CONTENTS Pinecrest Farm is one of the oldest and best equestrian facilities in the National Capital region. We offer tremendous facilities and programs for beginner, recreational and competitive English riders. Pinecrest has well-trained, well-cared-for horses for the enjoyment of club members. Three excellent coaches offer a variety of coaching skills for all levels. An indoor arena — now heated! - offers year-round riding. The outdoor sand ring is ideal for good weather riding. Miles of groomed, wooded trails are open year round. There are 26 large, bright, airy box stalls and 8 large grass paddocks to keep horses safely and comfortably. All of our stalls, and 7 of our paddocks, provide horses with fresh water 24-hours-a-day, twelve-months-a-year. Beyond our regular coaching programs, we offer frequent clinics - featuring some of the best coaches and equestrian experts in and around Ottawa - to help riders improve their skills and increase their enjoyment of equestrian sports. The popular Pinecrest Farm Show Team shows at about a dozen shows each year throughout the area, and Pinecrest's own schooling show is one of the longest-running and best-attended primary shows in the National Capital Region. Every year, we take a group of team members and friends to Toronto’s Royal Winter Fair for fun and education.
History of Pinecrest Farm Pinecrest Farm is one of the longest-established equestrian facilities in the National Capital Region. The farm itself was started along with the earliest Rideau Valley settlement in the 1830s, and was operated for over a century as a dairy, orchard and mixed farming operation, mainly by the Chester and Jakes families. In the early 1970s the Douglas family (Helen, Jean and Col Duncan Douglas) turned it into an equestrian facility. The indoor riding arena was built in the mid-1970s. In 1989 Michelle Williams and Rick Anderson purchased Pinecrest, and since then have added new paddocks, groomed riding trails, more horses and more coaching. A major expansion in 2000 added 14 more big, airy box stalls, a heated locker room for members, indoor wash stall, heated viewing lounge, clinic room - and arena heating. You must see it yourself, it's beautiful.
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