Chasing Laurels / Horse Boarding Farm in Des Moines, Iowa

CHA Certified Instructor
Riding lessons and training, Insured for Professional/General Liability Insurance

Chasing Laurels enjoys providing a variety of programs for children, teens, and adults. There are riding lessons, day-camps, birthday parties, unicorn parties, public & private school visits, trail rides, camp-outs with horses, hang outs at the barn, Girl Scout Badge Clinics, boarding for ponies & horses, volunteering opportunities and more.

We are Proudly located at the old Rasmussen Training & Layup Center.

The lessons last one hour. They include grooming, tacking, and riding.We provide general English and Western lessons and ownership lessons, for adults and children. Our focus is on safety, core center of balance, communication between rider and horse, and goal setting. We DO have jumps, barrels, poles, cones, thoroughbred racing gear, driving gear etc...

Our facilities include 30 matted stalls, 6 heated stalls with spring inducing lighting, 6 horse Equi-Ciser, outdoor walker, indoor arena, 12 paddocks, several large pastures, quarantine facilities, heated vet room (with stocks, electric, heated water, etc.. ) 2 bathing areas, boarders tack room, student tack room, lounge, washer & dryer, heated indoor bathroom, kitchen facilities available for special events.

Specialties

All Breeds And Disciplines Are Welcome All Disciplines and Riding Levels Welcome AQHA Arena Beginner Lessons On Own Or School Horses. Board Boarding Broodmare And Foal Care CHA Certified Colt Starting Daily Handling Of Horses Daily Individual Turnouts Daily Pasture Turn-out Daily Stall Cleaning Dressage Education English English Pleasure Equitation Excellent Care Full Service Boarding Facility Geriatric Horse Care Gift Certificates Group Activities Group Instruction Horse Injury Rehabilitation Horse Leases Available Horse Retirement Care Horse Summer Day Camp for Kids Horse Training Horse Transport Available Horse/Pony Birthday Parties Horseback Riding Lessons Horses for Sale Hunter Jumper Individualized Care Indoor Riding Arena Insured Jumping Layovers, Stopovers Leasing Lessons Natural Horsemanship Open 7 Days a Week Outdoor Arena Overnight Stabling Pasture Board Pastures Personal Attention Given To Each Horse And Human Personalized Care Pole Bending Private Riding Lessons Retirement With Full Care Riding Clinics Riding Lessons Riding Lessons for Adults Riding Lessons for Children Round Pen Stables Stall Boarding Trailer Parking Available Trainer On-site Wash Rack Weekly Stays Western Western Pleasure Young Riders Welcome Youth