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Enchanted Hollow Stables

A family-owned & operated horseback riding school. Lessons, horse camps, trail rides and training. We have hitching rails.
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Our family's involvement with horses led us to acquire a scenic 73-acre horse facility we call Enchanted Hollow Stables. Enchanted Hollow Stables is a boarding and leasing facility located just east of Buffalo in Rockford Township, and is about 30 easy-driving miles from downtown Minneapolis. This is a family-run facility and your horses will receive the same treatment and care as our National cha

mpions. There is a 44-stall barn, a 70 x 120 indoor arena, a 150 x 350 outdoor arena, a wash stall, acres and acres of wooded trails, a riding and driving track, a 60-foot round pen, Ritchie waterers and salt blocks in every turnout, secure tack rooms, a clubhouse, a lounge and other amenities that make Enchanted Hollow Stables a desirable location for horse enthusiasts to board and lease. We welcome horses of all sizes -- from Miniatures on up -- and all boarders have the option of saddling their horse or hitching it up to a cart to enjoy a ride or drive in our arenas and on our trails. We have acres and acres of scenic wooded trails groomed for riding and driving. Want to take a break and have a snack, beverage or use our on-site heated restroom before continuing your ride or drive? We offer boarders the option of a 10 x 10 or 10 x 20 indoor stall, as well as pasture boarding. All horses with stalls are turned out daily in small groups. Horses are hand-walked to and from the turnout areas, which include your choice of a lush pasture or dry lot. We offer full-service board and amenities. The monthly fee covers hay mornings and evenings for indoor boarders and hay/grass for outdoor boarders, 24/7 access to fresh water for all horses, and any additional supplements the horse owner wants to provide. Horses boarded outdoors have access to a large run-in to avoid inclement weather. Our farrier is one of the most reasonable and respected in the Upper Midwest. He has trimmed the feet of all of our National champions. Buffalo Equine and Large Animal Clinic is just minutes away if your horse needs vaccinations or other veterinarian care. We use both Buffalo Equine and Dr. Darrell Zehrer, one of the premier vets in Minnesota. We have a limited number of boarders, and stalls are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you don't own a horse, we have, at times, horses of all sizes for sale. And if you are interested in leasing, we have lease options for Miniature horses, Ponies and Horses. We also have a tack, clothing and consignment shop. Please email us at [email protected] for inquiries.

08/31/2024

Our fall homeschool horse camps are now posted and we are having a Labor Day Sale!!! 🇺🇸♥️🐴
BOOK NOW before they fill up!!

Use coupon code “2024laborday10” when booking online for a 10% savings off your total.

FIRST CAMP

FALL HORSE CAMP. Perfect for homeschool students! Western Riding & Trails - September 30th - October 3rd, 2024. 10:00A-3:00P https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-september-30/

SECOND CAMP

FALL HORSE CAMP - Perfect for Homeschooled Students! - Western Riding & Trails - October 7th - October 10th, 2024 https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-october-7/

MEA WEEKEND

MEA HORSE CAMP!! - Western Riding & Trails - October 16th, 17th and 18th, 2024. 10:00A-3:00P https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-mea/

This is a camp geared toward homeschool students Spend several days improving riding skills and learning good horsemanship. We provide opportunities to ride inside and out, including on our miles of beautiful trails! Not only will each camper get the opportunity to ride, learn, and have fun, but the...

08/29/2024

Our last “Little Kids Camp” of the summer! 💔 I’m gonna miss these kids 💔

Fortunately some of them are now old enough to join us for regular horse camp and I’ll be seeing them at our 3-day MEA Horse Camp in October.

Doing my best to gather all the photos that were taken that day. It’s hard because of our Wi-Fi. I can only upload a few at a time. Otherwise it gets stuck so if you don’t see very many photos, check back again later.

08/29/2024

It’s Leroy living his best life Minnesota State Fair he’s loving the crowds and all the attention.

Can you guess which member of Chris Carr & Company brought a horse to the K102 booth at the Minnesota State Fair?

08/28/2024

No lessons tonight. The heat index is borderline and I’m not comfortable asking our older lesson horses to work in this heat/humidity. It’s been a rough week for them.

No lessons tomorrow (Thursday) because we will be getting ready to show a few of our miniature horses at the State Fair.

The back-to-school schedule for lessons is being updated this week online and you can check it out there for future scheduling.

08/27/2024

If you didn’t already get a text message to let you know and to reschedule you….we are not having lessons today after horse camp. The heat index is still high, and I won’t ask the horses to do games & barrels in this weather. It’s too hard on them.

08/26/2024

Two fall homeschool horse camps are now posted online as well as an MEA horse camp. Grab a spot before they sell out!!
It’s an amazing time of year to ride. 🍂🍁

FALL HORSE CAMP. Perfect for homeschool students! Western Riding & Trails - September 30th - October 3rd, 2024. 10:00A-3:00P https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-september-30/

FALL HORSE CAMP - Perfect for Homeschooled Students! - Western Riding & Trails - October 7th - October 10th, 2024 https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-october-7/

MEA HORSE CAMP!! - Western Riding & Trails - October 16th, 17th and 18th, 2024. 10:00A-3:00P https://enchantedhollow.org/product/fall-horse-camp-perfect-for-homeschooled-students-western-riding-trails-mea/

08/26/2024

We are still having horse camp today but will likely be making modifications to the day - due to the excessive heat & humidity - the safety and health of our kiddos and horses is our priority.

Lessons today after horse camp are cancelled due to the excessive heat advisory with a heat index that is projected to go over 180. 🥵
We also have an alert that we have severe storms moving into the area this afternoon/evening so we are preparing for that.

08/22/2024

August 2nd, 2024 Little Kids Camp. I’m finally sharing an overdue glimpse of our day with all these adorable little kiddos. ♥️🐴👫
More pics and videos to come

08/22/2024

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08/11/2024

Congratulations to Jordan Larsen who rode in the Minnesota Special Olympics on Friday. We are so proud of how much Jordan has progressed and of the rider and the person she has become. Her own horse - Bailey - that she’d been practicing on for weeks was lame so at the last minute we loaned her our awesome lesson and camp horse Patches.
It didn’t go exactly as Jordan had hoped and dreamed but we are still incredibly proud of how she handled herself and the grit, courage and determination she showed during her barrels and poles runs on a horse that rides completely different from her own horse and how she handled it all makes her a winner in our book no matter what her placings were.
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08/07/2024

Stop by Culver’s in Buffalo today between 5PM - 8PM and support The Wranglers 4-H Club!!

We will have a couple of super cute miniature horses with us!!!

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08/04/2024

We have one spot in morning camp and one spot in our afternoon camp that has opened up at the last-minute for horse camp this week due to a camper that is ill and unable to attend if anyone is interested in grabbing one of them for their kiddo!!

Here is the link for morning camp….

Summer Horse Camp-Western Riding & Trails ALL LEVELS-August 5-8, 2024 (MORNING CAMP 8A-12P) https://enchantedhollow.org/product/summer-horse-camp-western-riding-trails-august-5-8-2024-morning-camp-8a-12p/

And here is the link for afternoon camp.

Summer Horse Camp - Western Riding & Trails ALL LEVELS - August 5-8, 2024 (AFTERNOON CAMP 1P-5P) https://enchantedhollow.org/product/summer-horse-camp-western-riding-trails-august-5-8-2024-afternoon-camp-1p-5p/

If the the camp shows “sold out” when you check the link then the spot has been filled.

Enjoy a summer horse camp at one of Minnesota's most popular riding schools, Enchanted Hollow Stables! Located in Buffalo, MN.

08/01/2024

HORSE CAMP JULY 29th - AUGUST 1st.
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Through heat, humidity and thunderstorms these kiddos persevered and made new friends and spent lots of time caring for and riding their horses.
If you don’t see your kiddo in pictured I was limited as to how many photos I could share on this post so I added an entire album.

More photos will be added after our afternoon camp concludes.

07/31/2024

Here we go again….🔥🐴🥵

We are not having any lessons after Horse camp today, Wednesday, July 31, due to the heat index (temp plus humidity) is in the 170s. I’ve already sent notifications via text messages out to everybody that was already registered online, so I’m just posting here as a back up. I can either move your rider to next week or I have some times available on Sunday for make up lessons if the weather cooperates and it works for your family.

07/22/2024

Just a reminder to all that starting tomorrow is the Wright County Fair.
We will have family & friends watching over the farm and helping do some of the chores and I’ll be back and forth to the farm but after today there will be no camp and no lessons at the barn for the rest of the week.
If you are interested in fair activities here is the basic fair schedule. 🍀💚🍀

07/16/2024

My appreciation post today goes out to our barn parents who all go above and beyond on a regular basis for all the kids at the barn.

Here’s the latest….

We’ve had everything from torrential rain, tornados, wind, hail and other circumstances beyond our control that have repeatedly caused last-minute cancellations of multiple evening outdoor clinics for our county 4-H kids at the fairgrounds.

Lots of our kiddos (here anyway) are pretty new to 4-H and they were feeling a little stressed about the clinic cancellations.

Luckily we have some pretty amazing 4-H parents at our barn that really support the 4-H program and want all of the kids to have a good experience and feel as prepared and ready for fair week as possible.

All I actually suggested was “could we make a simple gate for them to practice with” and “could we make a something like a bridge for the horses to walk over”.

They did amazing!!

I didn’t actually expect our awesome parents to go so above and beyond by taking pictures and measurements and then actually duplicate the 4-H trail obstacles!

These are absolutely wonderful obstacles and we will use them in our Games & Barrels lessons and training program too!!

I know it was an overall group parent effort for the 4-H kids but I know specifically Jess M. made the (scary to the horses) gate happen and Scott S. and Bill W. were responsible for the mailbox and the bridge.

THANK YOU ALL!!!

I appreciate you all so much you go above and beyond for the kids at the barn on a regular basis!!
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07/14/2024

“LITTLE KIDS CAMP”
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Friday, July 12,2024

♥️ Little Kids Camp 6/29/24 ♥️
Our second “LITTLES” camp of the summer!

The little campers are having a wonderful time and the older camp leaders are being awesome mentors and role models.
MANY THANKS AGAIN TO Danielle and Holly for your teacher skills (and teacher voice), your child-wrangling expertise, organizational skills, craft & games planning, endless energy and keeping me on time and on task and just all the things you did to make this such a great day again and THANK YOU to the Csmp Leaders that came out again on Friday to help with the little kids camp after already helping with busy and big four-day morning and afternoon camps for the older kids 8+.

I appreciate you all more than you will ever know.

I appreciate you all SO MUCH…..you’ve made this day so fun, easy and organized!!! ♥️👫🐴

✅ introduction & barn rules
✅ get to know you game
✅chore time - stalls, hay, water, feed.
✅ make horse treats
✅LUNCH !!
✅ horsey craft to take home.
✅groom minis
✅obstacle course with minis
✅horseback riding time
✅stick horse barrel races

OH MY……what a day we had again!! If you don’t see your child pictured, message me!! I could only put 75 pictures in this post and ran out of room but I’ll make room to include them or I can text them directly to you. I am also going to wait and try to add about a hundred more photos later. 😂

I’m working on posting my big kids camps too. My phone and Wi-Fi don’t want to cooperate.

07/14/2024

I have a young special-needs adult (Jordan Larsen) (age 22) at my barn that is looking for a new horse and I’m trying to help her find one that would be a good match.

She is supposed to be competing in the Special Olympics in Barrels & Pole Bending in early August but her current horse isn’t going to work out and she’s trying to find another horse as soon as possible and I’m trying to help her sort through the options that might be out there.

She’s been riding since she was 3 or 4 and I would consider her a confident intermediate rider. Her current horse is actually a really wonderful quarter horse mare that is super well-broke and reliable but she has an old injury in a knee that has resulted in arthritis and she should would be happier and more comfortable as a trail horse and not as a barrels and poles horse. She’s had an exam and x-rays and the vet is in agreement.

I asked her what she is looking for in a new horse and this is what she gave me:

*A broke mare or gelding.
*Any breed.
*Preferably in MN or surrounding areas.
*Needs to be friendly with other horses.
*Age 5-17.
*Cannot be easily startled due to children and other farm animals in our barn property.
*No bite, rear, kick or buck.
*Not spooky and no gate issues.
*Between 14-16 hands.
*I’d love a horse that’s bombproof, but I’m willing to accept a 5.
*Disciplines: barrel (open if lightly started), western, gaming, jumping, and would prefer show experience.
*Barefoot.
*No lameness or arthritis.
*Good listener, smart and eager to learn.
*Can be pastured or stalled.
*Not cinchy with the saddle.
*Vet check needed. Must pass PPE.

Her budget is around ✋,🥕🥕🥕.
She’s really pretty broken-hearted right now because she really loves her current horse but wasn’t aware of the arthritis and old injury when she got her and she wants to focus more on games and barrels and she still wants to be able to compete in the Special Olympics in August on a horse of her own. I am posting this to see what’s out there that falls in her price range and I’ll try and help her sort through the options and hopefully find one that’s appropriate.

EDIT TO ADD: I did talk to Jordan about the possibility of a horse that might be perfect for her out there that would might need maintenance like injections, meds or shoes and she’s open to that if it’s disclosed to her upfront and the horse is sound and can run games and barrels if maintained. The lameness her current horse has is from an old injury that resulted in a large bone chip off the knee and arthritis in the joint - several options were discussed with the vet - but nothing would reverse damage that has already existed for several years and when the horse is worked too much or ridden multiple days in a row she gets sore and goes lame.

PFA so this doesn’t get lost.

07/13/2024

We had 20 kids “ages 8 & over” here this week for our Four Day Morning/Afternoon Horse Camps from Monday - Thursday and then on Friday we had 21 new littles all under the ages of 7 here for a one day “Little Kids Camp”…..plus we….depending upon the day…..had anywhere from 16-20 Camp Leaders helping and mentoring the horse camp kiddos all week long.
I’ve got hundreds of photos and some videos to share from the week but these photos captured my heart and needed to be shared separately.

We asked the littles on Friday what their favorite part of their day was and heard everything from “doing chores” to “riding horses” to “playing with mini horses on the obstacle course” to “making key chains to take home” to even “being sprayed with water during the stick horse barrel races”.

Then came Beck.

He said “my favorite part of camp was meeting Leni and spending the day with her”.

It was the sweetest thing ever and I’m glad we got a couple of pictures of them together.

I’ll be saving them just in case they are still friends (or more) in 15 years or so. 🥰👫🐴💕💍

07/13/2024

The Rotary Club of Buffalo MN International Summer Camp participants that visited us here at Enchanted Hollow Stables on Thursday were from France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Spain. When Sally Stevens asked about bringing them out to our farm the answer was an immediate and resounding YES! ♥️♥️♥️

Sally and Mark are amazing and have been wonderful mentors, role models and trapshooting coaches to our own kids for many years and we finally had a chance to do a little something for them instead of the other way around.

Missy DeLorenzo, Sienna Sansevere Samantha Sansevere Holly Winkelman Danielle Winkelman and all of our Horse Camp Leaders and Horse Camp Kiddos made such a huge impact on all of these kids on Thursday and you all were instrumental in making the day totally magical for them. They were NOT expecting to all get to ride horses and it ended up being a huge 10/10 experience for them!!

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5164 County Road 33 SE
Buffalo, MN
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Enchanted Hollow Stables August 23rd “Little Kids Horse Camp”. All under the age of 7. We did crafts, played games, rode big horses, groomed miniature horses and led them through an obstacle course and -of course-painted a donkey. It was our last “littles” camp of the summer and I’m going to miss these kiddos. I saw many of them at every one-day camp we offered. ♥️♥️♥️

Sawyer + Sarabeth 9-23-23 🤎🍁🍂💍🥂 Totally unplanned but when it's a little wedding right here on the family farm we can have fun and can do what we want when we want. Just having a little fun and obviously all of the guests know us well and know to expect the unexpected. We all had a wonderful time that had many unplanned, spur of the moment things happen and the wedding pretty much rolled right over to Sunday morning and I couldn't be happier to finally have Sarabeth officially become a Sansevere. All the people that approached me Saturday night wondering if they could also have their wedding here Enchanted Hollow Stables give me a few more days to recover and then we can talk about it. 🤎🤎🤎 #enchantedhollowstables #enchantedwedding #horsesofinstagram #horsewedding #farmwedding #horses

We love them all...big or small 👫🐴🥕♥️ #horsesofinstagram #horsegirl #ridinglessons #pony #horses #enchanteshollowstables

Never would I ever have imagined this little three year old smart, talented, athletic gray pony would be doing summer horse camps this year with the much older and more experienced horses. I'd been told by multiple people "Monarch babies are born broke and have the sweetest personalities ever" and we finally saw that first-hand this year. Blue Jeans is really something special. 💙🩶💙

We’re on TikTok! Follow us: @enchantedhollowstables ✨💕 Our first video was a quick one showing some of the things we bought on a recent trip to Viking Saddlery in Anoka, MN! 🤩

Videos from our June 22nd Little Kid Camp trail ride! 🥰 Facebook wouldn’t let us post videos and photos in one post or multiple videos in one post. So, this post has one video attached but if you check the comments there are two more! 🥰 These riders are all under the age of 7!🥰 Just like the riders in our June 21st group that we posted earlier this week, these little ones learned how to take care of the horses, muck out a stall, fill a hay net and water bucket, groom a horse, lead it around, tack it up, and go for a ride! They got to ride in our indoor arena and go for a long trail ride in our beautiful enchanted forest and fields 🍃 and when they were all done riding for the day they got to do the best arts and crafts activity of them all - paint a pony! With our non-toxic washable finger paint, the ponies love all the attention they get from the little kiddos putting their hands all over them and the kids absolutely love how awesome they look afterward! 🌈 HUGE SHOUTOUT to our incredible camp leaders that make it possible for us to host little kid camps like this. Every little kid is assigned to a camp leader that is paired with them for the day to help them with everything to ensure that every single rider is getting the one-on-one attention they need and deserve, while also guaranteeing the highest level of safety for all of our young participants.💕 Samantha Sansevere Barn Manager & Riding Instructor ——— © Enchanted Hollow Stables Feel free to share, post, comment, share, save photos — but if you are another business please do not steal our images and represent them as our own. 🙂 Please tag "Enchanted Hollow Stables," Mary Sansevere, or Samantha Sansevere in your post if you do share or post any of these photos - we love seeing your posts!! If you are a parent of one of these riders and would like to receive a full quality version of any photos please feel free to reach out and we will be so happy to send it to you! Photos

Sometimes the best memories are made and new lifelong friendships are formed when things don’t quite go as planned. ♥️👭🐴♥️ On Wednesday of this week during our horse camp we had some storms blow through that resulted in heavy rain making a lot of noise on the arena roof and it was very windy for a short period of time. The safety of our camp kiddos and horses is a top priority for us and we didn’t want any horses getting spooked by the sudden weather change so we had the campers get off their horses and they had a great time playing a couple of games with our camp leaders while their horses took a nap and I watched the radar and weather report. When the rain let up and the winds died down they got back on their horses and continued riding. ♥️♥️♥️