Updated May 7, 2008

CSP Stables, a small hunter/jumper, sales/showing barn, is situated on 6.5 acres in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. We offer an excellent lesson program including day camps for all school breaks with the show scene in mind to be successful. Our students are a wonderful group of keen riders that love horses/riding and all aspects of horsemanship. Check out our lesson program & lease offers with the opportunity to show & jump competitively. We attend all local shows, cheering & helping each other through our accomplishments.

Quality ponies are often offered for sale. Our ponies are professionally trained and screened for perfect manners. We pride ourselves on honest representation and reasonable prices. Click here for references.

Check out our ponies for sale or contact us to request your specific pony needs. We may have a
pony not yet listed. We often know of several nice ponies for sale that may be your Perfect match.

CP also offers boarding/training consignment to help sell your pony. We do the work for you, including advertising, pictures/video, presenting, vetting, trials, paperwork, etc. We have various options available to meet your needs. Contact us for more info/prices.

"We truly love what we do"!!!!

Recent Events & News

Welcome new students Caileigh, Ally, Taylor, Jenny, Kierra & Anika who in now leasing "Poker"

"Pony Gals" ~FUN NIGHT~

For Sale: New ponies are here for sale, (Medium & Large), New pic's coming soon of Wilma & Betty!!!!

Riding lessons are in full swing.
Please view our updated "lessons" page to decide what might work best for you.

Summer Day Camps: Please view our Camps page for more info & reserve your week spot.

Do you have a nice quality pony for sale? We have a growing list of clients looking for perfect ponies.

For Sale: New small pony, "Berry" is adorable, see him on our small ponies page.

For Sale: Large Pony "Fernie" is for sale, see him on our large pony page.

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Shows/Events we are attending in 2008
(more to come as dates are confirmed)

Freezing...getting snowed out on our first spring show in April!!

April 19 VDRC Spring Schooling Show Snowed/Cancelled
May 10/11 Topline Stables H/J show in Salmon Arm
May 17/18 Spring Fever Series H/J Show KRC, Kelowna
May 24/25 Anthony Lothian Clinic. VDRC
May 31 Lanyard H/J show, Kelowna
June 7/8 VDRC H/J Show
June 20/21 KRC Summer Soltice H/J show
Aug 2/3 Summer Sizzler H/J show, Kelowna
Aug 9 VDRC English day
Sept 14 VDRC PC Show
Oct (tba) Harvest of Champions H/J show, Kelowna

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***Our student Aja King is not only a great young rider, but an accomplished author with a wonderful book called "Three Grin Salad" Along with a great read, a wonderful choice of pictures inside....our own large pony "Minika" is famous in the book!!!!!

Aja & her horse "Darby"

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A typical new pony shoppers experience:

I'd be very leery of the cheap, find 'em at the auction route. There's many reasons why a pony would be at the auction, and most of those reasons are not good.

Maybe I just kept coming across bad ponies in my search, but even trying an inappropriate pony can have devastating consequences. I was quite clear in all communication with pony sellers that I needed a bombproof pony for a timid walk/trot rider. One of these little darlings took off at a dead run and then spun on a dime, with my 7 year old on her, throwing him *hard* into the wall of the indoor. Yep, that did a lot for his confidence. It got to the point that no matter how small the pony, we were looking at, *I* got on it first. One pony was so barn sour that it threw itself on the ground (and me!) when I asked it to walk forward (but better falling on me than my son). Another pony was so strong that *I* could not steer it, forget about my son. We found a wonderful pony - quiet, could be ridden by my son in a halter & leadline - it had severe soundness issues behind where it couldn't pick up a foot to be picked without great difficulty. Vet said "no way" without even taking x-rays. And these ponies are just some of my stories - I have more.

Why go to the auction and potentially be stuck with a pony like we encountered? For an experienced adult rider who knows the risk of potential behavior/physical issues of getting a horse at auction, fine. For a kid? For a first pony who needs to be a saint? No way!

Lisa Cook Brookline, NH, USA

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*Please note: We can not be responsible for misrepresentation of ponies we do not own or keep on our premises. We try to the best of our knowledge get the most accurate information on all ponies.