| This is our trails, winding through TALL pine trees, beautiful meadows, and gently rolling hills. About 90% shaded. |
|
| We offer: Guided Horseback Rides for the public Bring your horse or your horse club and ride our trails Boarding and Layovers Camping (primitive & electric hook ups) Hayrides |
| Come on out and see our horses (we won't charge you for barn browsing!) They LOVE the attention, come visit first if you would like and get to know our horses & see our facility before you decide if you want to ride. We take pride in all of our horses and we like to keep them all happy, well groomed and maintained. Come on out, we'll leave the barn doors open for ya! |
This website was designed using Yahoo SiteBuilder, by Wendy Shipman and pictures displayed in the contents of this website are property of such, and
shall not be used, copied unless you have written permission. All photos, are of the farm and property of Chester Gray and Salt Fork Stables. (c) 2007
Wendy Shipman
shall not be used, copied unless you have written permission. All photos, are of the farm and property of Chester Gray and Salt Fork Stables. (c) 2007
Wendy Shipman
What do we have to offer?
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| This is Tutti and her new baby who just arrived Tuesday, May 6th about 8:00pm. Check more pics out on our gallery page! |
 | We have a loading dock, so you don't have to climb on or off of the | |
| horses, so no excuses!!. | ||
| Our trails are 90% shaded, leave the sunscreen at home! | |
| No back roads, the only gravel you will drive on is in our driveway! | |
| We guarantee your ride times within 5 minutes (10 for the 2 hour | |
| ride) | ||
| We have the widest variety of ride times 1/2 hour to 2 hours. Ride | |
| for 1/2 and gain your confidence or ride for 2 hours for the more experienced rider. | ||
| Our horses are all very gentle and responsive. | |
| You come as a group, you ride as a group, we will not split you up. | |
| We will arrange our guides to oversee your children. | ||
| Friendly, courteous staff. | |
| We normally send 2 guides on the trails unless it is a smaller group. | |
| We keep our horses well groomed and maintained. | |
| We have the largest array of trails in the Salt Fork Region. Even | |
| different hour trails, so our repeated customers, don't have to ride the same trail over and over. | ||
| Schedule a hayride and horseback riding at the same time. Let the | |
| little ones enjoy the hayride, while the others follow behind on horses on the same trails. | ||
| Conveniently located 3 miles east of Salt Fork State Park, also near | |
| Tappan Lake, Piedmont Lake, Seneca Lake & Clendenning Lake, just to mention a few vacation spots. | ||
| Come meet & greet the horses before you ride. You are more than | |
| welcome to come in the barn and pet the horses before the ride, they are kept in box stalls so you can meet them face to face. (if you can get their heads out of their hay!!!) | ||
| Our trails were established over 30 years ago. | |
Why would you choose to ride with us?
| This horseback riding facility was established over 30 years ago by Chester & the late Marjorie Gray, you may have known it as Gray's Salt Fork Stables. It was a very popular place to hang out and bring the family. Some of our riders today, remember riding here 20+ years ago as children! The stable (just the business, not the farm) was sold so Marjorie and Chester could retire and enjoy themselves without all of the hard work. The new stable owner, kept it in operation at the same facility, then decided a few years later to move the horses to their own land and operate there. This left the place kind of quiet. Since then Chester sadly lost his wife and very avid horsewoman, Marjorie, horses and family were her life. Chester decided to lease the stable so he could see things like it used to be. With the kids running a playing in the yard, and always a friendly face he could tell stories to!! If anyone knows Chester, he loves to tell stories!! To keep it short the leasing didn't go over so well. Myself and Jill who were working at Little Sky Riding Trails, decided we were going to get a couple horses and board them at Grays. We came here in 2004 and have been here ever since, BUT......we have a few more than a couple of horses!! We reopened the stable in 2006 and continue still today. The decision was made to keep the name Salt Fork Stables, because this is where so many families came to enjoy themselves, and it is a name that brings back memories to many. We work very hard to try to keep our facility up and running. There are 380 acres here and we do all of the brushogging, hay baling, mowing, tractor fixin' (we try anyway!!) what ever we need to do, and it is just myself, Jill and Chester, who is now 86 and we still just can't keep up with him sometimes!! We don't claim to have the best horses, or the best facility, we just know we work very, very hard and take pride in what we do here and what we have accomplished. We enjoy what we do and until someone drags us out of here, this is where we will be!! (Besides, if you ride with us....it gets us out of doing real work!!) |
A little bit of history..............
| Wendy Shipman Management |
| Pssst...Guys & Girls Look Here.... Brushy Fork ATV Trails Opening July 26th 8am to 8 pm. See our links page or click here for more information. |
| Want Free Gas? Click Here! Kids, there is something for your too!! Check out our weekly giveaways! |
| You're in good "hooves" at Salt Fork Stables! |