What Services Does Saddlebrook Ridge Equestrian Center Offer?

Saddlebrook Ridge Equestrian Center (SREC) in Shamong, NJ offers four core services: horse boarding, riding lessons and training, showing and clinics, and leasing. It suits a wide range of equestrians — from elite competitors to adult amateurs and trail riders — across disciplines including dressage, jumping, and eventing. If you're looking for full-care boarding, a lesson program with school horses, or a lease option before buying a horse, SREC covers all of these on one 100-acre facility.

Horse Boarding

Boarding is positioned as full-care: "We worry about your horse so you can just enjoy your ride." The facility reports 24-hour-a-day care and 40 boarded horses.

What's included in the boarding setup, based on the center's description:

• Stalls: 12 x 12 ft. stalls in a custom-designed barn
• Pastures and turnout: Large pastures with selected grass blends, plus individual turnouts for horses needing special attention during lay-up or showing
• Tack storage: Heated and air-conditioned tack rooms, with custom-made lockers and tack boxes for each boarder
• Facility amenities: Fully-equipped kitchen, hot water shower stalls, heated and air-conditioned restrooms
• Riding areas: 90 x 240 ft. indoor arena, a large well-lit outdoor arena, a full cross country course, and a 1-mile conditioning trail

This setup is aimed at owners who want their horse cared for on-site rather than self-care or partial-care arrangements. The individual turnout option is worth noting if your horse needs restricted or separate turnout during a lay-up or show season.

Lessons and Training

Lessons run "from basic equitation to high-level dressage and eventing," and the center provides school horses to learn on — useful if you don't own a horse yet.

The team listed on the site includes:

The site also notes a behavior instructor on property and states 45 years of experience and 12 experienced staff. If your interest is specifically dressage, Samantha Hodgson is the named instructor/trainer; for general equitation or eventing, the program is described as covering that range, though the site doesn't break down which instructor teaches which level.

Showing and Clinics

SREC hosts ongoing clinics and competitions, and the site has a dedicated section for showing information. This is the service to look at if you want structured competitive experience or regular access to visiting clinicians without traveling. The facility's cross country course and two arenas support eventing and jumping practice on-site.

Leasing

Leasing is offered as "a great option for those not ready to have their own horse." This sits between lessons and ownership: you get regular riding access without the full cost and commitment of buying and boarding. The site directs interested riders to a leasing page for details, but doesn't publish lease terms, pricing, or eligibility in the material available here — you'd need to contact the center directly for those specifics.

Who Each Service Fits

• Boarding: Horse owners wanting full-care stabling with turnout options and on-site riding facilities
• Lessons: Beginners on school horses through advanced riders in dressage or eventing
• Showing and clinics: Riders seeking competition experience or clinic participation on-site
• Leasing: Riders not ready to own a horse but wanting more than occasional lessons

Contact and Location

The center is at 10 Saddle Brook Court, Shamong, NJ, USA, on 100 acres of farmland. The site lists a contact section for inquiries. Pricing, lesson rates, boarding fees, and lease terms are not published in the available site content, so reach out directly for current costs and availability.