A full-service hunter/jumper boarding barn in Cochrane, near Calgary — for riders who already have a horse and want more than a stall. Three places to ride: a heated 80×180 indoor arena, a full outdoor sand arena, and a grass jumper ring with banks, water and ditches. And if three isn’t enough, take your horse out for a stroll on one of the many trails around our beautiful property. Add a heated barn, daily turnout, and an Equestrian Canada certified coach who’ll take you to your goals on your own schedule. Board that flexes to any budget, coaching that flexes to any show plan. All we need is you and your horse.
This is a working hunter/jumper facility built around the riding, not just the boarding — three places to ride, and across a year you’ll use all three. The barn aisle is heated and the 80×180 indoor arena is heated too, so you and your horse keep training right through an Alberta winter, not just in July. When the weather turns, you ride.
Come spring, the outdoor sand arena is where the work happens — full-size, good footing, flatwork and courses, and busy from the lesson riders right up to Kim’s own students. Then in the summer, when the ground is right, Kim takes her higher-level riders out to the grass jumper ring: banks, water and ditches, the kind of terrain you actually meet in the show ring, so your horse sees it at home first. Turnout is daily, individual or group depending on what suits your horse. It’s the setup you’d want if you were serious about showing — because the people who built it are.
And when you’ve had enough of going in circles, the property opens up. There are miles of trails around us — take your horse out for a stroll, hack out with a friend, and let a young one see the world a bit. It’s the thing boarders tell us they didn’t know they wanted until they had it: ring work that sharpens you, and country to ride out into on the days you’d rather not school.
Full-service board either way — a warm stall for the horse that needs one, a smaller stall for a smaller horse or pony, and an open paddock for the horse that’s happier out. Different options to fit different horses and different budgets. Monthly rates below; GST is extra.
Board here and you board where the coaching is. Kim Rawn — MC’s owner and Equestrian Canada certified coach, with 45+ years of riding, teaching and competing behind her — runs the training and competitive side herself, so your flatwork, your courses and your ring craft get sharpened right here at home, week over week: indoors through the winter, out in the sand arena through the season, and over the banks and water in the grass ring once summer footing allows. Training rides are available too — when your horse needs extra work on something specific, when a young or green horse needs the mileage and the learning, or when anyone just needs a tune-up.
When it’s time to show, we haul your horse and help with set-up — you’re there to lend a hand with loading, unloading and set-up too — and your coach is ringside for the day, warming you up, walking your courses, in your corner between rounds. Boarders who want to compete for real step up to the Show Team, Kim’s competitive hunter/jumper program: rated Alberta-circuit shows, provincial shows at every level, and travelling outside the province — or the country — when you’re ready for it. A season built around your horse and your goals, and results that land on the Wall of Fame. Same barn, same coach — one rung up.
These are lessons on your own or leased horse — different from the beginner Lesson Horse Program, where we supply the horse. Here the horse is yours; the coaching is what you’re booking. Take one a month or ride several a week — the more you do, the lower the per-lesson rate, so a real training habit costs less, not more. GST is extra.
Boarding & Training is for riders who already have a horse — owned or leased — at any level, chasing any kind of goal, from quiet hacking to a full show season. You bring the horse; we bring the barn, the rings and the coaching. And if you’re not quite here yet, there’s still a door in.
Whether you want a warm stall and a full training program or just good board with a coach on-site for when you need one, tell us about your horse and what you’re working toward. We’ll walk you through the board options, the facility, and how training and shows fit your season — no online form, just a real conversation.
Questions about boarding, training or a stall? Email boarding@mcequestrian.com or call the barn at (403) 932-3341 — it’s a landline, so please call rather than text. You’ll find us at 35095 Big Hill Springs Rd, Cochrane. We try to respond within 24 hours.
