Best place to board your horses! Billy Martin and Linda Maki are absolutely the best at training…read moreand keeping this place looking amazing!! Always running into friendly people here!!!! I wouldn't trust my horses anywhere else!!! They care!

I would give this place 0 stars if I could…read more Boarded my horses here for years and always paid on time and when I arrived to pick them up to relocate bars Linda Maki refused to let me take them and gave me a bill for $2187.00 and said it was for miscellaneous charges. (No details were provided on the bill) Once the matter was resolved and I was allowed to see my horses again there was obvious abuse to my animals. She's is a monstrous woman and I will do everything I can to keep others from making the same mistake I did. DO NOT USE THIS BARN!!!!!

I am soooo disappointed in this place!!…read more After reviewing different places for my 10 yr old daughter's horseback riding lessons (including TGIF Farms, Garrods, Chapparal...) I decided to go w/ Cevalo even though they are far off in the hills. We came to visit on a Thurs and met Diane, the trainer. She had a cask on her arm from some injury (non-horseback related, she said). That was fine with us. We enrolled for her beginners class that very evening. We came back at 4:30PM. She sends my daughter off with one of her students to have her watch how to tack and saddle the horses. I love the thought of that, so that my daughter can learn the responsibility of caring for them as well as riding them. When we came back on the training ground, I see my daughter was led around by first, some other girl's mom, and then later...one of the student's dad as Diane just shouts out instructions. Who is supposed to help train my daughter around here??? I guess that was fine but it just so happens the horse my daughter trains on, Wyatt, does not like to be rushed by other horses. Some time during the training, as Diane trains the other more advanced students to jump...one girl and her horse ran straight at my daughter. That scared Wyatt and knocked my daughter right onto the ground. That freaked me out!!! I knew my lil girl was pretty shaken but she played it off well cause she knew if she showed hurt, I would've probably stopped her lessons. Anyways, we came again the following Thur. Diane was already out in the training field. I walked out there to see what we needed to do. She told me to have my daughter watch how to tack the horses again. So we did. It wasn't really any formal instructions. We felt kind of neglected in a way. Afterwards, we went back to the fields. It was already 15mins in. Some other girl from previous lesson was still riding Wyatt. I told my daughter to go stand by Diane until given instructions on what to do. I watched my daughter being totally neglected by Diane until she walks back to the fence. I wasn't too happy so got out of my car and walked up to the fence myself. Then Diane saw me and called out to my daughter to mount on the horse.....The previous girl on the horse was being led by her own mother. So when my daughter got on, she looked totally confused as to who will lead her. Diane was going to have her on the horse by herself!!! So of course I volunteered to do it. It's my own child for god's sake. I can't have her fall again like last week. And like I predicted, another girl drove her horse straight at Wyatt again!! This time when he buckled, I pulled down on his lead rope to keep him from knocking off my daughter. Fortunately my daughter didn't fall (she was really scared though) but the other girl fell hard off her horse. I felt bad for her. But I've had enough. This was only our 2nd lesson and I'm not even impressed. So unless you don't mind your child falling off horses and learning by themselves, go ahead. But with the $ I'm paying, I expected better quality of training. Money is not the issue when talking about my child's safety. I've paid 1 month of training and am still skipping the last 2 training. We've enrolled at Garrods...let's see how they do.

Excellent school. Diana helps her students with riding lessons and also wrapped within each lesson…read moreseems to be lessons in life too. She works the students hard, but is also compassionate and encouraging. The students learn a good work ethic, as they must participate in the cleaning of stalls, feeding and care of the horses. The stables is a little way out, near Uvas Canyon, but it's a beautiful spot to sit and watch the riders, and nature all around you. Not much there by way of comforts, barn, Porta-Potty, and a few old plastic chairs, but for the students riding, who cares.

Love the horses!! We used their services for my wedding and they were great! We even had a free…read morelesson for my husband to ride the horse before the wedding and this made the wedding day more easier! Horses are gorgeous and the attire they wear are great!

Prince and his team are true professionals. We had our photo shoot scheduled for our prewedding,…read moreand they were accommodating to our requests. Jeeto, the horse not only is photogenic, but was also a joy to ride. Check out Prince and his team if you need a quality crew for your event.

Our recreation therapist was out for the day, and as such, I volunteered to take a group of our…read moreveterans to equine therapy. I found the staff here to be friendly and knowledgeable, the facilities wholly adequate, the horses beautiful and the whole experience top-notch. Highly recommend!

Nice facilities, including round pen and two large, open arenas (not covered). Owners: Shirley and…read moreAlbert are quite nice and reasonable. Unfortunately, their daughter Perry, has an aggressive American Bull Dog, Quincy, that roams the facilities and has attacked my horse (Feb 2009). Moved from this facility immediately thereafter as the owner had no remorse and even commented that her dog has attacked her horses as well.

Thsi is a great barn to be at. The previous reviews are unfair and untrue. The grounds are safe…read moreand they watch very well over all the animals.

This is my new happy place! I celebrated my birthday this past weekend at Animal Art Farm and our…read morewhole group loved visiting with the animals, our art project, and Farmer Jen! Such an amazing experience. I highly recommend visiting! Thanks Farmer Jen for the best birthday I have had in my 42 trips around the sun!!

I happened to visit this magical place today for a child's birthday party. My visit today had a…read moreprofound impact on my life, and that's not an exaggeration. I have been in a bit of a funk for the past several days due to an upsetting issue that I have been dealing with. I have been struggling to get my own energetic vibration back up to a comfortable place and maintain it there. As such, I have been walking around feeling like a character from an antidepressant commercial with a dark, rainy cloud hanging over my head. Every now and then, the rain would stop for a while, but the cloud persisted. Until today. I experienced true bliss every moment that I spent at Farmer Jen's farm today. I pet the most docile llamas with the beautifully soulful eyes. I painted with an adorable, super chill bearded dragon named Sunshine relaxing on the table. I pet beautiful corn snakes, helped children tie knots for a craft, made my own craft (which involved painting chickens on rocks while surrounded by the unusually friendly chickens), and watched my kids joyfully paint and play. It was almost as though we stepped into a movie, complete with background music from a perfectly curated playlist. One of the partygoers was crying about their artwork not turning out the way they wanted, and Farmer Jen jumped in and beautifully helped them (and literally turned their frown upside down with her compassionate words and actions). My blues seem to have vanished after visiting this idyllic farm and spending time with these strangely mellow creatures. It struck me that Farmer Jen never once expressed concern over kids interacting with her animals. She is super mellow and happy, and her calm and content energy seems to permeate her entire property and all of the creatures there. I'm so grateful for today's experience, and can't wait to go back there again someday.

We had a birthday party over the weekend and D'Rose Petting Zoo came through after a last minute…read morecancellation from another petting zoo. It was literally the day of the party that they were thankfully available! They really exceeded our expectations and we loved having them be part of our celebration. They brought goats, chickens, bunnies, mini pigs, and we requested their pony. They were all so sweet and friendly. We will definitely have them over again for future events. Thank you so much D'Rose!

We hired D'Rose Petting zoo for the second time. The owners arrived early and we loved the…read morevariety of animals. Little chicks and rabbits were cute. The goats enjoyed munching on our grass. If you're looking for a petting zoo, I highly recommend this company.

Rancho Gavilan is a beautiful, quiet, well maintained boarding stable in Gilroy, CA. The footing is…read moreexcellent and includes a covered arena with mirrors, a dressage court, jumping arena, box stalls and pipe stalls, pastures, turn out, a hacking path, and access to trails that wind through rolling hills with oak trees. The trainers available are second to none and include Jason Canton, a USDF Gold Medal CLS 5 Star Rated International Grand Prix dressage rider. Jason brings his expertise of 28 years of training over 25 horses to the FEI level of Grand Prix dressage and many riders trained to achieve their USDF medals. Very few facilities can boast this level of quality care. Highly recommend Rancho Gavilan.