On the Forest Boarding - Horseback Riding, Lessons and Trails

11/09/2023

Another super fun year at the Royal!! Dressage night is always so fun and love getting to spend it with our wonderful crew ❣️

10/31/2023

Cara - as Hernando the Parrot sitting on a pirate's shoulder - is our winner 🥳🥳 Great job to everyone who worked so hard on their costumes - already looking forward to next year 🤩

10/30/2023

Some more randoms from Saturday!!!

10/29/2023

Let the voting begin!! Our annual costume contest winner will be announced Halloween morning at 10am! The costume with the most likes wins a private session with Ev 🥳

Stay tuned for more pics and vids from this super fun day!!

09/06/2023

For the first time in years we have 2 spots available for boarding!!! ~ outdoor in a gelding paddock only at the moment (but will consider a mare who lives well with rowdy boys). Available paddock includes access to grass pasture.. please visit our website for details or to fill out an application https://ridebalanced.wixsite.com/ontheforestboarding/boarding.

Virtual Tour available here >> https://youtu.be/FEIbhswX428

09/06/2023

Hack of the day 😍

09/05/2023

08/16/2023

The barn really is a magical place 🌈

07/03/2023

Looking for something to do this summer while the kids are away at camp?? We currently have some weekday riding slots still available! Join our amazing community of students who love a mix of serious learning with adult pony club vibes... visit https://ridebalanced.wixsite.com/ontheforestboarding/lessons or email us at [email protected] for more info!

06/30/2023

Huge thanks to and for this amazing opportunity! Some participants even called it life changing. If anyone is feeling stuck in their riding, this seminar is a must. Can’t wait to run another one soon.

06/03/2023

There must be something in the water when all of your senior OTTBs look this good at 19, 17 and 18 🤩🤩 the care and training may have something to do with it as well ❣️

05/21/2023

What a perfect day for this!!

05/08/2023

Not a joke...

Have you ever wondered why you can have a 15 acre field and part of it is chewed down to nubs and the other part has grass a hand high, But your horse is constantly grazing in the chewed down part?

Grass 6 inches and taller has less sugars than grass under 6 inches.

For every inch drop below 6 inches, the fructan (sugar) content rises.

Grass under 6 inches is stressed like it's a Monday morning with a project deadline. It uses sugar to repair itself.

Stop mowing your fields short.

Stop grazing your chubbys on chewed down grass. (this is why grazing muzzles are so touted...they keep the horse from being able to get much short grass)

(We aren't saying let your fields be 3 feet tall, by the way. The optimal thing to do is keep them 6-8 inches tall and graze them in small areas there)

04/09/2023

Season opener of riding /lessoning in the sandbox!!