MacNair's Country Acres

"Very rude staff. Over priced, and are VERY discriminatory to + size riders. My sister tried out for their IEA team and didn't make it because she was told she was "too over weight" and was mocked at the tryouts by the other girls. This was 2 or 3 years ago, she recently won Reserve champion at the IEA international show in virginia for her barns team. McNairs missed out on a great rider."

"I’m not a rider, I was just driving close to this area and decided to check this place. The weather was not so good, but I liked this place and would like to visit again during warmer time. Enjoying how peaceful it is. Beautiful horses"

"I am an adult rider and absolutely love this barn. I’ve ridden at a number of locations in a number of states over the last decade and this one is the most organized I have ever attended. I feel welcome and I feel that I have improved in just a few short weeks. The horses seem loved and well cared for. The trainers work to accommodate me in lessons even if I may not be to the level of the other riders. Looking forward to riding here for a long time!"

"On Sunday, October 6, 2019 I picked my horse Tuscany up from McNairs Country Acres. He was loaned to their schooling program while I am living in Charlotte to keep him in shape and off our rich grass for the summer. We had a wonderful experience in 2013 with McNairs and thought nothing of it when we decided to allow McNairs to use him again. Unfortunelty, Tuscanys time at McNairs was completely different than his last and the condition of which he is in and the events of this past weekend have led me to write this review. Before handing Tuscany over to McNairs they were told he would have a weight restriction for the people riding him, we did not want anyone over 150 lbs. riding him and he was only to be used as a schooling horse for their riders. Throughout his time at McNairs (5 months) we were told that he was being ridden lightly and settling in nicely as a school horse, it wasn’t until finding an Instagram video of a man well over 150 lbs. jumping Tuscany that I knew our wishes were not being followed. I arrived at McNairs on Saturday, October 6, 2019 to check on him and make sure I told them again in person the stipulations of keeping him in their schooling program. I walked right past his stall when I was looking for him as I did not recognize the skinny and sad looking horse as my own. His body condition was so dire that I could see every one of his ribs, his hip bones back and tail bone. He looked like a horse that one would pick up in a feed lot. I was devastated that someone would do this to my horse, any horse for that matter. I immediately called the barn manager and received her voicemail, I have yet to here from her. Next I called the trainer who used him in lessons. She answered and immediately defended the way my horse looked and even went on to say that he had put on muscle while in her program. She also stated that she was not aware that the riders riding Tuscany had a weight limit on them. Tuscany was being fed one scoop a day, 1/2 scoop in the morning and 1/2 scoop at night, in addition to hay. I was told they had been giving him more but those were not the instructions on his stall door. After looking around the barn I came upon a schedule that had Tuscanys name in it and it was a schedule for the IHSA team, he was being ridden by the IHSA riders in the condition you see in the photos. On several occasions throughout the week it was two times a day and that is not including the private lessons that he was also being ridden in. They never had permission to use Tuscany for their IHSA program. My horse was extremely overworked and extremely underfed, something both the trainer and barn manager are responsible for. The owner of the barn did tell us, after denying everything at first and standing by the way Tuscany looked, that the trainer and barn manager were being reprimanded for allowing Tuscany to get in such shape. However, it is a little too late for empty apologies at this point in time. This never should have happened to being with, no horse should be worked to the point of starvation. I am writing this in hopes that no other horse experiences what Tuscany has had to endure. I hope the trainer and barn manager further their education when it comes to horses and what a healthy body condition is. If this is beyond their intellectual capacity they need to resign from their jobs as they should not have horses in their care. Posted are photos of Tuscany from last winter and early this spring, in addition to the photos of picking him up from McNairs after being in their care for five months."

"Very pleased with camp. The counselors are teen girls and friendly but in charge. The kids spent time learning about horses and care, learned to saddle and bridle, learned riding positions, and even bareback riding. The location is ready to get to, the grounds are well organized and clean. Excellent place for kids horse camp."