Colt Starting - 30 Days (Training Board)

Every program at Ocean View Stables opens with an evaluation, because a price quoted before anyone has handled your horse is a guess. We find where his line actually is, then build the plan around the horse in front of us.

Groundwork comes before ridden work, every time. A horse who will not stand for the farrier or will not load is not being difficult, he is telling you what he expects to happen next. Training that argues with him only proves him right.

Who this is for

An unstarted horse, or one who was started badly enough that beginning again is kinder than patching over it. Most come to us between three and six years old, but age matters far less than what has already happened to him.

The thirty days

Groundwork for softness and respect, desensitising to the things that will meet him in real life, saddling, ponying out on the trail, and first rides. Five training days a week, one trainer throughout rather than a rotation of whoever is free.

We do not chase a deadline. A horse started in a hurry gives you three good months and then a decade of holes.

Priced as training board

One number covers his 12x12 indoor stall, daily stall cleaning, alfalfa fed daily, 24/7 security, full use of the facility and trails, and the training itself. Nothing is added to it afterwards.

Horses already boarded here

Pay the training fee only, $1,600 for thirty days, billed on top of your existing board.

Owner sessions are included

A horse can be transformed in thirty days and back to his old self within three weeks of going home. So the person who actually handles him day to day is in the round pen with us before he leaves, at no extra cost. Otherwise he learns to trust us, which does you no good at all.

What you get in writing

Written progress notes as we go, including the sessions that did not work. A trainer who only reports good days is not reporting.

Read the full training program page or call (415) 969-1223.