Palatine Stables

Saturday we had our Daughters B-​Day Party. Kids loved it and parents that stayed liked it. Kids Painted the pony’s and received some instructions on how to ride them. Out come was great they gave us permission to have a piñata and and we brought a balloon twister. Why 4 stars, well the help that was provided by the stables was supposed to be more then 1 person but somehow she kept disappearing.
Other then that it was awesome

Instructor assistant was HORRIBLE at teaching and was way to fast at explaining how to ride the horse (she was a helper not the actual instructor) my friend had the actual instructor whom was really good but I got stuck with a young girl that was all over the place while instructing. My horse had an attitude while bringing her out and she nipped my thigh (which was uncomfortable) and the girl noticed it and said that the horse is just greeting you… so I continue with the ride and she just rattles on and on expecting me to get it all (she had no patience and no personality) as if she didn’t feel like showing me how to ride the horse. All I will say is make sure u get the that actual instructor because she was really good don’t get stuck with the helpers who know nothing. I called to speak to management about the situation and left several messages. (She finally called and said she will investigate the situation) it’s been a about a week and I haven’t received a verdict ??? Im never going there again !!! Oh and the place was filthy and suppppper dusty and the stables were full of horse poop very unsanitary for the horses. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

Learn to ride on school horses, that have spent years building up an immunity to children, and an arsenal of tricks to get them off their backs.
I learned to ride here, via some of the crabbiest school horses ever. It’s on horses like these that you learn how to be effective. It’s one thing to sit on a push-​button horse that does everything while you sit there like a sack of potatoes. It’s quite another to convince it that you are worth listening to and then bend them to your will (only in a much less sinister-​sounding way).
You learn to use your legs and hands and seat and voice to be effective… OR, your parents have a lot of money and buy you a fifteen thousand-​dollar show horse that does everything for you. The trainers especially like it when that second option occurs. And sometimes it seems like they give preferential treatment to those with more money — which is lame.
But — I rode here for 12 years. And I generally think I can ride anything. Can’t forget my roots. :)