Far West Farms

This is one of the great riding stables of Southern California. The fourth generation of family is running the business, and ensures that there is true care and horsemanship that is taught. The instructors teach with a real philosophy of riding and understanding of horses that is rare in many barns I’ve seen. The facilities are well maintained, and there is also a great community of riders of all ages. This barn also attends the top horse shows, if you aspire to be a competitor. The horse world is filled with various characters and I’ve heard many stories of bad business. The Karazissis family had always been beyond above board in my 25 years of being in the horse world. I’m moving back to the area soon and look forward to joining them in the future.

Nice facility. But definitely for people who are serious about horses and competing. A little on the snooty side…

My daughter attended summer camp at Far West Farms in 2011, and had a great experience. The instructors are friendly and knowledgeable, and safety is always foremost. Then my wife took a lesson, and then another, and got hooked. We have since purchased horses, and board them at FWF. My wife and both daughters continue to train there. Their experience has been uniformly positive. It’s a family-​run business, and a family-​friendly atmosphere. When one of our horses got ill, the FWF staff went well above and beyond the call to help save him. It’s a great place.

My daughter has been attending camp all summer long — she loves it and so do I. Kaitlyn has been an amazing camp director and mentor. Chris has also done a lot of training for riding lessons and I cannot say enough nice things about his style and how gracious he is with even the slowest of beginners.
The school horses are gentle and well cared for and the staff has been very friendly to our entire family.
I will send my child back next year and in the meantime keep taking lessons at Far West Farms.

I had heard good things about this stable in regard to their summer horse camp for children. I decided to register my daughter for a few weeks this summer and although she had fun and met some nice kids, I could not believe how ignorant and plain mean the camp director, Janet is. Parents, do not send your child to camp here. She acted so nice when I spoke to her on the telephone about signing my daughter up, but today when I brought my daugther to camp she was greeted with «you’re not supposed to be here today!» I was dumbstruck by her outrageous behavior. How could anyone be so mean to a child? This woman is horrible and she should not be running a camp for children. Additionally, on my daughter’s first day of camp I brought her there a little early to pay for camp and fill out the registrations forms. Although nothing was said to me directly, my daughter was told that day to tell mom not to bring her before 8:55.
There are other horse camps in the area; and I strongly advise peoole to go elsewhere.