Hillside Riding Stables, Lessons & Horse Camps 9065 Oak Avenue, Orangevale, CA 95662

"I am looking somewhere else for lessons for my daughter. We liked Destiny, the trainer, but the communication and professionalism that I expected from this business was lacking from the owner, and it took forever to hear back from her when showing interest in getting lessons."

"I took my special needs son for a private riding session for his 5th birthday and he had the best time. Everything was very professional and I felt like he was overall very well taken care of. Not many places will accept special needs and there's not many places I can take him but he's always loved horses and going on pony rides so it meant the world to me and my son that they took him on. He had the best birthday! I would definitely recommend this business!"

"I purchased two 10-lesson packs at $600 each back in early August. I asked before I purchased them if they would have room to accommodate lessons for my daughters, and they said "yes, of course! It will just be a couple of weeks." I kept checking in, and each time there was another excuse why it would be another couple of weeks. I would have appreciated honesty upfront that they were overwhelmed, because my daughter has been asking for 2.5 months now when her lessons will start, and was very patient and understanding about my vague answer, since I only had a vague answer. I now need to go through the process of getting refunds for my purchases, and am very upset about the lack of professionalism and lack of communication. They could have just told me to go to another stable from the very first, but I feel they wanted to shore up their "guaranteed" business and so overextended themselves."

"I haven't ridden since I was 4 years old. At 17, I decided I wanted to again. Business tends to be slow, but I see that as a great thing. The instructor is focused solely on you and no one else. No negativity there. As I was looking for a place to ride, I came to be all too familiar with "equestrian drama", none of that here. Nobody barks orders or corrections, but rather calmly points out any mistakes. Horses are patient and correctly paired with your experience level. Fun!"