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A good friend of mine worked there, and actually ran it for four years, but hasn't been riding in 16 years because of a non-horse related accident that left her paralyzed. During the time she tookn over, Bobby got twice as many boarders, and she was careful to check the cinch and stirrups, and warmly acknowledged the riders. After she stopped managing it, all of the boarders that joined while she was in charge moved elsewhere, because the horses weren't getting the proper care. I stopped riding there in November '06, after many years of riding there, because of one reason. One was that the horses, you look at them in the turnouts, they look so listless, and not taken care of. They have a manger where the horses can get hay, but I've never seen a watering trough in the paddocks...that is just pitiful. The ones they have in the corral where horses are crammed together are always dirty, and I've never seen anyone pick or check the hooves before or after a ride. How would they know if the horse stepped on a nail or something, and nobody knew about it until the horse was so injured it needed to be sidelined for a few months? I'm fifteen, owned one beautiful Arabian mare who died five weeks ago, and I would've eaten dirt before I put her in these deplorable conditions. There are only three people there who are""nice"". Bob and Bob Jr. are nice but they have a tendency to kick or beat a horse with a shovel when it's misbehaving. Sheila, who has a daughter who is a trail guide, is very nice, and I can't imagine why she would waste her time here. All of the other people that work there are completely ignorant and rude, especially Brenda, the one with the short, black, curly hair. It is suspicious...why do you think Sheila keeps her horses someplace opther than Bobby's??? Call me a speculator, but she probably has realized what everyone except for the first poster has realized. M,y advice, don't give them business. They are people that don't deserve the love that a horse gives.
Pros: The trails are beautiful.
Cons: The people are rude and the horses aren't taken care of.
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