Silver Bit & Spur Farm

I had a groupon for a 2-​hour trail ride. My horse, Dallas, was awesome! Many thanks to our guide (I think her name was Sam, sorry I’ve forgotten) and her horse, Shorty who offered to go with us. That helped calm our nerves and made the ride much more enjoyable. Highly recommended!

I really love this family owned facility. If you know how to ride, you won’t have any problems here what so ever. I enjoy the fact it’s unguided– can have a nice time with a friend or even have a nice solo zen ride. Horses are all bomb proof, Red is my favorite.

I was worried going here after reading the bad reviews but I figured id give it a try. My boyfriend and I called on a Sunday morning to hopefully to setup a time for a trail ride later that day; the guy whom answered said to come In an hour and it was no problem. When I got there, Jen set us up quickly, explained the basics and we were off! The horses were awesome and well trained, the trails were very nice, and the staff was friendly. Apparently these guys are under new management. I would definitely recommend this place if you’re looking for a new and exciting experience. What I would NOT recommend is coming here for a trail ride if you’ve never been on a horse before (there are no guides– so it just you and the horse) I am by no means an expert, but you need to be confident and experienced enough to control the horse the right way or you’ll probably have some difficulty. Overall a great experience — we will be back !

4÷27÷2015 — I purchased a gift certificate for my niece (Christmas 2014) and I have been trying to call them for a reservation for the past two weeks. Left 4 messages so far (voice mail) and wrote to them via Facebook twice. Someone replied from FB right away with two numbers to call. Again, called and left voice mail but no one called me back. Wrote again and I was told to «keep trying» the two numbers. What a bunch of crap! I’m thinking I wasted my money on the gift certificate. Will post again if they ever call me back.

We found the people to be very nice and helpful and facilities were excellent. My son is a beginner and they were extremely patient and willing to help in any way possible. There seem to be quite a few expert riders but also raved about the stable.

I wish I could give them no stars. Absolutely terrible! I literally just left, and I knew I had to let people know how bad this place was. I came and waited a while to be attended. Then they put me on a horse named bitsy. Poor thing she was exhausted already. I went with her anyway, they didn’t give me a choice. Then I was out with her for about 5 minutes, she was not listening to me at all no matter how hard I kicked her (yes I’ve ridden plenty of times before). She rammed my knee into a tree bc I was trying to turn her and she didn’t want to go. We then went back to the barn where she started trotting, keep in mind the whole time she was basically dragging her legs.
Then I came back said that I needed a different horse, then they immediately thought I was inexperienced, put me on a better horse though his name was red. Then the lady told some little 12 year old girl to go with my boyfriend and I. We then started again and wanted to trot, btw these trails are horrendous. Idk how a horse hasn’t broken a leg already.
Anyways are we started to trot on the little trail that was decent, she started yelling at us telling us to walk. Like are you kidding me? It was so ridiculous. Please do yourself a favor and save your money. It was the most frustrating ride I ever had, I didn’t even finish the whole hour bc I was so pissed.

We went on a ride here using a Groupon coupon. I’ve been looking for a place to ride locally. I give it two stars because the trails are actually quite nice on the property. It’s too bad that that was the only good part of our experience.
I consider myself an average to better than average rider. My wife is average at best. We got there and felt unwelcome the minute we arrived. The man who brought out the horses barely talked to us. We were given our horses and briefly told where the trails were. This is an UNGUIDED ride, so you need to be comfortable with that. I was fine with that, but not fine with the unfriendly way we were treated. They didn’t offer helmets, they only asked our riding experience and sent us off.
Very disappointing. Nice trails. Not nice people.

My girlfriend and I went there for horseback riding in May 2013. we got a good deal on Livingsocial (2 persons for 50 bucks for one hour) The man and lady on the phones sound scary but reasonable. You can make a reservation on the day you want to ride between 8 – 9 am. You just can’t expect them to smile… at least they didn’t yell at me on the phone, just scary mean.
I was aware of good and bad reviews (through google search) so I prepared for the worst but still hoped I could get a good horse if I knew the names of the horses I wanted. We got there 15 mins late and had to sign in total of 30 mins. they counted every minute from your appointment. So, don’t be late. I got the horse named ‘Thunder’. I HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED HIM, he doesn’t obey, wanted to eat only grass, I kept kicking him as they recommended to make him walk. He still didn’t want to move. the girls told me that I didn’t kick hard enough. that’s all my 30 mins spent. I was able to ride one trip around horse cases… I couldn’t go to a trail because the horse kept eating grass. I told one of the girl ‘our time is up already? we have been on the horses for only 30 mins’ the girl said ‘yup! (looking at the watch) it’s two o’clock on my watch’ There was no warning not to be late or anything. They could have been nicer to us considering they were plenty of horses available… oh…please take note, it’s UNGUIDED. if you want a guide, that’s 40 bucks extra per hour. I hoped to get either Bitsy or Rosa. Unfortunately, they were busy with private lessons. At the end, I saw one poor about 8-​year-​old girl on the uncontrollable horse who started running with parents running after holding their heart and took a deep breath. I don’t think this place is good for kids. I think if I got better obeyed horse, the experience would have been much better with this farm (regardless of all the mean girls working there, who cares? you just want to ride a good horse with good price…) oh… at the end, my horse not only ate grass, he ate his own poop, too!!! I would say, it’s fair from how much we paid. There are a lot of horses to see, beautiful view on the way there. I wouldn’t go there if I paid full price for this unguided mean horse trip.

I would give this a zero-​star rating but unfortunately that’s not an option. Where to begin?
Some friends and I did a four-​person trail ride. We called the day of and were able to schedule a ride without a problem. When we arrived, only half of the horses for our ride were available; two were still in the ring for lessons. After about a half-​hour we were all mounted on our horses.
I’m not an advanced rider but have ridden horses casually all my life. I feel very comfortable riding and have done many trail and open-​range rides. This place struck me as very strange as soon as we were being guided to the trail by kids walking and holding our horses’ bridles. We quickly learned there was to be no guide and the four of us (though two were beginners) were on our own. We were to follow a path in the woods and the horses were said to circle back on their own.
Only about five minutes into the trail ride my friend’s horse became very rowdy. Luckily she has a lot of experience with horses but was quickly finding the horse difficult to handle. This horse was leading the way and led us through a «short-​cut» in the woods – this went back to the stable. When we tried to correct the horses and lead them back to the trail, two of the horses refused to move. I had to jump off my horse after several minutes of trying to direct the horse and walk it back to the trail to catch up with the others. All four horses had no regard for commands; they didn’t respond to the reins or to the kick to move forward. They just took us back to the barn.
We were greeted by more kids and we told them about our horses; that one refused to move and one was too rowdy. Instead of listening, they tried to send us back out to the trail. We had to specifically ask for a second horse for my friend that was more tame. Turns out the first horse’s bridle was loose but they did give us a new horse. I, however, received little help with how to get my horse to better follow commands other than having the option to use a crop.
As we set out for a second try on the trail, all seemed to be going well at first. After about a half-​hour, though, my friend’s new horse became spooked for some reason. Her horse took off and then tried to buck her. She managed to stay on the horse but decided it would be safest to walk her horse back to the barn. We stayed on our horses but followed back to the stable. Upon our return, the young girl who greeted us was apologetic about «the mishap.»
I want to emphasize again that my friend and I do have lots of experience with trail and open-​range riding. This place was most unusual to both of us. With no guides, unresponsive horses and no adults that we could see working the stables, it seems only likely there’s an injury waiting to happen.

I organized a meetup event here with 10 people showing up to do the trail ride. We had reservations at 11am and from my email coorespondence with the Western Rider instructor an hour of riding for the rate of $ 35 was confusing as we panicked that we were going to be late. Apparently it was really 2 hours to allow for them to get the horses out of the barn/​whatnot and get the riders situated, so it was a good deal.
There were kids helping us onto our horses, but it’s not certain they did a good job. My saddle rotated and I slipped off my horse while another person’s (and mine) stirrups were not high enough — even after we had informed them that we were beginners.
The trail itself is simple, good sized in the woods with long straight paths where more of the advanced riders could cantor or trot. We were lucky that I had friends who knew what they were doing and we had a great time regardless. Still, safety precautions should have been excercised better.