I moved my horse to Hampden Equestrian in mid-April 2016 and could not be more pleased with the care, feeding and support. The facility is in excellent condition, the arenas are groomed regularly, repairs (when needed) are done in a timely fashion, and feeding is done on a set schedule. The quality of hay is excellent and my mare has gained much needed 40-50 pounds. The center has a very calm, quiet, peaceful atmosphere and this has translated to a very calm, quiet, peaceful horse and rider. The owners are on-site and it makes me comfortable to know that there is a second set of eyes watching activity and production (you now what I mean) of my horse. They are accessible and very responsive to questions that I have. I have taken lessons from the on-site trainer and find her knowledgeable and positive in her approach and would be confident in recommending her to anyone interested in learning to ride or improving their skills at any level. She has given me some excellent recommendations on equipment that have helped me correct some challenges I was having in my riding. Contrary to previous reviews, I do not find the owners or trainer to be at all invasive in the care of my horse, rather, I find that they provide a supportive environment that allows me to be the primary and responsible person for my horses overall health and care. I highly recommend this business! read more

Boarded here since they opened in the early '90's. Best boarding experience of my decades of riding. Owners and trainer are friendly, experienced and just downright nice people. Other boarders are good people too. I enjoy trail riding on the nearby Bear Creek trails. Facilities are nicely maintained, clean and safe. Have had 2 horses here. Would highly recommend. read more

I have boarded my horse for over 5 years at this barn. The place is very clean and there is plenty of room to ride, including the trails down the road. I like the location, which is close to the city. The hay has never been bad and the water clean. There is a great group of boarders here that I enjoy spending my time around (no drama as I have found at other barns). I like the owners, never had any issues. Multiple times they have went out of their way to assist the boarders (putting on blankets for free, trailering horses for free, just extra stuff and never asked for a dime). I read the other reviews, not sure what Megan is talking about. There was never a Megan that boarded here (and no retired show horses were ever here either), so she must be confused with another barn. More than 75% of the boarders have been here 3+ years. read more

I boarded here for less than a year. It was okay. Nice location, nice arenas, I liked the stalls with runs and options for partial care (cheaper rate to clean your own stall). However, I've owned horses for over 20 years, and found the owners and trainer to not be very horse savvy yet wanting to be too involved in everything I did. I won't go into too many details, but I didn't like the constant "advice" that was not asked for. I boarded my retired show horse here and did not want or need instruction on caring for her, but it seemed like someone always had something to say, and I felt like I was being talked about behind my back - actually walked in on the trainer gossiping to one of her clients about me - so inappropriate! Of course if something is really wrong and a horse is hurt, they should to step in, but not for things like the tack I use or how my horse is shod. I have found a barn where I am left alone to do my thing and leave the care of my horse to the professionals - my veterinarian and farrier. read more

Not recommended for horse boarding. I kept my horse here for two months (end of April through June 1st, 2014) but it only took me three weeks to decide I needed to move him. It could be a very nice facility with proper management. The other boarders are nice and respectful and were absolutely not a contributing factor to my leaving. The web site is extremely out of date. The facility is owned and run by Dave and Diane. Their daughter, Jackie (whom the web site boasts as the manager) only teaches part time lessons and training and has nothing to do with your horses' care. The grounds are not maintained. Repairs are not done. The stall walls are rotting and have holes, the indoor arena also has holes in the walls, fences not repaired, etc. The arenas are rarely tilled. Stalls are not cleaned properly. My horses' stall was not cleaned for two days before I did it myself -- and I paid for "full care." Stalls are not bedded, just provided a thin layer of saw dust to soak up urine. Since the owners were not taking care of my horses' stall, I switched to basic care where I was provided one "wheelbarrow full" of shavings weekly. This amounted to about two cubic feet of saw dust. Most weeks I found manure in my "clean" shavings. Some weeks it was dumped carelessly in the center of the stall on top of dirty shavings. Other weeks I did not receive shavings at all. The automatic waterers are never cleaned. I realized this when my horse stopped drinking and I pulled handfulls of black sludge out of the waterer. From then on, I cleaned out my own. They boast personalized feeding arrangements. I asked for my horse to be on alfalfa hay. Not only did they switch his diet completely in 4 days (from grass to alfalfa), at some point within a few weeks they switched him back to grass hay without my approval. The owners are polite at first, but then become unprofessional. Emails are never returned, and phone calls are only returned after 9PM. They also have some strange rules such as not using water, boarders are not allowed on the grounds outside of the posted business hours, keeping boarders accountable to rules that are not stated in the boarding agreement, etc. They will yell at you if you do something they don't like (I was yelled at once -- I decided they did not need my business after that). The only good thing I saw them do regularly was have the manure pile removed -- which resides directly outside the main barn -- at least weekly. Again, I would strongly encourage potential boarders to consider all of their other options prior to boarding here. read more