HORSE ADVENTURES FOR EVERYONE!
IT TAKES A RANCH! Thank you for visiting our website. Cornerstone Ranch offers year-round horseback riding for beginners through advanced. Please browse the entire Cornerstone Ranch web site to learn more about trail riding, riding lessons, sleigh rides, wagon rides, birthday parties, and pony rides at Cornerstone Ranch, located in Central Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, back at the Ranch… Expertly uniting horses and people to provide a wide array of activities. Celebrating the love of nature, and the beauty of life’s splendors. Happy, lasting memories made to be treasured. Your best adventures begin here: Easy online booking for an activity perfect for you!
SADDLE UP WITH US!
- Lessons & Clinics
- Ages 8+
- 30 min, 1 hour
Sign on for super-fun, safe lessons, structured for you to learn at the best pace possible for your comfort level. Lessons guided by MA licensed riding instructors who truly care about our horses, your experience and find ways to reach your goals! Classes are year ’round inside the riding arena or outside.
- Lessons & Clinics
- 30 minutes
A treat for anyone wishing to spend quality horse-time but are unsure or have limitations with regards to riding. The non-riding, quality horse-time session will be from the ground, and will be a treat for human and horse. If you have a particular day/time in mind and don’t see it on the schedule, please contact the Ranch for possibilities.
- Birthday Parties, Riding Tours
- All ages
- 2-3 hours
Have the ultimate birthday party for your child and join us at Cornerstone Ranch for horseback riding, pony rides and wagon rides! Beautiful, comfortable covered area with tables & chairs provided; Camp fire, hot chocolate & marshmallows for toasting at the camp fire in the cooler weather. Stay as long as you like — no overnights 🙂
- Lessons & Clinics
- Ages 18+
- Full-day
5-6 hours of riding, a healthy lunch, and lots of fun! Also included is a mounted demonstration and a group horse-drawn ride throughout the Ranch property and trails. A full day of riding guaranteed to safely advance riding skills. Learn new skills and make new friends, both horse and human!
- Riding Programs
- Ages 8-16
- Full-day
Kid’s all-day riding workshops are an ideal way to introduce children with limited riding experience to the pleasures of horseback riding, and for children who are already experienced riders to practice what they know and enjoy the pleasure of learning new skills. Ages 8-16 y/o, beginner-advanced.
- Riding Tours
- Ages 10+
- 2-3 hours
Get a group of friends, students, co-workers, or family together and enjoy a fun-filled adventure that combines trail riding on beautiful trails and horse-drawn touring throughout the Ranch! Stay beyond if you wish to include delicious dining at the Ranch.
- Riding Tours
- All ages
- 30 minutes
Bring out your inner pioneer while enjoying the beautiful scenery at the Ranch on a fun horse-drawn ride! Learn all about driving horses. Ice cream is served to you before, after or for you to enjoy along the ride. Pony rides are available for youngsters during your Ranch visit too!
- Riding Programs, Riding Tours
- Ages 8-16
- Full-day
Learn all about horses and have fun riding twice daily with fellow horse-lovers! Beginner-advanced, ages 8-16 y/o. Program includes riding twice daily. Show off your new riding skills by participating in a horse show on the final day of the program.
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ON THE BACK OF A HORSE YOU WILL FIND PARADISE - STELLA A. WALKER
Cornerstone Ranch is family-owned and operated spanning 55 acres in Princeton and Rutland, Massachusetts.
Activities are varied with something for everyone. Trail rides are for people that have never ridden before, and for experienced riders. Learn valuable horsemanship skills with riding lessons for beginners-advanced riders, plus adult all-day riding workshops.
Pony rides, horse-drawn wagon rides and ice cream in warm weather, sleigh rides this winter!
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