Bobby's Ranch Inc

11/02/09

The Best And Only Western Riding In New England

by Equinerider at Citysearch

Bobby's Ranch is the best westen riding facility in all of New England. They offer fantastic trail rides and great instructors.

Bobby owns aroung 50 trail horses, boards around 20 and has 30 other farm animals. How can you say no to Pedro the donkey or Yogi the pony?

Many Equestrian stables charge $150 or more for lessons. Bobby's charges a mere $65 for an hour lesson and the basics. You learn how to lead a horse, untack them and trot and canter. Another great feature, Bobby offers trail lessons for more experianced riders. Bobbys also has a warming community of horses, dogs, chickens and of course people.

• Pros: Well Trained Trail Horses and Great Staff
• Cons: Not Enough Grass For All

09/03/09

Good place to lounge, ride, and have lunch

by JDonahue79 at Citysearch

This stable offers a wide variety of activities, including lessons, in which I already learned to ride earlier at another stable. It's not a bad deal with 65 bucks for an hour-long private lesson. I've seen nearby stables where they were as much as 100 bucks for the same service.

As far as trail rides, they offer skills, which is walk, trot, and cantering (Cantering isn't available in the summer, it gets hot), and they have two hour specials for experienced riders, in which I go on.

As far as the horses are concerned, at first you try out the horses, and later on, you do lock on a horse in which you like to ride with. There's so many different type of horses there, from a Shire, to the Belgium Draft Horse. Turns out, it's not the bread, but how the horse feels. After all, riding horses is more than going on a saddle, it's like working with your 1,200 pound kid! Afterall, everyone should start riding horses because it teaches relationship, disapline, trust, and it gives you physical benefits (Helpful for high BP, depression, diabetes, etc).

The staff there are pretty nice, and they know me in a positive way, sometime, they offer me a discount, and they think that I am a pretty good rider!

They have a lounge area, which is a gazibo with tables so that I can play my DS or pick up a sandwich to eat before or after a ride. That place can also be used for parties, dinner, or even just an after-ride lunchon.

There's also some other animals there, including chickens and rooster (one that has the familiar crow, whcih I call Bobby The Rooster), as well as a donkey named Pedro, sheep, two goats (named Ugly and Bandit), and best of all, Yogi the Pony, in which kids can ride for a small donation.

Great place, and is recommended. After all, it's a nice place to educate kids about the animals and the care.

• Pros: Good facilities, nice people, and horses to get along with.
• Cons: Can't gallop when you are trail riding...

08/21/08

i think

by multitrin at Citysearch

the people who are reviewing need to give this place a second chance, because things have changed over the past 15 years. the horses are well taken care of becuase the thing is horses dont mind being dirty and they get a thougrough brushing every morning and there tack is well fitted. And just becuase you think a horse is well taken care of if it is stuck inside you are incorret becuase they like to live in heards out side! And yes some times horses do roll and thats not bad traing thats animals being animals becuase thats what horses are, unpredictabel. i dont think this place would still be open if they mistreated there animals, and if they have an injured horse it gets the day off thats the risk you take if you let horses stay out in a pasture not stuck in a stall 24/7. I highly recomend going here staff is friendly horses are fat happy and healthy and the trail rides are safe and controlled even for the youngsters, and old folk alike. dont listen to those negative reviews i ride there every other week and could not be happier if you dont belive me check it out your self. because ther prices are verry resonable.

• Pros: every thing
• Cons: animals are animlas but these horses are out of this world