I signed up for citysearch to write this review. All horseback riding is potentially hazardous but this riding experience was frightening. It included being bucked off a horse where the saddle was loose and sideways to start off with, horses getting in fights with each other because they are in-bred brothers and sisters, putting a horse known not to get along with any other on the trail, putting children on these horses, offering no instruction, yelling at the children for not controlling their horses properly, horses kicking children in the legs leaving bruises, and resulting in children who will never come near horses again and physical therapy for the back injuries after being thrown in bramble and muck near a river. I'm not making this up, look at the Yelp review for a fellow rider whose sister was very experienced with horses and actually chose to walk knee deep through mud rather than ride the horse since she could see how this trail ride was spiraling into a potential ER visit. The response by the owner? Our fault apparently! Plus, this was not a nature trail in case that's the vision you had in mind. It was suburbs, concrete streets, lawnmowers buzzing, highway, cars going by, lots of dried poop along the roads (sure the neighbors appreciate that) to let you know the route. Not relaxing, had to constantly work the horses since they really didn't want to be there, which seemed to be the attitude of the owner too. Her assistant with an accent was quite nice though and I liked the chickens and pigs roaming about. The ride, however, was very dangerous and I've been on horses before and took riding lessons. After being bucked off, I quickly ran to the children to control their horses before they got bucked off or their horses started to bolt like racehorses like one woman's horse did. I thought I would have an enjoyable leisurely ride but not even close.
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