A beautiful place that will take great care of your horses and has riding trails off the property!…read moreLori, the owner, does a wonderful job making sure your animal gets the best care possible. Robert is a farrier that lives on the property and does a great job. Maggie does a great job and is very kind; she helps feed/clean and keeps your horses happy in their stalls. Overall, a wonderful group of people. I highly recommend Wolf Creek Ranch for our next boarding facility.

I am in the military and have a senior horse, when I moved to CA I was so worried about finding a…read moreplace that could help me care for him properly, then I met Jody and Larry. I am so grateful that I found them because not only do they provide wonderful services to care for Senior horse, but they also care very much and put in a lot of effort and time to get in to know everything about your horse. They are constantly doing rounds and checking on the horses every day, monitoring their behavior and health. I have never cared for a senior horse and Jody and Larry provide great insight. Words cannot express how wonderful this establishment is, I couldn't have asked for a better place!

We're new to the ranch, but it's fast becoming our second home. Our horse LOVES his new home. There…read moreare many types of horses here, all at varying stages of life, but the one thing they all share is that they are VERY well taken care of. Jody & Larry are such kind and loving people. I'm still in shock at all the time and attention they're lending to our family to make sure we have everything we need as we settle in. Jody makes it her business to closely watch any news horse on their ranch, paying extra attention to any medical needs and feed. She's literally an expert on every horse at her ranch and she treats them all as kindly as she would her own. We've met many families who also board out here and they're all delightful as well. I feel so incredibly blessed to have just so happened to land here. Thank you to Jody, Larry and our trainer, Tenna, who go SO far above and beyond.

I Have yet to use this facility but they were very fast to respond and their pricing is very good…read morein my opinion for being such a nice place.

/Users/Heather/Desktop/IMG_4661 (1).jpg Songbird is the best…read morebarn I have ever been at (25 years experience in the area), between the excellent trainer, Erica, the amazing owner, Adi, my horse Logan has excelled in their care...I never could have dreamed of the success I have had with Logan in Erica's care...the huge stalls, the turnouts, the arena, which are all AMAZING! The training with Erica has really opened up a world that I wasn't sure was there with Logan...he is thriving in her care...low key, but serious show barn...Erica has all the "tools" in her chest for success, and the experience to bring your horse along the "slow way" which is the "fast way"....can't say enough about this barn...truly perfect...

It's a very chill place! My horse has a pasture for the first time ever. Trails near by.read more

Since getting my first dream horse from Bonfyre Farms in 1986, my family and I have continued to…read moreuse the services offered by Bonfyre Farms. The lessons are amazing, the selection of proven stallions to breed to are second to none, the horses always are treated so kindly and the beautiful location is perfect to play with your horse or go for a trail ride. Can't say enough nice things!

I take weekly lessons at Angie Martin Lapinski Training Stables at Cold Creek Ranch and I love it!…read moreAngie is friendly, funny and gives very useful constructive feedback to help enhance your riding skills and help reach your riding goals. The stables are well kept on a gorgeous property, the arena is spacious and well maintained, the horses are great, and the stable staff is so helpful with grooming/tacking if you're in a rush before/after your lesson; but you're also welcome to tack and groom the horse(s) yourself if you prefer it, which is such a great way to bond with your lesson horse. If you're looking for a place to lesson, board, or lease, I definitely suggest reaching out to Angie.

This is where I spend most of my free time so I'm going to tell you as much as I know…read more I found it because I was looking for a horse to lease. I half-leased a sweet (she is actually kinda bitchy, but she's a mare) little quarter horse mare here that loved to do trails for under $300/month. Lease prices vary horse to horse, owner to owner. There is always someone here looking to lease or half lease their steed, if that is what you are looking for. It was a great deal since I got to ride her 3-4 times a week. There are lots of easy going people here that do trails and that has become my first love. WHAT IT IS: The name is a little misleading. They do play a little bit of arena polo here, and teach a few lessons but I've not seen any hunt activity in the nearly 3 years I've been there. It IS a private club, but the membership fee is a nominal $450/year (just went up from $300). For that price you get full access to all the facilities which include a small but nice swimming pool, a polo arena about the size of football field, a very nice covered arena and a small "rustic" dressage arena. They have a shower and club room too, but nobody really uses them. You pay this fee on top of board or lesson fees. THE VIBE: You can also take riding lessons here up to advanced intermediate whether you have a horse or not. Ira is an amazing instructor in dressage and basic equitation and a great horse trainer. There no grand prix stuff going on here, just people who love horses and want to be better riders. There's no snob factor going on here and it's a very casual atmosphere where people mostly do their own thing. We are all pretty friendly to each other and I do have a couple of close friends I have made here and we even share our horses. That was totally unheard of where I was before. I used to take arena ball lessons and throw down a few chukkers in Del Mar, but have not been inspired to do so here as the arena is quite small and I also realized while I was playing in Del Mar one day, "Holy crap, I could get KILLED playing this sport!" There are a few people here that board and exercise their polo ponies here for games at Will Rogers etc. LOCATION: Okay, the amazing thing about this place is TRAILS, TRAILS, TRAILS. For being just 20 minutes to PCH and 10 minutes to the Valley it's pretty incredible how much wilderness we have access to. Fair Hills has 3-4 exit points (depending on the soundness and strength of your ride) and you can, and probably will, get lost for hours. I have a few favorite trails, each of them having nice rolling hills for some serious galloping. We can wind our way up Mullholland where the fire road starts and I haven't even had enough time to see how far we could actually go on them, but it's long, long, far, far away. And strangely, all of this is very unpopulated. We are actually always a little surprised when we see someone else on these pristine trails. Sometimes they get a little overgrown, but we go out on bush whacking missions sometimes to help keep them clear. My hubby comes home from a stressful LA workday, hops on our horse and marvels that he was just stuck in traffic 40 mintues ago and now he's in the wilderness on horseback. SERVICE: The Staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Jeanne is the person to ask for about ANYTHING if you call. Boarding, leasing, lessons, she's your go-to gal. She's amazingly kind-hearted and knows the details of every horse and rider. Be nice to her and she'll give you the world in a saddle, a real gem. She talked me into adopting my current and first horse, Traveler and even helped when things got sticky in the adoption process and made me feel like it was my idea. He was a neglected, spunky older guy and she paired us up and we couldn't be happier about it. Don't buy her husband Derrick's sometimes gruff exterior, he's about the biggest softie I know and always willing to take a look at your horse if you have a question. The guys that pony and exercise the horses are great. You'd be surprised what a $15 can get you in horse care. I've had a small injury that has prevented me from riding for nearly 3 weeks and they have my guy exercised and happy anytime I want. BOARDING: There is lots of options here. My guy is in a dry pasture with a kinda crappy shelter but lots of space with just one other horse. (there used to be three of them in there.) It's $445/month and that includes cubes. There are nicer pipe stall, thy are about $500/month, and oversize corrals and other options as well. It's sort of what's available at the time and how many horses you have. DOWNSIDES: It's closed on Mondays. As in, don't come up unless it's a medical reason for you horse. And it closes early (6pm) on Sundays. This frequently bums me out. The hay quality is not so great. I've resorted to having hay delivered. You really gotta ask for what would seem some pretty basic things. OVERALL: It's a little piece of horse heaven oh, so close to the city.

I have been a member and boarder here for a couple of years now. it is my 4th place to try in the…read moreSan Fernando Valley for my crabby mare and I. We are "ok" with the place. It has the same downfalls as most boarding places. The hay quality varies. The complaining boarders get the services. The maintenance is spotty. The management gets crabby if you complain. But otherwise they are extremely nice - were very lovely when I had a bad fall and paramedics and drama.The ground has a lot of clay and when it rains it is soooo slick. Man. Slip and slide. The owners are also really crabby. But that is also pretty typical. On the upside the trail access is just amazing. There are several options of large paddocks/dry lot "pastures" so your horse can live like an actual horse and not in a tiny pipe box. And that is absolutely a HUGE plus. And almost impossible to find anymore. There are 3 arenas. Covered, Polo and ......well... they call it dressage... but.. um.... anyway. The polo people are really only around for a short period of time and are not a problem. They are considerate and seem nice and are good riders as far as I can see. The Saddlebred people are there ALL the time. And do take up a LOT of the time in the covered arena. Which has the best footing. And that is what the owners and manager are into - so they get the right of way in everything at all times. There is a nice round pen. They have right of way in it too - but I have not had as much of an issue using that as the covered arena. Since I am out in the "boonies" in pasture I don't have much interaction with folks in the "big barn". My impression is that we out in the paddocks/pasture are sort of on our own. Which is pretty ok with me except whens something breaks and we have to ask a million times to get it fixed and they get crabby with us. That gets old. We pay the same as folks in stalls....Ah well. Until I buy my own property it is always something with boarding. This is probably the best you can do if you need a place for a horse in the Valley and don't want it in a tiny box. They are not evil. They do definitely know horses. There are lots of places to ride - really nice tack rooms. it is clean. nice bathrooms. A Pool. a Lot of good stuff and no more bad stuff than usual!!! And it is beautiful up here. They recently increased our board a bit and did a nice round of repairing and prep for winter. replaced a lot of boards and fixed up some rough ground and so on. Very nicely done. A couple of boarders who are too afraid to review have asked me to add the following: 1) The ranch being closed on Monday and closing early on Sunday is very inconvenient. 2) You should know that the "base" board rate includes feeding alfalfa CUBES only - all hay is an up-charge. 3)The auto-waterers are those tiny metal ones that get really hot in summer; and in the paddocks and pastures there are sometimes not enough per horse. So we have supplemental tanks. And we are on our own maintaining those. Unless we pay to have them maintained.

Kimberly is an absolute gem! She has taught my daughter so much over the past year and a half! From…read morecaring for horses, to tips and tricks for riding. My K1 has thrived while working with Kim. I will always recommend Kim and her expertise with horses. Thank you for everything!

Myself and my two kids have been lessening with Kim for over a year now and the growth is amazing!…read moreshe helped us find our dream horse and has been teaching us everything we need to know along the way! I recommend her to all riding levels.