Pere Marquette Riding Stables

Had a great time! We were lucky that we were the only two people signed up for our time slot, so we got pretty lucky. Our guide was friendly and the trail is gorgeous. I would love the option for longer rides!

HORRIBLE experience! If you want to pay to be yelled at by a 60 year old man who knows very little about horses and has 0 people skills/​trail guide experience visit this place. My boyfriend and I drove over from St. Louis to «enjoy» the beautiful day and go on a trail ride for our anniversary. The «trail guide» made it very clear in the beginning that he wanted to get the ride over in 20 minutes because it was the last ride of the day. Unfortunately, my horse was old and tired and did not want to walk as fast as our trail guide desired. So for the first 20 minutes the «trail guide» was yelling at me to «keep kicking my horse until he sped up.» I could go ON and ON about how unprofessional this guide was, but I’m sparing my time as I wasted enough of it last Saturday. Not that I expected this place to be anywhere close to horse rides out West, I did not anticipate how horribly run this business is… especially to employ a «trail guide» that YELLS at women!!!
Please spare your time and money and chose a different trail riding company.

I have to say this was a disappointing experience. While the trails were beautiful and the horse back riding was a great experience, the man who was the tour guide had zero personality and was quite rude. I felt like I was bothering them and they were less than thrilled to be asked to take us out. It was obvious they were building a pavilion when we walked up but the hours said they were open for riding. I wish I would have just walked away and went elsewhere rather than take him up on his offer to saddle the horses and take us out in an hour. When we came back in an hour Ernie, the tour guide acted as though we were even more of a bother. He continued to act that way the entire ride. As we were leaving, we thanked them. We did get a very unpleasant «your welcome» and it left me wondering why they weren’t thanking us. After all, WE were the paying customers. I will never go back and hope in the future if they are doing other things on a slow day, they just say they decided to close for the day rather than treat paying customers the way they did. Think twice about going there, it was a beautiful October day. I’m stunned they didn’t expect someone would be out wanting to ride, but they sure didn’t want us!

Went horseback riding last weekend for the first time in years and Pere Marquette Stables did not disappoint. We went on the recommendation of someone that knows the good places. The staff was wonderful and the scenery was beautiful for a nice, crisp, fall morning. The horses are super tame and mellow. What a great experience! I can’t wait to go back!