Misty River Trail Rides

12/07/2024

Update: Spot is filled. Thank you! 🥰

Hay there. We have a last minute opening for a trail ride tomorrow morning! Message me for details if you’re interested 😊

16/06/2024

We are halfway through June and we are LOVING the vibes at Prairie Ridge Resort.

My most favourite part about all of this is seeing those memories being made right before my eyes. The smiles and laughter along the way make all the hard work that goes into this so so worth it! Thank you to all my repeat riders for continuing to support my small business, it’s been a privilege to watch you grow in skill and confidence. And thank you to all my new riders for coming out and sharing the experiences 😊 Appreciate you all! Still time to book in for July! Just watching grass levels.

Not sure yet where we plan to be for August but if you book in a day you can bet we’ll be no further than an hour from Saskatoon.

14/05/2024

✨ Some exciting news ✨ to share with my eager trail riders!! Thank you for your patience while we carefully decided our first location for the summer! 💞 We are thrilled to be setting up at Prairie Ridge Resort (by Petrofka 🤩) for June until mid July!

After visiting this week I can personally vouch for how absolutely stunning this location is! 🌿 I cannot wait to explore these new trails. And as a bonus, guests can choose to truly immerse themselves in nature by staying in one of Prairie Ridge’s incredible river front globe glampsites! 😍✨ Just picture waking up to the sounds of birds chirping and the gentle rustling of trees. 🐦🌳 Then saddle up for adventure as we ride along breathtaking trails, winding through picturesque landscapes until we reach the river. You’ll feel like you're in a fairytale. 🌈🏞️ Afterwards, campers can relax in the sauna, and indulge in delicious treats at a cozy cafe. ☕🍰 Petrofka’s hidden gems await, just a trot away! 🐎✨ (Can’t wait to tell you more about the neighbouring historical sites 🤫) Book your unforgettable adventure today! 🌟🎉"

I hope this captures a glimpse of the essence of your amazing trail ride experience at Prairie Ridge Resort! Bookings are limited! Reserve your spot today!

Trail Rides:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=22449717

Glamping:
https://www.prairieridge.ca

21/04/2024

Today was our last Sunday of group lessons til fall 🥹. When you spend all winter with kids that ride with THIS much passion and heart it’s impossible not to love them all like your own. Each student has made such strong personal gains in their confidence and riding ability. Their horsemanship skills and desire to learn and do better inspire myself as a coach to continue to learn as well 🥰 keep learning, growing, laughing, and connecting. And always stay true to your horse girl heart ❤️

30/03/2024

Hey Trail Riders! I am just finalizing what our summer alongside the river is going to look like.

I’m am wondering if there are guests out there who would be interested in overnight camping on the sandbars? Bringing your own horse and gear can also be an option! If there’s a big interest I will scout out some lovely spots in May, and make availability for this maybe once or twice a month during our summer season. Please let me know asap 😊

15/01/2024

May your horses be fluffy,
With thick winter coats.
May their bellies be full
With hay bales and oats.
May your trucks and tractors
Fire up with ease.
And may all your water troughs
Never ever freeze 💙💙

~ An original, by Alaine 😂

13/01/2024

How gorgeous is this custom crib board?? 💙🩵

TYSM Sky's The Limit Lazer for making this. Can’t wait to play my first round!! I’m obsessed.

Hopefully I don’t have the sign the back 😂😂

07/01/2024

I’ve had my fair share of humbling moments. Horses truly teach us to stay in the present 😂🥰

“No-one can teach riding so well as a horse!” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) 😂😂😂
Photograph by The Quorn Hunt

01/01/2024

Happy New Year 🥳 From all of our Hooligans to yours 🥰 Spyro’s advice is to smile lots, never take life to seriously, and always eat all the snacks. 😂

29/12/2023

✨ Attention Clients: I am looking for YOUR help ✨

I am currently writing up a business proposal for some exciting 2024 projects. I would like to include testimonials from my amazing trail riding clients (and my lesson clients), about their experiences with the horses! Please DM me if you’re willing to participate 💖 much appreciated!

01/12/2023

👀 New opportunities are available for riding, starting today! 🐴 💖❕

Freestyle Riding Time 🕺
For Current and Past Students only:
✨ Supervised Riding Time ✨
1 hour and 2 hour increments available.
These are not lessons. I will be on the premise to help with tacking, making sure you’re safe, and helping with questions. Depending on schedules there may or may not be other students riding at the same time. This riding time is to practice what you’ve learned. Availability is limited, but a great opportunity. 💖

January Riding Introductory Lessons and Private Lessons for All Ages🐎 ❤️

New to horses? Not sure if you’re ready to commit to a program? Try a private one-on-one lesson first Or if you’re a current student looking to improve on a specific skill ! 💞 Direct Message if you have any questions! 📩

💚 To book a Private or Freestyle Riding Session, please visit my booking site and choose an available time 💚

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=22449717

Jan/Feb Regular Riding Lessons ⭐️

Enrolment is open now for Sundays Pre-Teen, and Teen Class. Adult classes are Mondays at 6pm. Thursdays I may run one more class for the younger group, depending on interest.

All classes are beginner friendly! Please Direct Message me if you’re interested in enrolling. Class focus will be geared towards foundation skill sets, and horsemanship values with the intent of bringing in a 3rd party judge this spring for an in-house show to test our abilities in a fun, laid back environment 🙂 Dates are TBD. This might be a shorter session depending on weather. We won’t start up until second week of the new year.

Lessons are at North Bay Equestrian Stable. If you have your own horse that is well trained to join our program, please DM me for haul-in prices.

02/11/2023

North Bay Equestrian Stable is where I board the horses for lessons in the winter! If you’re looking for a place to ride indoors this winter, I can’t recommend this place enough. 💖 If you come board here there’s lots of opportunity to hop in on my lesson program, or I can help you 1 on 1 with your horse 😊

30/10/2023

Snow on the ground didn’t stop us from having a spook-tacular afternoon full of games and dressing up the horses! The kids were so creative, and it was 3 hours of non-stop grins, laughter, and bonding. I just love all their ideas! 🥹 Some of my fondest memories from Pony Club were festivities just like this. We even squeezed in an obstacle course and hot dogs and hot chocolate 🎃 didn’t they do a great job? 🧡🖤 shout out to the parents too for all their help along the way.

27/10/2023

Happy Friday!

I have room for TWO adult riders in our upcoming six week session of riding. All riding will be indoors at North Bay Equestrian Stable . No experience is necessary, you will learn to catch, groom, saddle, and ride your horse! Did you know riding uses all of your muscles? Skip gym day and hang out with us instead! We have a lot of fun!

I also have room for ONE teen on Sundays 🙂

All other classes are full until the new year. If you’d like to be on the list for Jan/Feb, please comment or message me!

27/10/2023

Took me longer to edit than I had hoped! I was busy filling my brain 🧠 with hoof knowledge. With much waited anticipation…. here are the teens and the young adults video of their extremely creative Halloween Costumes!! Which is your favourite, and why? 🤩🎃

The preteens and under decorate this Sunday 👻 stay tuned gals and ghouls!

Check out Alaine Berjian's video.

22/10/2023

Day 4: Trimming live horses. Wanted to spotlight the ladies that made it all happen. Christine and Francine have developed a comprehensive course focused on how to barefoot trim for the well being of the horse. And yes, everyone is capable of acquiring these skills. If you’ve EVER had questions about hoof pathologies such as laminitis, founder, thrush, or you just want to know how to prevent health problems like Navicular … these are the ladies you NEED to follow.

Takeaways from the four day course:
Trim less, more often!!
Prevention is key!!
Practice what you’re bad at!!

Hoof Geeks Barefoot Hoofcare

15/10/2023

Our teen class 👻 was busy today decorating their horses in the spirit of Halloween 🎃 We did some egg and spoon relay racing, and also my favourite… the boot scramble (where cheating is encouraged 😂).

All-in-all just a wonderful, sunny, autumn afternoon 🍁 The laughter, creativity, and enthusiasm was absolutely contagious 🍂🧡 A video of our shenanigans will be coming soon!

Also, look forwards to seeing what the younger class comes up with in a couple weeks! 💖

26/09/2023

🐴🍂 Hey friends! We're having a blast in our autumn session of outdoor riding, immersing ourselves in the breathtaking colors of the season and honing our practical riding skills. Witnessing the development of communication with the horses and forging new friendships with fellow riders is hands down my favorite part of our group classes 😊🍁🐎

We are starting the registration for November now. This will be an exciting six-week indoor riding program! 🌟 Spaces are limited, so if you're interested, drop a comment below with your experience level and the age of yourself or your child who's interested. 🤩👧🏼👦🏻 Plus, we've got leasing options available outside of lessons too! 🤝 Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! 🎉🐎

18/08/2023

Fall Lessons Roll Call 🥰

I’m just wrapping up trail riding season 🍂🍁 but I’ve been thinking a lot about my students and our upcoming lesson plans ❤️

Estimated Range of Dates:
✨ Sept 24th-Oct 27th ✨
Four Lessons between. Each lesson is approximately 1.5 hours long.
$300 -> 6 hours of horse time 😊

This set of lessons will all be outdoors! We will move over to North Bay and ride indoors in November 🐎 We will be located 10 mins North of Saskatoon, just off of Hwy 16 for this round of lessons. Once enrolled, I will send you a Google Pin drop 📍

Lesson Plan:
Week 1: Introduction/Foundation Skills
Week 2: Skill Drill/Obstacle Course
Week 3: Pasture/Bush Ride
Week 4: Halloween Parade, dress up your horse and games 🙂 🎃

I don’t have my dates set in stone yet, but I typically teach kids on Sundays and adults on Mondays and Wednesdays. This is just to see how many people are interested in joining us. If you’re interested, please comment below so I can have an idea of head count and finalize things on my end👇 please include if you’re just beginning your horsemanship journey, or if you have experience. Either with me, or have had lessons or history riding elsewhere. DM me if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks a bunch! 🐴

04/08/2023

Simple words could never express the call to the saddle. The silent draw to connect. The way the wind rips through your hair as you race across the sand. The thrilling vibration of hoof beats pounding against the ground, filling your heart with awe and admiration.

The greatest leaders amongst us have said it before, and it continues to ring true: Horses lend us freedom. They do just that, and yet so much more.

Astounding videography by and

01/08/2023

Just a reminder: ‼️ We reschedule rides around the 30 degree Celsius mark ‼️

Why?

It is just too darn hot for people 👫👬👭 and horses 🐎 🐎 🐎. Often there is no breeze or cloud cover ⛅️ , which can lead for heat stroke situations 🥵. Also it is ALWAYS much hotter down at the beach with the sun beating down on you ☀️. Even the sand gets so hot it can damage the horses hooves 😞

For everyone’s safety, your ride MAY be rescheduled if it reaches these extreme temperatures. 🌡️ 🔥

I will reach out to you around noon the day of if this is the case. There will be no penalty for rescheduling or cancellation if it’s coming from my discretion. Thank you for your understanding 🥰. Health and safety come before everything else at Misty River Trail Rides.

Here is a picture of the horses getting hosed down after a morning ride 😊

30/07/2023

Awfully behind on posting some highlights from July! It’s been a very busy, but delightfully exciting month! If a picture is worth a thousand words than this collection of memories must be worth a million. I just don’t have enough good things to say about how AWESOME our summer has been 🥰

We still have limited availability for August. Book before our summer is over.

15/07/2023

Some kind words from Discover Saskatoon 🥰 Check out their recap from their daytrip spent out at the campground 😊

Also coming soon: mini-golf and a corn maze!

If you are looking for a fun trip out of the city but not too far, you must make a visit out to the beautiful Camp Wolf Willow. This campground has everything you need for every type of camper!

04/07/2023

Escape your everyday routine and immerse yourself in nature with a private trail ride at Camp Wolf Willow ⛺️, just 45 mins South of Saskatoon (on hwy 219). Our horseback rides take you on a journey over dreamy white sand beaches that rival tropical destinations. Ah, what a wonderful world we live in 😌 to have such beauty right in our backyard 🍃

Our adventures are catered to rider level from beginner to advanced. Our focus is to foster a natural connection between you and your horse 💞. These are not your typical nose-to-tail trail rides. You help create the magic as you navigate the changing landscape along the riverside. So if you’re looking to explore and experience the beauty of Saskatchewan like never before…. hurry and book your ride today! 🐴🌊🌅

20/06/2023

✨ Retreat Announcement ✨
(August 4-6, 2023)

Are you looking to add that WOW-factor adventure to your summer? Exploring the South Saskatchewan River on paddle board and horseback is so dreamy it seems like something from straight out of the movies! Here is your chance to experience nature like never before 🍃 Create unforgettable memories in a stress-free environment, with gear, accommodations, and meals planned out for you. At the end of the day you even have the option to relax in Luna, the gorgeous sauna that overlooks the river. 💕

Check out this amazing all inclusive retreat Back2Nature Wellness and Adventures has put together, conveniently located at Camp Wolf Willow 💖

https://www.back2naturewellness.com/camp-wolf-willow-wellness-and-adventure-retreat

Spaces are limited and the last two years have filled up FAST!

Private guided tours on horseback, we ride along the North and South Saskatchewan River.

03/06/2023

Our first outback river ride of the season was today! I’m speechless! Endless white sand beaches to lope on. Crystal clear rivers to splash through. Rolling hillsides to ride up and down. There’s no better place to experience a true horsemanship adventure than the South Saskatchewan River Camp Wolf Willow , only 45 mins south of Saskatoon on hwy 219!

Who wants to join us this summer??? 🤩🥰

29/05/2023

I am always looking for ways to improve herd health! This weekend I attended the Fletcher Equine Bodywork Clinic. Keeping the horses feeling the best they can is always a top priority. I am so excited to add these techniques into my daily and weekly routine.

The horses also enjoyed their annual spring break. They spend the entire month of May out in the pasture, grazing and enjoying the freedom of just being a horse. I find this gives them that mental health break after a winter of riding indoors and helping me with lessons. It’s certainly well deserved time off!

Now they are rejuvenated, and with my new skill set I am excited to launch into trail riding June 5th 😊

(Big shout out to North Bay Equestrian Stable for hosting this clinic)

04/05/2023

The five most common comments I hear when I take people out on a trail ride are:

1) Your horses are amazing! 🐴 I love how you customize each adventure to the experience level of the rider. 💖

2) Wow I can’t believe how crystal clear the water is! ✨

3) The endless white sand beaches are incredible! 🌊

4) I never thought I’d see so much wildlife! 🦌 🦉 🦅

5) I can’t believe all this beauty is right here in Saskatchewan 🍃💚

Experience it yourself and book today:

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=22449717

07/04/2023

Are you ready to ride towards a healthier, happier you? 🐎🌱

Here at Misty River Trail Rides, we believe in the power of horsemanship and wellness! Our holistic approach focuses on nurturing the connection between horse and rider, while also prioritizing the importance of self-care and mindfulness. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced equestrian, our guided trails are waiting for you to embark on a journey of self-discovery and adventure!

(☀️ Your guided trail ride is private, this means no large groups or riding with strangers. Exclusive groups allows us to focus on catering the experience to your adventure and level of comfort. Book a ride with your partner, your siblings, your best friends…. whatever the combination is, the outcome is always a cherished memory for years to come. ☀️)

😍🌟👌 Join our growing community and experience how horses can make a huge difference in our daily lives. 🤩🤠

Located from June-August: Camp Wolf Willow, 45 mins South of Saskatoon, Sk.

✨ Booking Link is in the Comments ✨

07/03/2023

Love this 😌

“How much weight can a horse carry?

In my experience, a horse can carry an infinite amount.

They can carry the weight of broken hearts, broken homes, and broken bodies. Countless tears sometimes comb their tangled manes. Moments when parents and friends cannot be there to help and hold a person, horses embrace and empower. They carry physical, mental, and emotional handicaps. They carry hopes and dreams; and they will carry the stress from your day when you can't carry it anymore.

They carry graduations, they carry new careers, they carry moves away from everything familiar, they carry marriages, they carry divorces, they carry funerals, they carry babys before they are born, and sometimes they carry the mothers who cannot carry their own baby. They carry mistakes, they carry joy, they carry the good and they carry the bad. They carry drugs and addictions, but they also carry the celebrations.

They will carry you to success when all you have felt is failure. They will carry you, never knowing the weight of your burdens and triumphs.

If you let them, they will carry you through life, and life is hard, life is heavy. But a horse will make you feel weightless under it all.”

-Written by Sara Huffman

Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/DorotaKudybaArt/photos

Good night, God Bless. 🙏🏻💖