I signed up for the Unforgettable Riding Experience at Rusty Bar Ranch this past spring, and it was…read moreamazing! I was a bit nervous, having little to no prior experience. We started inside on Sheena the Wonder Horse. I have to say, the state-of-the-art simulator really helps to get comfortable in a number of ways. After that, it was on to the arena & Valentine, a real horse Rusty Bar Ranch owner and trainer, Kathy really knows horses & also cares about them. She was such a kind & patient teacher. I felt totally comfortable & at ease. She teaches at every level, depending on the student. I'm clearly a beginner & if you've been on the fence about horseback riding, I highly recommend this experience. You're NEVER to old to learn something new! Go to the website & sign up. It was definitely an unforgettable experience for me.

I chose the Rusty Bar Ranch for an extended stay location the whole environment there is family…read moreoriented and I loved every minute of it. Please check out Rusty Bar Ranch if you are intending on staying in the area.

Amazing training, they are such a friendly family. Made me very confident!!!! Definitely going back…read moreto ride again.

I wanted to take my grandson riding for his birthday. He is 13 and loves horses. The staff were…read moreall so nice and friendly - from the first phone call! They made sure we were comfortable and ready and we headed out on a "real" trail ride! The trail was beautiful and we went up and down hills and trotted. It was a great experience. I will be going back again!

Best place I've taken my daughter to learn how to ride. It's a nice little place with a good…read moreindoor/outdoor arena. The indoor part has a viewing room that's insulated and heated and has several comfy chairs. My daughter is 6 and started riding with Colby and Jericho, two very nice and well tempered small horses. Maddie is an excellent instructor! My daughter does better with firm instruction and Maddie definitely does a great job of teaching young ones. I absolutely recommend this place for learning to ride. Plus they have a blue heeler named Harley who is supe friendly.

My daughter has been attending Klear Mont for three months now. The grounds are immaculate and…read moreanimals well cared for. The owner is professional and caring. I appreciate Kim's detailed explanations to my daughter. She took a spill a couple of weeks ago and instead of letting her quit she had another trainer calm the horse and she talked through what my daughter did wrong and then put it into practice on the same horse. I am pleased with how much her riding has improved in such a short period of time.

Four Star Farm is a horse farm, that caters to kids horse lessons, specializing in dressage. They…read morealso offer Equine Assisted Therapy. What I like about this place, is that it teaches kids how to take care of a horse. You don't just put your kid on a horse, slap the horses rump, and tell the kid to hold on. Kids are expected to clean out the stall of the horse they ride, they need to brush the the horse down, clean its hooves, etc. My wife joined a ladies riding group on Sundays. They have ponies and horses of all sizes. They also do dressage and do jumping! They might be the same thing, but I am new to horse terminology, so don't judge me! I like going there to help out just to be around the horses. When I am having a bad day, the horses sense it, cheer me up! I highly recommend this farm.

Every single place has its pros and cons though Four Star Farm is just constant cons. Let's start…read morewith the cleanliness of this facility. The cleanliness of everything surround this place is just plain gross, for example, the Moldy hay the owner refuses to get rid of since she spent money on it, therefore she has to use it. The grain as well has rats living in there plus it's moldy due to her buildings falling apart and leaking. The stalls on the other hand sometimes don't get done for days maybe weeks on end depending on whether kids come out to clean them or not. Another key thing is there is basically a ton of junk not used or that have no use on this property that just sits and rusts, which can hurt a horse if they got out. The other thing they have going for them is the violation of Child Labor laws. The violation of labor laws includes younger kids cleaning around 24 stalls or more depending on what the owner wants to be done (kids being around 5 or younger maybe 12 or older). All the considered 'older girls' didn't get paid during any of the time they took to 'teach' these kids which were about 4 or more hours of work depending on how long each of the kids stayed. Basically, we were glorified baby sitters that didn't get paid or have a choice to help with these kids. We were also forced to give these kids lessons even though we had paid for a 'lesson' which we never got, the Owner had threatened to not let you ride if you didn't do any of the work or give lessons you couldn't ride. The third thing has to be the amount of disorganization she had during all of this. The lessons were insanely disorganized due to the fact that we had so many kids and no trainer, so all the kids have learned our bad habits let alone we had no room in our already pretty big arena for almost 9 horses. Along with many parents and kiddos did not sign the waiver or at least the Owner never made sure it was signed at the time of the 'lesson' plus when they were riding not every kid was on a suited horse for there weight and height which led to a lot of horses becoming lame. She also held summer camps which consisted of around a week of riding a horse, learning how to do things involving horses, though many of them have never even touched, sat, or have even seen a horse before. The week of camp was terrible 14 kids or more broken up into different groups doing activities these kids didn't want to do along with the counselors which were just us older girls not getting paid and again being glorified baby sitters whilst teaching these kids how to ride and 'be safe around horses,' while none of us knew how actually be safe around a horse. One of the last things has to be the amount of neglect and strain put on these horses. A lot of these horses either had riders that were too big, tack that didn't fit properly, food fed to them that was moldy, many of the horses lower on the pecking order became insanely skinny and the Owner didn't care. The Owner refused to call the vet for several horses that were colicing & she was just going to let them die. In fact, she let a 20-year-old horse die of colic along with the person who decided to stay the night and ignore the signs of colic, then waking up the next morning to him dying. The Owner had done the same thing with a miniature horse saying she would watch him overnight even though they also had visible signs of colic. She, the Owner had decided to do this procedure on a horse who had a side bone, she had a not so good vet come on out, pull out the pain nerves in her front legs, waited for them to heal after 2 weeks then put a rider on her and jumped around 5 feet with her having little to no work previously. Though that procedure made her permanently lame since she can't feel her legs any longer due to those nerves bein gone. The Last and final topic has to be the amount of drama that goes on around here. Since there is no trainer out there ever we girls and I mean literally all girls would ride after giving a lesson the Owner forced us to do or else we didn't ride that day. Going back to no trainer since there was no trainer to give the 'older' girls a lesson it became full-blown chaos and everyone started to get on everyone's back on things which meant a ton of gossip of how each girl was riding. The Owner didn't shut this down when her attention was brought to the situation instead she just sat there and ignored it along with her picking a favorite than her herself deciding to talk crap about the older girls as well.

Great self care facility. You are required to pitch in and help keep up the facility but for the…read morerate it's worth it. My horse is happy she has a big stall and run attached to her stall. They have many turnouts with grass. Nice riding arena and round pen. I am not sure who ran it 10 years ago for the bad reviews but the new board is pretty reasonable. You are expected to take care of your horse everyday and you required to clean up after yourself as well as help out around the facility monthly. If you are not ok with putting in some work for cheap board then this facility is not for you. If you can't take care of your horse daily twice a day then this facility is not for you. You have to put in the work.

If I could give this boarding facility a zero rating I would this place is Not worth the stress of…read moreboarding here it is a very hostile environment and not family friendly. They don't follow the rules they have in their SOP and if you have any some questions or concerns you have to email them even if it's a small question example: is the sky blue ? And careful they will write you a warning without telling you and treat you like trash this place is a waste of time and money for a boarding facility that just takes your money and then will boot you out after 90 days (probation period) I'm glad we left there to many snowflakes and Karen's if you don't kiss their butts they will boot you out. If you're wanting a place to have fun and enjoy your horse and make friends this place isn't it. Not family friendly