East of Eden Stables

East of Eden Stables Horse Stables East of Eden is an educational center committed to bringing horses and riders together in a safe, encouraging, and supportive environment.

We strive to foster healing, confidence, community, and collaboration. Lessons consist of an introduction to horses, grooming time, learning to put a saddle on, preparing your horse to ride and riding instruction. Safety helmets are provided.

$50 for a 1 hour lesson. Payment expected at time of lesson. Payments accepted - Cash, check, PayPal or Venmo. PayPal link - http://paypal.me/SonjaPlummer

Venmo - -eyler

New Student Application - https://forms.gle/Fym4fhnjFjqSfDds8

Cancellation Policy - Effective September 19, 2021
You are joining students of all ages and abilities. We have limited resources (horses, volunteers, and arena space) available and therefore can only schedule a limited number of lesson students. Please be respectful of your scheduled lesson time and arrive on time. We realize life can get busy so please be respectful of our time and message the East of Eden page if you need to cancel your lesson. We plan ahead for your lesson and coordinate horses and volunteers to give you the best ride and support possible. We have a 24-hour cancellation policy. If a student cancels with less than 24-hours notice or inadvertently misses their lesson, you will be charged for that lesson. If cancelled with more than 24-hours notice, student will not be charged for that lesson. Students and families must make a commitment to the rider’s lessons as progress cannot be made with frequent cancellations/no shows. Additionally, we have a long waiting list of students who very much want the timeslot you have. East of Eden has the expectation that students will not cancel more than one time per month. If a student’s cancellations are excessive, the student will lose their time slot and go back on the waiting list or may be dismissed from the program. We can make exceptions if cancellations are planned in advance (i.e. vacations) so we can schedule your time slot with other students. We will be as flexible as possible while trying to run a consistent and sustainable program for our students. Make up lessons are not available at this time. Our schedule is organized very carefully, we do not have the flexibility to change days or times. If you would like to withdraw from our lesson program, please notify the Director Sonja or message the East of Eden page. No Call/No Show -
Students who have two (2) No Call/No Shows to a lesson, will be removed from their time slot and will go back on the waiting list or may dismissed from the lesson program. A missed lesson, without notice, really causes a burden as staff and volunteers prepare for the lesson and wait. You will be charged for a missed lesson that is not cancelled with more than 24-hours notice. Late to Lesson -
If a student arrives fifteen (15) minutes or later past their lesson time they will still be able to ride during your scheduled lesson time but will be charged the full amount.

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11/02/2025

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Great to see these two head off together on the trails!
11/02/2025

Great to see these two head off together on the trails!

Jaxson and his mama went on a trail ride today! ❤️
11/02/2025

Jaxson and his mama went on a trail ride today! ❤️

Meet Get Packin’, our 23-year-old Standardbred trotter with a story that spans racetracks, states, and second chances. A...
11/02/2025

Meet Get Packin’, our 23-year-old Standardbred trotter with a story that spans racetracks, states, and second chances. Ari has a soft spot for this breed and welcomed him here in June 2025.

Born in Elwood, Indiana, Packin’ spent his younger years on the move, racing across the country and earning an impressive $580,000 before retiring at 13. His next chapter wasn’t easy, he ended up in a Pennsylvania kill pen, where he was bought for $900 and given a shot at life by kind friends who cared for him like family.

He even made a show appearance at a local riding arena, turning heads and hearts alike. Now, at East of Eden, he’s settled in for good, ridden, driven, and trail-ridden by kids and families who adore his steady soul. Some horses win races; others win hearts. Packin’ has done both.

The boots tho 🥹🥹🥹
11/01/2025

The boots tho 🥹🥹🥹

In-barn lesson break for pizza and friendship ❤️
11/01/2025

In-barn lesson break for pizza and friendship ❤️

T'Q 🖤
10/31/2025

T'Q 🖤

Our Ari turned 24 today! Thanks for all the love you showed her. Cake made by Lara Shidaker (and it was divine).
10/30/2025

Our Ari turned 24 today! Thanks for all the love you showed her.

Cake made by Lara Shidaker (and it was divine).

🖤 A visitor rode through East of Eden Stables tonight, the Headless Horseman himself.For a moment, the air felt heavier,...
10/30/2025

🖤 A visitor rode through East of Eden Stables tonight, the Headless Horseman himself.

For a moment, the air felt heavier, the moon a little sharper. Horses lifted their heads, ears pricked, as if they too remembered the story.

Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, written in 1820, was America’s first great ghost tale. Set in a quiet Dutch settlement along the Hudson River, it tells of Ichabod Crane, a lanky schoolteacher with an appetite for both food and superstition, and the dark rider said to haunt the roads by night, a soldier who lost his head to a cannonball in the Revolutionary War, forever searching for it beneath the autumn moon.

Two centuries later, the Headless Horseman still rides in our imaginations, a reminder that every good legend starts with a place, a sound in the dark, and someone brave enough to keep riding.

10/30/2025

Sunsets and horses

People ask all the time, “What breed should I buy?” Friesian? Quarter Horse? Morgan or a cross? Appaloosa? Draft? Gypsy ...
10/30/2025

People ask all the time, “What breed should I buy?” Friesian? Quarter Horse? Morgan or a cross? Appaloosa? Draft? Gypsy Vanner? Thoroughbred? The truth is, we’ve got a little of everything here at East of Eden, a whole cornucopia of breeds, each with their own beauty and quirks.

But the best breed? The far superior one?
It’s called “the one you’ve built at home.”

Sure, some breeds are more forgiving. Older Quarter Horses and steady drafts tend to take rookie mistakes in stride. Thoroughbreds and Arabians remember every one. You can buy a “turn-key” horse if that’s what you want, one you can just hop on and ride. But that horse will take time to adjust, trust, learn your quirks, and understand your communication style.

At East of Eden, we’ve learned it can take two years for a horse to truly settle in. They have to learn your rhythms, find their place in a herd, unlearn the habits and hurts they carried from before. It’s not human trauma, but it’s something close, a memory of confusion, of pressure, of being misunderstood.

There’s no shortcut through that. The difference between success and heartbreak is time. Not once a week. Not twice. But daily presence. Feeding, grooming, leading, riding...showing up.

The best horses aren’t bought ready-made. They’re made through loyalty, patience, and the quiet repetition of care. And when they trust you enough to give you their whole self, that’s the partnership everyone dreams about.

Address

95 Allen Road
Presque Isle, ME
04769

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 6pm
Tuesday 3pm - 6pm
Wednesday 3pm - 6pm
Thursday 3pm - 6pm
Friday 3pm - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(207) 227-0570

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