Ride the Sky Stables

01/14/2025

❤️ATTENTION RTS STUDENTS❤️
Join us on February 8th for Lots of Love II
Entries for our second annual Valentine’s Day show are now open 💕💕💕

Please check your emails for entry information.

Entries close February 3rd.

Whether you want to brush up on your showing skills before our next show season officially starts or, you want a relaxed environment to see if horse showing is for you, this show has it all!

*open to RTS students only*

Enjoy some pictures from last years show❤️💕❤️

01/09/2025

Tondo is here with an important announcement‼️‼️‼️

LESSONS TONIGHT ARE CANCELED

due to the freezing temperatures our arena is unfortunately more like an ice rink! ❄️🥶

If you are scheduled for a regular lesson tonight please check your email for more info.

Lessons will resume as normal on Sunday!

Stay warm ! ☃️☕️❄️

01/07/2025

Moose is kicking off the new year being the best boy for our beginner riders! 🎉🎊🎉

We still have some spots open in our schedule. Start your new year off with horses! Book your lessons here : https://www.ridetheskystables.com/online-lesson-scheduler

12/19/2024

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ☃️🎄🎁

Pascal is here to remind RTS students that we have postponed our holiday party! It will now be 11am on Saturday January 11th!

Check your email for the reindeer games sign up!

12/17/2024

A BIG congratulations to our future novice rider Elsie! 🥇💙
Elsie will be headed to IEA regionals for novice flat. Wish us luck! 💙💙💙

12/16/2024

Yesterday was the last show of the season for our middle school IEA team. Everyone had some great rides and some great learning experiences! We will be back next year ❄️☃️

If you are interested in joining our team next season please reach out to Laney at [email protected]

12/15/2024

IEA… more like IE YAY!
The team kicked off the weekend with a great show ☃️ we had so much fun getting to ride some great horses

12/10/2024

Our IEA team had another wonderful show and did not disappoint! They brought home more ribbons and some higher placings! ❤️💙❤️ We get better every show and are having a blast doing it ✨

Thank you for putting on an excellent show!

12/04/2024

The holiday season is here!🎄Give your loved one a fun experience this year. 🎁A horseback riding lesson at Ride the Sky Riding School in Apex!🎁

We have Gift Certificates for lessons available on our website for ages 4 to 99! Who wouldn’t want some pony time under the tree this year? 🎄
https://www.ridetheskystables.com

Email [email protected] or call/text 978.328.8744 with any questions!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Horseback Riding School focusing on dressage, jumpers and western riding. Located in Hillsborough, NC.

12/02/2024

Ride the sky competed in our second IEA show this weekend. We had a lot of fun and got to ride some ponies that taught us some valuable lessons! Great job team! 🤩

11/21/2024

A belated congratulations to Elsie and Charlotte for their excellent performance at sport of horses last weekend!
Elsie piloted Ziggy with poise and excellent horsemanship! Ziggy can be a handful off property but despite not being to a show in 6 years and it being Elsie’s very first horse show they danced themselves into 3rd place in into A! We are so proud of how far this pair has come this year❤️
Charlotte and Cindy Lou had a great end to their season scoring their personal high score of 68% in Training 1 winning the class! We can’t wait to see what they will achieve next season 🐴🥕🐴

11/19/2024

What’s the best way to stay warm at the barn? Snuggle a barn cat! 🐈‍⬛
As the weather gets colder make sure you send your child to lessons with lots of layers and gloves! ❄️
We are now enrolling for winter quarter!❄️☃️email [email protected] for more enrollment information or go to our website ridetheskystables.com

11/14/2024

Ride the Sky would like to officially welcome our new barn manager and assistant trainer! 🐴🐴🐴Naomi has been teaching lessons on and off for 3 years. She also has 2 mustangs that will soon be joining the Ride the Sky team as well!
We will be opening enrollment back up starting in December ❄️
We will also be hosting a mustang clinic ran by Naomi in early 2025!
Email [email protected] with any enrollment questions

08/26/2024

Hopping into Sunday Funday!!

08/12/2024

"You can do the high parts" 😂 We love this.

Make Them Carry Their Saddle

A father of a darling girl and I were talking last week and he said that he wanted his daughter to ride more and not have to do the work part of the catching, grooming, and saddling. I smiled as I explained.

Riding horses is a combination of strength, timing, and balance. Kids in this country are physically weak (unless they are actively involved with weight training and physical conditioning 4+ times a week.)

When you walk out to the field, you are clearing your stress from being under fluorescent lights all day; feeling the sun soak into your bones. As your body moves on uneven surfaces, it strengthens your legs and core.

When you groom your horse (especially currying), you are toning your arms and stabilizing your core.

When you carry your saddle, your arms, chest, and back are doing isolated strengthening work.

Being near horses, calms and makes you tune into the splendor of these empathetic animals.

When you ride at a posting trot, it’s equivalent to a slow jog calorie burn wise.

After a lesson, the riders are physically tired and mentally quiet and balanced.

Horses feel your heart beat and mirror your emotions back.

Riding large and somewhat unpredictable animals makes you resilient and pushes your expectations.

Working with horses is so much more than learning how to ride.

So parents, make your children carry their saddles. Don’t do the hard parts for them, as long term it actually hurts them. To advance with their riding, they must get stronger. You can help by doing the high parts.

I love having you all at the farm, and am so grateful to get to share these fascinating animals with you.

Hannah Campbell Zapletal

03/07/2024

2024 Summer Camp dates are up! We have camps for ages 4 - 18 and riding levels beginner to advanced.

You can check them out and sign up here:

www.ridetheskystables.com/summercamps

01/23/2024

Remember Poe? Well, his training is going fantastic. Thank you, , for doing such a good job with Poe. He has already done his first lesson (see photos) and is just the best. He will be up for a half lease in April. His first show is at our Lots of Love show in February. Yay Poe!

01/04/2024

Aster and Boo with purple vibes today.