholds, the Chaparral Ranch trainers/hands/horse masters will provide you a temporary way out. Nestled in the Woodside hills with winding trails, scenic views, birds, trees, rabbits, more trees...and oh yes horses will give you a taste of olde School California. Mixing history with activity I can see no other better weekend escape. Take a trail ride or get a lesson, who cares just get out and enjoy nature! The horses and staff are experts on gettin you up and havin a guud olde time. So get off your butt and getta ridin!

Never got to ride with them. Took 10 days to respond to voice messages, and website is outdated &…read moreconvoluted. Found Bay Area Ridge Riders at same time, and had a great experience. My advice is to keep looking.

I went to this place and got the package of four lessons which is 350 dollars, but I had told…read moreMarguerite that I had barely started to even trot at the other place I went to, she ask is I was a beginner and I told her I was over the phone fast forward, when I got there everything was fine but she told me to go to the barn a talk to this lady who was going to give me a helmet and take walk the horse out my mom was with me so she had to sign and release form, but the lady wasn't that nice she wasn't rude but she wasn't very welcoming, the horse had hesitated when walking out of the barn, and the lady told me to look forward and walk but the horse still didn't move eventually he did. We got to the gate of the arena and the horse stopped again, and the lady who had helped me get a helmet in the barn yelled at the horse to move( this is where I started to feel nervous because I felt that I couldn't trust the horse.) Marguerite told me that she could tell I was nervous and that it was ok because she puts little kids on this horse.(I was riding in shoes because my boots that I had gotten didn't come into the mail yet, and I told her that but she said that it was ok) so we kept riding but I was confused because it wasn't Marguerite teaching me it was someone else that and I thought she would because that's what she told me over the phone, which is fine I was just confused...the lady who was walking with me around the arena was nice. The lesson ended and we left. Later that day I told my mom that I didn't want to go back because I felt to uncomfortable there and it didn't feel like a stable system...and the other horse place I went to you would learn to brush and tack up the horse, overall just learn horseman ship but here you don't unless to get there early (she didn't tell me till the second lesson) but we asked for a refund and she refused to give a a refund( she never mentioned that she didn't give refunds) she told me and my mom to take after lesson with the boots so we did but i felt pressured to take this lesson.but she said she would charge 120 for the next lesson and give 110 back is we didn't like it. The next lesson came around and I wasn't in the best mood I felt pressured to take this lesson and I just wasn't in the best mood, I got on the horse ( the same one from the first lesson) and he felt jittery to me and I felt uncomfortable I had a weird gut feeling, so I stopped the horse and told her and my mom that I was uncomfortable and she ask why I couldn't answer at the time because I don't know what to say but she just told me to kept going, I felt confused by her instructions because she never told me if I was doing it right, but we kept walking and I felt more and more uncomfortable the horse was stubborn and was focused on follow Marguerite more...we walking around for a bit more and we stopped and she was telling to to look where to want to go then walk so I did. I don't know what happed after that because it happened so fast but the horse had got spooked by a truck driving on the road a threw me off, I landed on my hip ( I was ok but I'm bruised really bad and can't really lay down or sit without it hurting) I got up and talk out of the arena and I was shaking I don't know what happened after that as my body was in shock from what happened. She proceeded to tell my mom that I'm not ready and it was like talking to a 8 year old ( I'm 17) and that riding probably wasn't for me and that I would have still been on the horse if I kept my back straight, and that I wasn't listening and was hesitant to listening to her( I was confused and she never told me if I was doing something right or wrong.) Please be careful when choosing this place ask a lot of questions, because she tends to leave stuff out.

Overall the experience was okay, I would not recommend using this place if you're looking for…read morequality riding lessons. From the very beginning it seemed like an unfit establishment for our family, but wanted to be optimistic. The trainer provided very poor communication on how to find her place and was late on day one. She immediately jumped into defensive communication any time I asked for clarification. She seems very well established and knowledgeable, unfortunately that doesn't translate into her training with first time riders. Trainings are rushed, but ironically she just sits in a chair disengaged from the trainees. I was shocked as a parent and as someone who has no experience with horses when I was asked to prep the horse for riding. Seems extremely unsafe. Once I communicated that we no longer needed the services she became combative and refused to reimburse for the advanced payment for lessons.

This was such a cool experience today! The owner invited me to take a tour of the place and see the…read morehorses and talked to me about what they do. It was so cool! I will take all my friends and family there for horseback riding. Look at this silly one taking out his tongue for the selfie as if he knows what to do already. All the horses there were friendly and they wanted to be petted. I definitely recommend it!

As an adult returning to riding after almost a 15 year hiatus, I've been thrilled to find such a…read morewelcoming community at Trillium. Etsuko, Yulia and Alexis are incredible trainers - each with their distinctive style & a deep passion for equitation. They go above & beyond to make themselves available to their students and are invested in seeing them improve and reach their goals - all while having fun along the way. I've progressed more in my riding in the past two months than I ever did learning to ride in my early teen years. The schooling horses are absolute gems, the barn is wonderful & well maintained, and the Trillium community is vibrant! I've loved getting to know my fellow classmates and encouraging one another to learn and grow. Being part of Trillium has been a pure joy. I've loved my experience so far and would recommend to anyone - no matter your age or level of experience!