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• Mary Dowdall

  

  Mary has won PCHA championships on the west coast. She is a popular trainer for hunter jumpers in the North Bay area. Her students and the horses she trains compete regularly in Pacific Coast competitons. One of the horses she works with was just named the 2003 Pacific Coast Reserve Intermediate Champion. [more]

• Emily Giammona

  

  Emily has had a passion for horses since the age 6 when she took her first lesson. In the early years Emily spent her time in 4-H and Pony Club, where she earned her C-3 rating and many High Point awards. At the age of 12 her parents bought her first horse, Diamond,and with him she started taking weekly dressage and jumping lessons. Together they made it to 4' in the jumping ring and 4th level dressage. [more]

• Rosa Gray

  

  Rosa brings her love and experience of teaching to the riding lessons she gives. She is a credentialed elementary school teacher, currently working at local schools. She has been riding horses since the age of five, began showing at age twelve, and continues to compete. Experience includes teaching English and Western riding lessons to both children and adults at the U.C. Davis Equestrian Center and at Idylwild Farms. [more]

• Lisa Levine

  

  Lisa has been riding and competing all disciplines of riding since the age of 13, and was a member of both 4-H and Pony Club. In her teens, she was Ohio State Fair champion in both hunter under saddle and dressage, and USDF Regional Champion in training level with her Thoroughbred gelding Chase the Wind. [more]

Welcome To Our Barn!

Idylwild Farms is proud to provide a many-featured environment for equestrians in the Sonoma County and North Bay area. We offer riding lessons and equestrian sports training, such as dressage, hunter-jumper, and combined training for three-day eventing. We board horses in our several barns, paddocks, and pastures. Our large facility offers lots of room and a safe, friendly environment in which to enjoy horse sports.

While Idylwild Farms is close-in to town, halfway between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, there are 40+ acres, with beautiful pastures and trailside views. One can leave work and be enjoying the relaxing serenity of a horseback ride within 15 minutes!

We are committed to offering the best equestrian services available in our area for sport horse enthusiasts. We have some of the finest professional trainers in northern California, skilled in Dressage, Combined Training, and Hunter-Jumpers. We have staff available on-site at all times, to assist clients, and to help ensure that the horses living here full-time, or just visiting us, receive the best quality care.

Idylwild Farms keeps several gentle and experienced school horses available for our clients. And our trainers are highly skilled at training and conditioning horses of all types. They are also experienced working with the whole range of students, from children and beginning riders to upper level competitors. We offer several shows for all ages, and Summer and holiday camps each year so kids can learn about horses and the barn life in a safe and fun setting.

Our six barns offer over 100 stalls, plus paddocks, turn-outs, and pastures. There is a huge indoor arena so our clients can enjoy riding, no matter what the weather's like outside! We also offer a large outdoor arena, and two covered lungeing rings. We are currently developing a second outdoor arena devoted to dressage. Our philosophy is, "Constant improvement".

For those looking to purchase or lease a horse, we try to keep a good selection available. We take pride in the horses we offer, so we're very selective when we help arrange a good match. We realize that our clients are looking for a longterm friend, not just a horse, so we do our best to search out the healthiest and safest horses we can find.

Idylwild Farms is a happy barn that is enjoyable in many ways, with social gatherings, trail rides, camps, and events throughout the year. This is the perfect place for the special people who love having those wonderful horses in their lives, and being around other folks who feel the same way. We hope you'll take our online tour, or come visit us, and find out if this is the barn for you!

Bay Area Equestrian Network

National Hunter Jumper Council

California Dressage Society

United States Eventing Association