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I’m afraid that’s about all I’ve got. When I rode up in Libertyville, I, too, was living in Lakeview (west of you, though-- Southport and Addison). The drive could take me 45 minutes to upwards of an hour and a half depending on time of day and traffic.[/QUOTE]
Yep. I live on the northwest side in Chicago and found that getting to the west burbs to ride takes usually 45 minutes to an hour in the early afternoon before rush hour. Only a half hour back in at night.
Just as a general piece of advice of location advice from a barn search that I did a few years ago…it’s often easier to stick to north and west of the city. I found that trying to get to a barn in the south suburbs can be damn near impossible from the north side - the Stevenson is terrible. I had to reduce my barn search criteria to west on 90 or north on 94 to ride. Since it was mentioned before, a friend of mine rides at Glen Grove off 94 and I know the drive is pretty quick for her. They do a lot of in house schooling shows and did quite a few B shows last year. They have good schoolies to ride and I know also do some leases.
OP, you can pm me if you’re interested in knowing about where I ride. We’re mainly an A circuit h/j/eq barn although we take a few horses to the B shows. A lot of times, finding the barn and commute that works for you around here is plain trial and error. You might be better off grabbing a couple names you’re interested in and then asking the coth hivemind what they think.
