Welcome to
The PONDERAIA
Where Your Horse can be a Horse!
Our certifications are:
- Accredited business - BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU: A+ rating
- Recipient - Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation's 2009 HORSE FARM OF DISTINCTION DESIGNATION - Our Tenth consecutive Year! (Article coming soon!)
- Member – Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
- Approved Boarding Facility – MSPCA/Nevin’s Farm, Methuen, MA
- Approved Boarding Facility – Essex Agricultural & Technical Institute, Hathorne, MA
- Certified – National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat #25781
Boarding:
- Full board facility focusing on the adult rider
- Free choice hay
- 24 hour turnout with access to large matted run-in barn
- Property monitored by security cameras
- Matted stalls
- Tack room with microwave, refrigerator, wood stove
- Direct access to Harold Parker State Forest trail system. Miles of trails!
- Sand riding ring, lit and dust controlled
- Small cross-country course
- Permit to ride Crane Beach in season
- Trailering available
Leasing:
- Intermediate/Advanced riders considered
- English/Western tack provided
- Use of ring, jumps, cross-country course, trails, included
Activities:
To our Boarders and Leasers, we offer:
- Beach Rides
- Moonlight rides
- Parades: Memorial Day, North Reading
July 4th, Wakefield
Halloween, Woburn
Lessons:
- MA Licensed Riding Instructor #411, LAINE RAIA, specializing in HORSEMANSHIP INSTRUCTION. (Meet Laine!)
- MA Licensed Freelance Instructor #5294, VICKA COREY, specializing in CENTERED RIDING INSTRUCTION on Icelandic horses.
Meet Vicka at www.omgponies.org
If you are interested in boarding your horse with us, please contact us at 978-664-5322 or email us by using the Contact Us link above. We are located at 99 Marblehead Street, North Reading, MA
Here you will find a
map to The Ponderaia.
