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ROCHESTER HILLS STABLES
(810) 752-9520
Offers a year-round riding
school for children from age
5 and up. Lessons begin
with a half-hour evaluation.
Offers English riding
lessons, 35 horses available,
and about 400 children ride
there every week. Summer
day camps, horse shows, two
big barns and two indoor
arenas. All lessons by
appointment, starting off
private for $20, then $25
per hour for private or
group (4-6 people in a
group lesson).
HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA RIDING STABLE
(248) 887-4349
Open Tuesday through Friday, noon-6 p.m., by
appointment; 10-6 Saturday; and Sunday, first
come, first served. Children ages 7 and older can go
out on trail rides.
HAVERHILL FARMS
(248) 887-2027
Offers beginner and advanced riding
lessons all summer plus a summer camp
for children ages 8-15, two-week ses-
sions. Located in White Lake, on
McKeachie Road. Lessons are $18 if
you pay as you go, or buy a package of
eight, which costs $15 a lesson.
PONTIAC LAKE RIDING STABLES
(248) 625-3410
Open full-time beginning May 1,
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Offers public trail rid-
ing for $18 per hour on weekends and
holidays, $15 weekdays; pony rides for
children under age 8 at $3 per rider;
western-style riding lessons; and
hayrides available for scheduled groups.
MAYBURY RIDING STABLE
HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA RIDING STABLE
(248) 347-1088
Open Tuesday through
Friday, with lessons for $16
an hour and $20 an hour
on weekends. Closed
Mondays and holidays.
(248) 887-4349
Open Tuesday through Friday, noon-6 p.m.,
by appointment; 10-6 Saturday; and Sunday,
first come, first served. Children ages 7 and older
can go out on trail rides.
Monday - Saturday
10 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday 10 am - 8 pm
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is living out his retirement at a farm in
Metamora - "he's my husband's
favorite horse because he's a real char-
acter" - and her other thoroughbred,
Victoria's Secret, is at a breeding farm
in Tennessee "hoping to become a
mom one of these days. I have this
reputation of never selling horses, just
keeping them all forever, which my
mom did too; I get that from her."
For Goldberg, like many riders,
horseback riding represents a family
legacy, physical fitness and a chance
for freedom.
"As a teen-ager, it was very freeing
and a whole different set of friends,"
she recalls. "I had good friends in
school but this was a whole different
social life."
"It's just a real healthy kind of a
sport," Goldberg said. "It takes a lit-
tle more of a commitment than
other things — even if you're not
buying a horse. You can't do it once
and then not do it again for another
month, otherwise you'll get sore and
nervous. For people looking for a
place to ride these days, they proba-
bly have to find places that give
lessons, which is better anyway. The
days of Roys Ranches where you just
rented a horse are gone, due to
insurance."
In fact, around metro Detroit
there are a handful of places to ride,
many of which offer summer camp
programs for children and none of
which require you to own your own
horse. (See box.) Most local stables
offer hour-long group and private
lessons and trail rides, and some
allow you to rent out the place for
evening hayrides or square dances.
Goldberg, who does volunteer
work with child welfare agencies,
tried to interest her children in the
sport she loves. "My daughter rode
for a while; they did other sports,
she laments. "They like to hear
about the horses and both know how
to ride, but never got into it serious-
,
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She started entering jumping and
equitation competitions at the age of
10. Competitions range from hunter
jumper horse shows - which offer
rider and horse alike a chance to
show off their stuff; equitation class-
es, where judges rate how the rider
rides and looks; and hunter classes,
which put the horses through a sim-
ulation of fox hunting. In the latter
contest, judges look at the horse's
smoothness and jumping style,
height and speed.
"When I went away to college [at
,
the University of Michigan], I
stopped [riding]," Goldberg recalls.
"By then, I had a horse of my own, a
thoroughbred [named] Wentipo. We
had his mother, bred her, so we had
raised him; I helped train him."
For years, Goldberg refrained
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from riding much, except on select
rides with her mother. Then, when
Dan entered first grade, she started
up again. She bought a new horse -
Burt — and kept him at the Hunt
Club.
Riding horses "offers a healthy,
physical environment, being outside
in the fresh air," Goldberg says. "It's
more physically active than people
realize. One of the most important
things that kids learn is the idea of
taking care of the horses, and know-
ing, instead of a hockey stick or ten-
nis racquet, that if they're going to
jump in the pool after they're done
riding, a pony or horse needs to be
bathed or cooled or fed."
"It can be learning a real sense of
responsibility of caring for animals.
If it's competitive, it can be a nice,
healthy kind of competition, too.
There are good days and bad days —
sometimes you can be your very best,
but if your horse isn't in a good
mood, you roll with the punches."