Kinvarra Farm

I signed my nine year old daughter up for lessons at Kinvarra because they were the only barn that had ponies and I specifically wanted her to learn on a suitable size animal. My daughter was riding twice a week and loving the barn, new friends and the two ponies she was riding. The trainer started pressuring me right away to lease a horse and I wasn’t interested until she had at least six months of lessons. They bought in a pony and wanted me to see it… it was really old and overweight… I really couldn’t believe it!!! They asked me for THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS a year to lease this horrible looking pony… I actually did laugh as it was so ridiculous… A half lease anywhere costs 250.00 a month at ANY barn. I have been an equestrian for thirty years… they just didn’t know it. We arrived at our next lesson and a seventeen hand horse that was way to advanced for a beginner was given to my daughter… I questioned what was going on and was coldly told that the ponies would not be available any further to us as we did not want to lease!!! My daughter was in the very small arena and they bought in an out of control horse that was bucking and rearing to lunge… with my nine year old in the ring just ten feet away… I entered quickly and took my daughter down and left Kinvarra for good. It was the most dangerous, negligent… on purpose bunch of crap I have ever seen at a barn. These people are con artists and if they don’t get what they want they will put your child in danger.