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• Review of "Winding Road Stables" at Wellington
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  I would highly recommend Winding Road Stables! My experience there has been very pleasurable. All the other boarders are friendly and helpful. I'm a new horse owner, and there is always someone there willing to help me, whether it be with questions I have or putting the bit in my horses' mouth because I'm fairly short. The stalls are ALWAYS cleaned, and there is an ample amount of pine shavings on the floor for my horse. Sherri, the owner, is always friendly when I come in. She instructs lessons at times when I'm there, and encourages me to ride while doing so. It helps my horse become accustomed to other horses, in addition to exposure with people. The positives are water is always available, plenty of high quality hay is fed, and high quality grain. I love the fact that it's heated. The observation room is also heated and I can bring my mother with me so she can watch me ride. Prior to boarding Desi at Winding Road, I did check out lots of other boarding stables. In my opinion, her place is by far one of the best I've seen. Trust me, if it wasn't, my mare wouldn't be there. The arena is HUGE and well lit, and I can turn on the radio while I'm riding if I want to. I don't understand the prior reviews, because no one at any time has been snobby or negative with me. I've ran into a lot of boarders because I do go at least 4 times a week. As I stated, everyone is always friendly and having fun. If you want to have peace of mind regarding your horse being taken care of, then look no further. I was lucky to get in there this winter. Fabulous place to board your horse!
  By Lisa Martens, November 23, 2017
• Review of "Winding Road Stables" at Wellington
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  I have been looking at Winding Road as a boarding facility for quite a long time. Well I finally did move my horse there. If you want a barn that will take care of your horse because you can't get out much. Then this is your barn. Your horse will be well cared for. Though he/she will NOT get a lot of shavings at ALL. They claim that their 'Softstall system' doesn't require shavings. Well if you stand in the stall itself, it's not like standing on concrete, but it doesn't replace shavings at ALL. No matter what they claim. Stalls stay clean, your horse will get turned out even if it's muddy unless you express otherwise. They are a 4H barn and there are a bunch of uneducated brats running around all the time. They are morons, yeah they're young but they are rude, obnoxious, and a complete nuisance. You get 5 flakes of hay a day for the full board price. Any more, it's about $10 for every extra flake. Their grain is absolutely horrific. Rural King sweet feed, and the similar pelleted. The pelleted has the nutritional value of cardboard, and the sweet feed holds the same nutritional value just with 50% more sugar. Sure, bring your own feed in. You only get $20 off a month. As far as lessons, you're better off elsewhere. The owner/ instructor just SCREAMS the entire lesson, and gets extremely frustrated and LOUD when the kids don't understand. You will learn next to nothing, and if you ever plan on going any farther than 4H you should look elsewhere. There is very little intelligence at all in this facility. If you ask for help, you might as well get an 'I don't know'. The barn is heated. Though it is November, the windows are open, and the heat is on low. It's warmer outside when the sun is up. As for hot and cold running water, the hot does not exist. Something 'broke' and they are waiting for a part. Waiting for over a month now. The arena footing is claimed to be 4 inches of sand. It's very fine and dusty dirt. Barely an inch of it. Gets dragged and watered weekly, but there's barely any dirt to drag. Poor grade footing. The hay quality changes every day. You might get a sun bleached yellow hay for breakfast, a chunky first cutting for lunch, and then a regular timothy grass for dinner. Writing this review, I tried to think of everything I've had problems with or negative opinions about. If you want to do western pleasure in 4H and that's ALL you want to do. Then this is a lovely facility. If you want a place for your horse and you visit him/ her maybe once a week and just hack around. Then yes, this is a good facility. If you're involved in your horse, know what you're doing, and can stand on your own two feet then you will have conflict and problems with this facility. Though the first couple weeks will be great.
  By Alicia Noxx, May 12, 2017