Horse Ranches & Equestrian Centers

Working Horseback Riding Vacation in Oostduinkerke, Belgium

Horseback Shrimp Fishing – No Horseback Riding Vacation for Shrimp Fishermen It’s rare to see them anymore. The Belgian draft horses carrying shrimp fisherman on their backs while they drag fishing nets behind them. Horseback shrimp fishing is no horseback riding vacation for the fishermen or the Belgian horses of Oostduinkerke, Belgium. In days gone by, […]

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Pennsylvania Farm Stay and Horseback Riding Vacation

Pennsylvania Farm Stay and Horseback Riding Vacation What better way to welcome spring than a horseback riding vacation spent on a farm? For most farms and ranches, spring is the most active time of year. Foals are born and crops are planted. Following a long Pennsylvania winter, the 22 member farms and ranches of Pennsylvania

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Horseback Riding Vacation in Ojai, California

As we ride toward the Ventura River into the Los Padres National Forest, our guide spots a red tail hawk scanning its surroundings. Silently, the hawk takes flight as quail scurry in the background. We are on a horseback riding vacation in Ojai, California. My mount for today’s horseback riding vacation is Willing Spirit, a gentle, 18

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A horseback riding vacation near Sao Paulo, Brazil

As I watch the YouTube video of horse and rider going through their dressage routine, my mind day dreams of a horseback riding vacation in Brazil. I have never ridden a Lusitano horse, but these magnificent animals are certainly pleasing to the eye. While I haven’t yet met Florian Pass, the owner of Sucandi, an

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A Horseback Riding Vacation at Five Brooks Ranch, Olema, California

It was a cold December morning in Marin County as I pulled on my long johns, jeans and winter riding boots for a day of horseback riding. Not ideal horseback riding conditions, to be sure, but a day of riding is better than no riding at all. I was on assignment for Diablo magazine to

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