Horseback Riding Stables in Minnesota

The website horse-riding.net alphabetically lists 60 horseback riding stables, ranches, schools and centers in Minnesota. Most offer lessons and boarding, lease or sell horses, and have indoor and outdoor arenas and trails. These horse riding facilities range from big to small in terms of numbers of trails and amounts of acreages owned, the number and types of services offered, and the types of clientele they specialize in, as far as age levels, gender and skills are concerned.

  1. Wild River Stable

    • Wild River Stable is in the St. Croix River Valley near Taylors Falls, next to the entrance of Wild River State Park. It offers boarding, has a 60 by 120 foot indoor and a 90 by 190 foot outdoor arena, plus access to 22 miles of trails in the Park. Lesson horses are available for lease and sale, with tack and saddle and horse care provided. Private riding lessons are available at various levels including introductory, beginning rider and intermediate rider. Week-long day camps are offered to groups of five or more, with a maximum of 30 in a group. The website of Wild River Stable details the contents of lessons, and prices for the various services offered.

      Wild River Stable

      39689 Park Trail

      Center City, MN 55012

      651-583-2178

      wildriverstable.com

    West Wind Stables

    • West Wind is a horse camp for girls 9 to 13 years old, with wooded trails and indoor and outdoor arenas. All levels of English equitation, Western horsemanship, and beginning dressage lessons are taught. West Wind does not rent horses for trail rides by the hour. Instead, campers arrive on a Sunday and start the week with a bonfire and a hayride, then end the week on Friday with a horse presentation attended by the participants’ family members. West Wind also has box stall, tie stall, private paddock and pasture boarding. A non-refundable deposit is required to register for camp, and a tour of the ranch is offered for prospective campers and parents prior to registration.

      West Wind Stables, Inc.

      22365 Inga Avenue

      Hastings, Minnesota 55033

      651-480-1124

      westwindstables.com

    Lone Rock Ranch

    • Lone Rock Ranch has a wide variety of trail horses for riders of all abilities, from those who ride every day to those who have never ridden a horse before. It offers riding lessons for children four years old and above. Qualified instructors teach all levels of western and english riding, bareback riding, and games for beginners in the ranch’s 80 x 222 indoor arena. Lessons include: horse familiarization, body language, grooming, leading, bridling, saddling, picking feet, mounting and dismounting, balance and posture, confidence and horsemanship. The Lone Rock Ranch website stipulates all their requirements (which include parents signing waivers), a price list, a definition of what transpires in a day camp, what to wear (footwear, legwear, headwear, and others), and rules and regulations. Lone Rock Ranch also offers an outdoor arena, trailer parking, a heated lounge with fireplace, and pasture and box-stall boarding for horses.

      Lone Rock Ranch

      17690 Clayton Ave

      Rosemount MN 55068

      651-434-5731

      lonerockranch.net