Riding
At Hopewell Creek Stables, enjoy time with your horse both indoors and outdoors on our property!
Ride in our bright, airy arena (180' x 72') !
With doors at both ends, and supplemental ventilation, you can ride out of the sun during the hot summer days with a nice breeze through the building, and in winter, keep out of the cold, wind and wet and let your horse enjoy some great footing (and a few rolls in the sand after a hard ride!).
Why let weather impact your riding and training?
The indoor riding arena that was constructed at Hopewell Creek Stables in late 2008 is a 72 foot wide by 180 foot long Cover-All building. We chose a Cover-All for our arena because we love the brightness inside the building (supplemented with lightening for evening riding), and the nice airy feel to the interior riding environment for both horse and rider.
A few pics from the XC field:
We have a spacious outdoor grass riding ring, complete with a sand area suitable for longing.
Come Ride With Us....
My horses’ feet are swift as rolling thunder.
He carries me away from all my fears,
and when the world threatens to fall asunder,
his mane is there to wipe away my tears.
-Bonnie Lewis
Again the early-morning sun was generous with its warmth. All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me - the snort of the horses as they cleared their throats, the gentle swish of their tails, the tinkle of irons as we flung the saddles over their backs - little sounds of no importance, but they stay in the unconscious library of memory. ~Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
And we have a XC field to practice in! Great also for doing some faster speed outdoor training.
