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Monday 8am - 6pm Tuesday 8am - 8pm Wednesday 8am - 6pm Thursday 8am - 6pm Friday 8am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 6pm

Rising Hope Equestrian Center

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Rising Hope Equestrian Center

RHEC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that offers boarding, lessons, and training. We have scholarships to those in need and free therapeutic riding! Call for more info!

All ages, levels and disciplines welcome. We do not offer trail riding or horse rental. #20-1896405 We host a number of clinics and shows throughout the year, stay tuned for our latest events! We are also a member of horsemotels.com, as an overnight barn for folks traveling with their animals.

01/23/2025

After a few days of super cold temperatures in nonstop snow we welcomed seeing the sun today. Susan took a few students outside for a walk after they rode. One of our new care lease school horses, Ty, is proving his worth!

01/21/2025

It’s another beautiful winter day in Northern Michigan! 😒 🥶 Be safe if you travel to the barn today. All horses have extra hay, full round bales, and their waterers are working! Sweet treats, like donuts and cookies and hot drinks are always welcome for your hard-working barn hands!

01/13/2025

We really enjoyed have Chelsea and Phil teaching us so much about balance, self carriage and our horses bodies yesterday. Thank you to those who participated and the auditors for coming!

Next one is February 9! Contact the barn to sign up, bring your own horse or rent one of ours.

Phil Oakes and Chelsea Beal : Bodywork, Biomechanics and Why? Chelsea Beal Phil Oakes

01/11/2025

Phil Oakes and Chelsea Beal are so excited to share their knowledge with us tomorrow! Please be sure to dress warm, and bring a sack lunch unless you planned on going somewhere to get food! $20 to audit. Still room and school horses available to participate if anyone wants to sign up last minute. There is also going to be sessions in February and March! Phil Oakes and Chelsea Beal : Bodywork, Biomechanics and Why?

01/11/2025

Happy Caturday. Another day, another kitty in a bush, with her brother watching out from below.

01/10/2025

Welcome to the team, Katherine Michels! Katherine is now taking new students on, call or message the barn to get her phone number.

Katherine is a Harbor Springs local, learning to ride at Rising Hope (then Black Forest) in the 90’s. Starting her jumping education under Alison Cram, Katherine focused on and competed in the hunter jumper arena. With an interest in other disciplines, Katherine fell in love with dressage and natural horsemanship at Bay Harbor equestrian center, under Alicia Byberg and Leah Keller. In 2009, the decision was made to work for Courtney King Dye, a dressage Olympian for the US team. During this time, she also worked under other olympians such as Lendon Grey. This opportunity allowed Katherine to gain experience in the dressage arena and the international show world. After completing her internship, Katherine moved to Middleburg VA. Here she trained with Olympians such George Morris, Jimmy Wofford, Linda Zang, and Alison Springer. Katherine spread her focus from dressage, hunters, jumpers, and even eventing. She also continued her dressage education under silver medal rider Julie Shannon, and dressage judge Leslie Olson.

Katherine believes that a good foundation on the ground with your horse is essential. Regardless of what discipline you ride, effective ground work, and dressage basics will make any discipline successful.

01/10/2025

We have some awesome pint sized feeding helpers around here during the week!

01/08/2025

This morning was bitter cold at the barn, but the sun came out to warm our faces and we were all smiles with the arrival of Ty and Hawk! Ty and Hawk are here on a care lease for the rest of the winter to teach lessons!

They join us from Broken 3 Ranch Thank you and Diane for lending us your beautiful boys to use for lessons.

01/04/2025

Mary and Ben and Amy and Rose herding hens out of the arena today. Fun to give our horses a little something different to think about and watch them hook onto herding something so small!

12/24/2024

Need a last-minute gift idea for the equestrian in your life? Consider purchasing a slot in one of these upcoming bodywork awareness clinics. There are three dates to choose from, come to one or come to all! Message the barn for more information or to sign up.

12/23/2024

Santa and one of his helpers are at the barn riding today!

12/21/2024

Happy Caturday! Concho was showing off her perching skills this morning while soaking up the sun. ☀️
Happy Winter Solstice! We are through the darkest days of the cold already.

12/21/2024

Our littlest horse with our biggest horse! Pretty fun to see these two in the arena together today taking lessons with Susan and Leah, we had to snap a picture!

12/18/2024

We made a “car wash!” It’s such a big confidence boost for the horses to learn how to walk through this! Princess and Kathy along with a bunch of other students tested this out today.

12/18/2024

Any guesses on what we are building? Stay tuned later today to see the fun!

Address

2787 Quick Road
Harbor Springs, MI
49740

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

+12315266353

Website

http://www.risinghopeequestriancenter.com/

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Videos

It’s been a slow work in progress, but progress is still progress. Vinnie was usually afraid of the ball, but using some teachings from great horsemen like Joe Wolter resulted in this awesome moment when he discovered he could move the ball! Good job Alex and Vinnie!

Come for a ride with me!

Beautiful day to work on our horsemanship skills!

Rainy day chronicles: A decision was made 😆🌧️ Tune in tomorrow to see how this craft project turns out!

This is a BEAUTIFUL site. Lyle has been on tiny pasture rest since Christmas, when he tore a tendon in his front leg. It’s been a long road for him, his recovery couldn’t have happened with everyone who put time into wrapping, grooming, walking and cleaning his pen and shed. Tonight he moved back out into a slightly larger pasture with his best friend Vinnie, and tomorrow he will go back out with his herd for the first time since winter!

Two of our seasonal borders returned to their summer pasture last week! Watch this beautiful video of them being turned out into the grass for the first time. Itty-bitty and Big Peaches will be back at the barn for winter boarding in November. . . . #horses #horsepasture #greengrass #pony #horselove