I might be moving to Salt Lake City and will need a place to board my horses. I saw a relatively recent thread that suggested places for lessons, but I will need a place to board as well as take lessons. Any suggestions?
Lynnleigh in Sandy if it is still there.
Lynnleigh is still there, and I’d second it.
Years ago when I was there I boarded at Brighton Meadows and Alta Hills. Both had trainers and jump teams that competed at High Prairie etc.
Rose Ranch in Sandy.
Carol
Is the mink farm next to Rose Ranch still there? Something to consider…
Thanks! None of these places seem have web pages, although a couple have a Facebook page. Can you guys PM me with details - what you liked about the places or what you didn’t like, if anything? Thanks!
Reviving this thread for PMs. I may relocate to Salt Lake City. I would like more information about Lynnleigh and Rose Ranch. Rose Ranch has a lot of photos on FB and looks really active. Lynnleigh has zero photos or information but I see a few reviews on the internet.
I’m used to Brownland Farm and Gulf Port type shows and A-Show barns.
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I think that Lynnliegh would interest you most. I have never boarded there but I took lessons there. In my opninion its the nicest boarding barn near Salt Lake. They have AMAZING footing. They have an indoor arena, large out door arena, and a dressage arena. They also have a field with Xcountry jumps if your into that. They have a couple turn out paddocks for horses to strech there legs in.
They also have top notch trainers.
It is my favorite place to show, nice quiet atmosphere, nicely kept grounds.
Rose Ranch is smaller, the mink farm is gone ( I think its been gone a while as I don’t remeber it being there. They have nice facilities, Indoor is a bit tight but it works just fine, Nice outdoor arena and short dressage arena. No turn out.
I have no idea who is training out of Rose Ranch so I can’t offer any help there.
Sorry to be so long winded,I hope this helps you decide.
Do you mean these barns don’t turn out on a regular schedule? I’m used to individual paddocks or two to a paddock for a few hours a day or every other day at least.
First: Look up the Utah Hunter Jumper Association. Plenty of guidance there, I would think.
Also, I rode at Lynnleigh a zillion years ago when I lived in Alta as a ski bum. Owners/Instructors were Darcy and Robin Sundeen and apparently they still have the place going 30 years later, so cannot be bad. I found this blurb from a local paper published a year ago about a show thet was being hosted the next weekend, at Lynnleigh; it gives some other names as far as advising the reader who might be spotted there:
“Watch for accomplished local competitors including Stacey Hargrave Guerra, Brittney Berkenpas and Megan Spencer, along with respected trainers Denise Tilley (Rockin E Farms/ Mountain View Equestrian, West Bountiful), Nicole Weaver (Arrowhead Stables, Layton UT) and Allison Wicks (Rose Ranch, South Jordan). Of course Lynnleigh’s own Robin Sundeen always has a group of must-watch riders in the hunter/jumper circuit.
Lynnleigh Farm’s phone # is 801-571-5592 if you want to inquire about training, lessons, board or show times. Note that dressage trainer Darcy Conklin can also be reached at this number, along with jumping instructor Robin Sundeen.”
Both are less than 10 minutes from where my company’s new office will be located. That’s pretty awesome.
I’ve never been to Utah, but one of my clients did her post doc there and has been very clear that the climate is such that pasture/grass (and turn out) is a long way from what’s taken for granted in TN (Brownland, Warioto, etc.) or here in NC. Not to despair, however. There are many facilities in CA, FL, etc. producing top performers despite scant grass, acreage or turnout. I would, however, be very careful in assessing management, quality and distribution of hay and/or substitutes, etc., before deciding where to move a horse. IMO, the further we get from nature (horses free range 24/7), the more careful we need to be about management of diet, exercise, stabling, etc. to maintain physical and emotional health.
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Where are you from? I’ve lived all over the East Coast and had a hard time explaining what my concept of “turnout” was to BMs in Utah. I ultimately ruled out moving there for many reasons, one of them being I could not accept keeping my horses the way horses are kept there. It’s just not for me.
Most of the places I saw were real dumps and I couldn’t recommend. Rose Ranch was kind of hodge podgey and the indoor was tiny and footing a little odd but the people seemed nice and the horses looked ok. Lynnleigh is the “nice place.” There’s this little patch of grass that the owner’s horses get to go out on and your horses can watch wistfully from a distance while standing on a dry lot across the way. Ring looked nice. Owner was SUPER sneery and rude to me because they’re eveeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnntuuuuuurhs don’tcha know and hunters is so blase!
There was another random place which had grass and was brand new and I am blanking on the name. Also another “A circuit” place which used to be an Arabian place. The facility was actually quite nice. I got a tinfoil hat vibe bigtime from the owner/trainer. Just major tinfoil hatness.
GOOD LUCK!
I rode in Utah from when I was 5 yrs -23 yrs old. I know everyone very very very very well. Message me and I can tell you who a good training/care match might be for your horse. Everyone is good, but it’s all about what you want for your baby.
Although I would personally, and highly recommend Allison Wicks @ Rose Ranch for your boarding and lessons.
I still consider her one of the best, and I have been lucky enough to experience some of the top in the industry.
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Can’t PM - guess it’s because you’re incognito. While I have never seen the place, I have known the Wickses of Rose Ranch for years. Allison & her students show very successfully locally and at the equivalent (I’m guessing) of at least our east coast HITS/Ocala - if not WEF.
Stabling out west is quite different from what we in the less-populated east are accustomed to. If there’s turnout, it’s likely to be on sand in pipe corrals/ paddocks. Quite the shock to our white board fences sensibilities, but the horses seem to be OK. Or you could go real ranchy and turn out in a 100 acre field with a herd.
Oh - and showing ‘locally’ is a different reality, too. May not be what you’re accustomed to think of as ‘local’.
I’d suggest calling and talking to a few of the people suggested - you can at least get a feel for them over the phone.
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Sorry about that. I thought I enabled the PM function. It is now working if folks would like to PM me with more details.
The whole move is still way up in the air, but I’m a planner so I’m researching now so I’ll be prepared. :yes:
