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    Kindred Spirit Farm

    5.0 (1 review)

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    Hoof Prints Trail Riding Center

    Hoof Prints Trail Riding Center

    4.1
    (9 reviews)
    5.3 mi

    My sister has Spina Bifida, and her physical therapist recommended horseback riding to help build…read moreher core strength. So, we rode at Hoof Prints (or "Four Steps and Hoof Prints", as it was called then) for about 18 months. First and foremost, I want to say that this is where I gained a love of horses, as well as the core knowledge of how to ride, groom, tack, feed, etc., which I've now gone on to use at my job. And I greatly appreciated the modifications Ms. Sandy and her team made for my sister (letting her mount from the back deck for example), as well as Ms. Sandy letting my brother and I ride with my sister (which we weren't originally going to do). The overall environment, however, was extremely negative. At the time, I was 7-8, my sister was a year younger, and my 2 brothers were a few years younger than that. But that didn't seem to matter to Ms. Sandy, who yelled at us for just about everything. (we weren't fast enough, strong enough, etc.) She yelled at her staff for tiny things, yet didn't correct them for larger ones (example: she once had my brother and I ride double, but the helper neglected to check and tighten the girth. As a result, the saddle dumped us, but Ms. Sandy yelled at us and didn't say anything to the aid.) Her expectations were unrealistically high given how young we were, how little experience we had (which was absolutely none), and the limitations my sister has. The horses regularly escaped, but she never figured out how they were escaping. Eventually, my mom felt it was unsafe to continue riding there, and so we left. However, I have maintained contact with some of the staff there (who had become friends) and they've said that all of this has not changed since I was there. Overall, I would have to say that I do not recommend this facility to anyone.

    Hope I get to go soon and ride a horse with my riding grandkids after horseback riding I believe a…read moreday on paddle boards would be perfect

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    Open all year round!
    Open all year round!
    Have a special occasion to celebrate? Horseback riding makes an awesome gift! Gift certificates available!
    Have a special occasion to celebrate? Horseback riding makes an awesome gift! Gift certificates available!
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    Country Comfort Farm

    Country Comfort Farm

    4.3
    (4 reviews)
    46.8 mi

    I want to start out by saying that I think this place is a perfectly respectable stables for…read moreboarding your horse, showing your horse, or retiring your horse. They are knowledgeable, respectful of the animals, and relatively organized. This review is to comment on the experience we had reserving a trail ride. First of all, it was not a trail ride... they claimed that due to the chiggers in the woods, we couldn't do the trail ride... so what followed was literally a walk up and back the gravel driveway to the adjacent property and a there and back trip around the fencing of the stables. Did I mention that the trail guide didn't even mount a horse herself? She just walked on behind, beside, or in front of us. Now this lady, Sally, was perfectly nice and pleasurable (all except for the instance in which we mounted our horses, but I'll get to that). Nevertheless, it felt like a pony ride at the fair, and me, with a pretty decent riding background, could not have been more disappointed. The issue that really got my goat was when it came time for us to mount at the outset of the ride. First off, English saddles.... I don't have an English accent and I'm not a girl, so I had never ridden English before... not that it's incredibly different, but it gives you an impression of the type of place you are at. Then our guide brings over the stool. Yep, that's right... I can't up and over like a man... I have to climb up a stool before mounting the horse... So here I am, a full grown man with experience leading rides myself on trails in the Appalachian mountains of NC, mounting a horse from a stool. Here is where I interject the fact that I am mounting a sweet but temperamental retired thoroughbred. Not a quarter horse or a big bad draft horse... but an inbred anxious thoroughbred... So no sooner do I get my foot in the stirrup and the entire saddle shifts left and starts to slide off the gelding's back. The horse bucks... as would I if I had a saddle grinding sideways against my back with a 200lb 6'1" human on me. The guide quickly instructs me to dismount, which I was already doing, and accuses me of "lingering too long" before fully mounting. Now I get it, you run a business. You are inches away from a potential catastrophe with a temperamental horse and a rider who, for all you know, doesn't know a horse from a cow. But don't blame a quick and spotty saddling job on your customer. The girth was clearly not tight enough. I have had horses in the past who don't like to be saddled bloat themselves in anticipation of being saddled, so that when the girth or cinch is secured, they exhale leaving the girth or cinch loose around their chest. May this have happened? I don't know... What I do know is my girlfriend and I felt like two big kids at the county fair getting a pony ride, and it certainly was not worth the $110 bucks.

    Thank you very much for today.  the ride was fantastic.  the guide (I didn't catch her name) was…read morewonderful.  We talked the entire time.  My son said it was one of the best things he's ever done!  Thank you for helping us make a forever memory!

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