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Bee Caves Riding CenterAdded: 12/28/2011 5:36pm
| Stable manager/owner: |
Kathy Kentala |
| Stable website: |
unknown |
| Type of stable: |
public |
| Street: |
Hamilton Pool Rd |
| City: |
Austin |
| State: |
TX |
| ZIP Code: |
unknown |
| Phone number: |
unknown |
| Approximate size of property: |
30 acres |
| Approximate number of horses on property: |
25-49 |
| Approximate age of stalls: |
10-25 years old |
| Types/sizes of stalls: |
Box stall |
| Number of arenas: |
1-5 |
| Type of footing in the arenas: |
sand |
| Number of turnouts: |
1-5 |
| Type of turnout: |
dirt |
| Access to trails or bridle path: |
easy to access |
| Approx. number of vets in service area: |
1-5 |
| Approx. number of farriers in service area: |
1-5 |
| Number of trainers on premises: |
2-5 |
| Trainers for which disciplines: |
Hunter/Jumper, Dressage, Western Pleasure |
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| Disciplines supported: |
Hunter/Jumper, Dressage, Western Pleasure |
| Type of feed: |
unknown |
| Supplemental feeding services: |
unknown |
| Frequency of stall cleaning: |
unknown |
| Horse shows held: |
no |
| Indoor or covered arena available: |
unknown |
| Eventing course available: |
unknown |
| Eventing course level: |
unknown |
| Race track available: |
no |
| Hot walker or Euroxciser available: |
unknown |
| Grooming/care services available: |
no |
| Number of crossties: |
16-20 |
| Number of hitching posts: |
none |
| Number of washracks: |
1-5 |
| Heated water in washracks: |
no |
| Breeding facilities available: |
no |
| Trailer parking available: |
yes |
| Grazing available: |
no |
| General boarding costs: |
$200-$400/month |
| Cost of trailer parking: |
unknown |
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful |
| Age: |
not specified |
| Length of riding career: |
11-20 years |
| Rider classification: |
Amateur |
| Main riding discipline: |
Hunter/Jumper |
| Number of horses owned: |
1-3 |
| How long at this stable: |
4-6 years |
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What I like:
I got to ride for pretty cheap |
What needs improvement:
Everything. I haven't been to this stable in a couple of years but this is what it was like back then:
In 2003 my friend's horse colicked: sweating, pawing, trying to roll, biting his sides. So the "trainer" took away his food and said he would be fine then she showed him to the campers to demonstrate what colic looks like. About a day later she was listening to his stomach and decided that she heard gut movement and that he would be fine. Within minutes he suddenly got drastically worse and she FINALLY decided to take him to the vet (before this she hadn't even called a vet for advice). The poor horse died in the trailer. He had had a torsion and what she thought was gut movement was the sound of his intestine RUPTURING.
A few months later, another friend's 3 year old pony colicked. So the "trainer" put her down. The autopsy showed that it was just gas and she would have recovered with minimal to no treatment.
The summer camp she offered was more of a day care with horses. Children only rode once a day and then they were led around the arena by "helpers." I believe they spent more time swimming than involved with the horses but the camp is just as expensive as quality local camps that actually teach the children something and ride twice a day.
there is only one pasture, it was pretty much solid mud, and every horse on the property was turned out together all night. Even if you asked for a horse to stay in so that you wouldn't have to go catch them at 4:30 am before the show they still went out. In the pasture the horses had access to round bales but they were not elevated so they just sat on the mud and lots of hay got trampled and ruined.
Horses with stall never got fed hay in the stalls. Stalls were about 12x12 but the floors were packed dirt w/ some large stones. Stalls very rarely got shavings and once when I put shavings in a horse's stall that I was leasing the ranch hand told me that I was wasting the shavings.
The instruction was nonexistent. Apart from sometimes telling us what course to jump the "trainer" just sat in her announcer's stand and talked on the phone. At a horse show she once yelled at me for holding up the show when I wouldn't go into the over fences class without her and she wanted to finish her conversation with a barn mom back at the trailer (at the local shows we went to you weren't supposed to go unless your trainer was present). I learned more from reading George Morris than I ever did from the lessons.
Washracks were stone with no mats so it was extremely easy for horses to slip. Crossties were dirt and no one ever shoveled manure up after their horse so they were disgusting.
Horses were NEVER blanketed and I don't think the barn owner was willing to feed supplements. |
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