Blazing Hearts Ranch - High River, AB

Ashley I.

Very nice stable. Lots of happy, healthy horses! Large indoor arena, outdoor arena and grass ring. Indoor (very cushy stalls) and outdoor board (paddock or field). They offer western school horse lessons and there is an English instructor available.

Jamie W.

Wonderful experience. Great group of people and a beautiful facility.

Sean Q.

I can't say enough good things about Amara. She has given our kids unshakeable confidence in an area they had zero experience in. Great staff and a wonderful facility. Would recommend to anyone.
Thank you Amara!

E M.

Amara had an attitude and was completely uninterested. Our first time arriving at the barn she walked by us 3 times and said nothing. Five minutes after the lesson was to start she walks up and says “follow me to your get your horse”. No hello or introduction. My daughter told her about her previous riding experience while Amara rolled her eyes. The experience continued to go downhill from there while Amara just chatted with another person for most of the lesson. My daughter spent 5 minutes in the corner of the arena while another boarder ran barrels and Amara watched and chatted with her. Waste of money for a private lesson that then ended 5 minutes early. We looked a little further south and found some wonderful trainers that were much more personable and very detailed with their lessons. Get your monies worth and a proper development by going elsewhere.

Matthew L.

We’ve been going here since December and the sense of community here is amazing. Everyone that goes here is so nice and helpful and really make you feel like you belong. The owners treat you like family. I can’t say enough good things about this place. Our family started out with never being on a horse now we own 2 horses and love it.

Chantal G.

Beautiful facility!! Amara and her staff are absolutely amazing to deal with. I highly recommend her facility for boarding or riding lessons. We look forward to our lessons every week!

Mackenzie R. B.

The one star is for having a really nice facility. The owner/main instructor does not have the patience for intimidated beginners to ask questions and gain confidence. You never know from one week to the next if you're going to get a smile and friendly conversation or if you or your child is going to get yelled at. Sometimes it's okay to ask questions and sometimes it's not. Full of attitude communincation.

Anonymous S.

I'd like to give it a zero, but I can't, so I'll give it a one.

When you first get there, the people seem amazing, the staff are wonderful, the facility is beautiful... it really feels too good to be true.

Once you've been there for a while, the owner/managers stop returning your calls, disregard your concerns, and become at times blatantly rude and very scary.
They treat their staff poorly, and they treat your horses worse. My horse had been fed moldy hay for months despite me telling them it was happening and asking them to remedy it. Horses are moved around paddocks and put in pens with other unfamiliar horses without your consent and without even telling you.
During my time there, too many horses have been injured due to being put with horses they clearly do not get along with (without the owners consent), as well as being cut up on fences due to lack of paddock maintenance. One horse ended up being hurt so severely that it nearly had to be put down. Others have needed stitches; vet calls are frequent to this place.
My horse was kicked and injured when they moved it into a pen with an aggressive horse and when I brought up the injury to the manager I was met with dismissal and uncaring. This seems to be a running theme; if you bring up a concern you have about the facility or your horse, you are shut down.
If you pay for lessons, you will be treated better for sure, but if you just want to board your horse there, you are not given a second kind thought.
If you want to leave you are met with animosity and manipulation, guilt tripping, and projected shame.

This is not just my personal experiences either; I have spoken to so many boarders as they've come and gone, and each of them have agreed.

This place has so much potential, but the owners act greedy and selfish; utterly unkind, and at times genuinely terrifying. There are much better places run by much better people all around the Okotoks area, and if you value your horses health, not to mention your own mental health I highly suggest you find elsewhere.

PLEASE be careful with these people, they are not honest.