One of the best places for trail riding. Horses were well…read morebehaved and friendly. The wranglers were great with communicating everything we needed to know. Plenty of space to ride around and great scenery.

Great experience with friends for a bachelorette. Booking was personalized. I was able to ask about…read moredifferent options to customize the event. We ended up selecting skeet shooting. We arrived on time, checked in and signed the waivers. There are lots of farm cats and a dog just FYI. Once ready, you get a hay ride to the skeet shooting spot from your instructor. Once you arrive, your instructors take it from there - safety instructions, demos etc. We had a ton of fun! Many of us had never even shot a gun before so this was fun and competitive. Once that was done, we got to pet some of the horses and the team had helped us receive our lunch order (via DoorDash). We ended up taking our lunch back to our Airbnb because it was just so hot in the honkey tonk barn. Overall, I would go this again and even try the horse trail ride!

I was visiting for the weekend and booked a morning trail ride. Ava was my wrangler and she was…read moreamazing! Everyone was very friendly, welcoming, kind, and sweet. I rode Tonka, their Palomino, and he was so fun to ride. Would recommend this place to beginner or intermediate riders!!! The trails were gorgeous and we saw plenty of deer. Was the highlight of my trip truly and I can't wait to come back when I visit Austin again

We were there for a private event with a group that included a rodeo and a BBQ and whiskey tasting…read more Staff were great. The food was good and the rodeo super fun. All the more interesting is how close this was to the downtown of Austin. Felt like we were in a typical suburb rather than on a ranch. Although we did not do this we noticed they have trap shooting, ATV Guided Tours, kayaking and horse riding of course. All worth checking out if you are in the area.

Maverick Horseback Riding is the REAL DEAL . I've looked a very long time to find a place somewhere…read morein between a beginner level "trail ride" and an "expeienced" level rider, this was it. Joan Marie is an intellect and a sportswoman. She cares immensely for her animals and the safety of her clients. She is a true teacher and her horses are the best trained, most gentle giants I have ever been around. My favorite day!!!

If you're looking for a mindless trail ride where you just sit there while a horse follows a tail…read morein front of it, this is not the place for you. Maverick Horseback Riding is for people who want the real experience. Our guide Emily was wonderful and incredibly knowledgeable. She is a total pro. But you also have to give it up for the owner Joan Marie. She is friendly but very blunt. She is not there to play nice or baby you. She is there to teach you how to properly handle a horse. If you are shy or easily offended, you might want to look elsewhere. You need to be able to take direct feedback and use it to improve your riding game immediately. They start you off with the fundamentals like brushing, saddling, and mounting. You are expected to actually do the work. They even give you cowboy boots to wear which makes you feel right at home. I rode Sheila and we spent about thirty minutes on a short trail just reviewing the basics while Joan Marie gave proper instruction on what to do and what not to do. After that initial lesson, both ladies took us out on the trails for about an hour of riding. I think if we had gone to some other ranch that just let us be lazy rookies, we would not have had nearly as much fun. We left feeling like we actually accomplished something. Huge thanks to Emily and Joan Marie for a great day.

I've see first hand the power of the work that's done a Conscious Rider. Children speaking for the…read morefirst time, the joy of parents who have found a way to empower their children... If I didn't understand the science behind Kate's approach I would think it was magic.

Amazing-NOT! I am a Mom who lost her son in a fatal car…read morecrash which later turnerned into a criminal investigation. As you can imagine, I am devestated. I called Kate (the owner) with the hopes of getting some relief because according to there website they offer Equine Assisted Integrative Psychotherapy. This sounded like an approach that could be very helpful given what had happened. I called Kate and we talked about the tragedy and it's impact on me and how I was a trained trauma sensitive yoga instructor and could certainly appreciate a more somatic modality. I thought we were on the same page in terms of how her organization could help. Kate the owner said that she would get right back in touch. I waited and waited and never heard back from her,meanwhile I am constantly getting revicitmized by all of the details that i kept hearing through lawyers etc so an intergrative therapy approach could have been VERY helpful. But Kate never got back in touch after numerous calls and pleas for help. Oh, but did send a few text saying how busy she was and that she would get in touch-never did. I have since found other modalities to help with my grief and will continue to look for this type of therapy because I think it really could help but absolutely NOT with concious rider. These folks caused more pain and I certainly did not need that. Very disappointed by my experience. MG

Our daughter has been horse riding and taking lessons at CCT for a few years now. It's been a…read morewonderful experience for her, not just for the sport itself, but for the team spirit and friendships she has built.

From the owner: At CCT Farm, everyone is family! Come see why our stable is…read moredifferent from the rest. One visit, and you'll know why our riders say, "There's no place else like CCT!" We are a family-owned and operated horse farm that is all about building self confidence and a feeling of belonging for our riders. Our team atmosphere helps children and young adults to develop a sense of self-esteem and responsibility while becoming successful equestrian athletes. We are all about positivity, and everything a rider can learn from that special relationship only horses can provide. Our program doesn't just create successful riders; we create successful people!

PROPERTY JUST SOLD AND NEW OWNER immediately started cleaning up and renovating the facility,…read morechanged the stables name to ScissortailHill Equestrian, hired an experienced horse trainer and barn manager and brought in additional horses. Check it out. Grand opening is June 1, 2014 but info and prices on summer horse camps, riding lessons and boarding can already be found at their new website: www.ScissortailHillEquestrian.com. I'm no horse person, but I've known the new owner for close to 30 years, back when we worked together in Austin and before she fell in love with riding. I was in Austin for a law school reunion last weekend and just happened to be in town when she was finalizing the purchase, getting the keys, painting jumps, etc. I crashed their first "work day" and got a grand tour of the trails with the bluebonnets blooming everywhere. It is acreage and a stables worth rescuing, and it has now found its rescuers. I was so impressed with the spirit and dedication and sense of community of the group (horse and human!). Remember any old Yelp reviews from before 4/14/2014 apply to the old owner - everything is run differently now. I'm sure once it's up and running there will be lots of glowing reviews of the new ScissortailHill Equestrian.

Where should I start... ?…read more Ok the staff is friendly... That concludes the positive portion of my review. Untrained and temperamental thoroughbreds for beginners? Not a good idea... Especially considering that they all look severely underweight. My horse looked more suited for death than lessons - his skeleton was clearly visible. There are lots of retired race horses here. Run down facility, stable floor with a moon-like surface (great for breaking one's ankle). Even if you trust your horse's balance and your own, watch where you walk and wait 'til you're told to shovel urine-soaked feces out of the cratered mud stable floor... Even the owner can't find anything in the tack room. There's a 40,000-volt electric fence they will expect you to unhook (a live wire connected by a little plastic handle) with one hand while holding the lead rope of their ill-mannered horses with the other. They said it was imperative that once we got inside the fence with the horse, that we turn it back around before removing its lead rope so as not to get kicked in the face when the horse gallops away. My girlfriend's horse bolted at top speed the second it entered and she nearly fell into the fence while trying to let it go with the lead rope still on. They did, however, offer us a little twig to help keep the live wire loop in place when re-hooking the live wire door - very thoughtful. The owner is likely to try to up-sell you to a "double lesson" at twice the price so that she can teach you how to groom her horses for her for 100 minutes, leaving you with all of about 10 minutes on the horse, and then demand that you shovel the horse manure that had accumulated during the interminable grooming session. She is also likely to be so distracted with other students (even though they have their OWN instructor) that she will let you make really dangerous mistakes... For instance, after being lectured on how she would be reviewing our grooming techniques, I was inclined to remove a big mud clot from my horses ear, (never a problem with other horses I've worked with before). The horse reared up, breaking his lead rope and knocked me into the wall with more force than an NFL linebacker. The owner's response - "oh, sorry - that is the wrong kind of lead rope, and should never have been there for you to use." Of course, she was standing about 2 feet away from me the whole time to "observe" me. Once we finally made it into the arena and actually got onto our horses, she instructed us not to put our feet in the stirrups or hold the reins. Instead, she told us how we could control the horses using nothing but "energy". We went in circles on lunge lines for about ten minutes trying to get the horses to obey our "energy" and that was the end of our "lesson". The owner did SEEM to have a lot of horse knowledge, but her teaching technique seems insane to me, and her facility is run down and depressing. The horses are untrained and look very unhealthy. The staff is over-solicitous - the text messages trying to get us to come back started almost immediately afterword (I've never had that from other stables). My advice would be to try a stable where SAFETY is a top priority.