New Beginnings Equestrian Centre

04/10/2026

Is this your year?

20% Discount Until April 20!

Application online - see our web link in the comments🤠

03/07/2026

I do it for the horses for sure! Each one is special in their own way. & I am blessed to have the clients that I do, trusting me in taking care of their horses, each and every day! 💗

🐴 The $300 Horse Boarding Problem

If you own a horse, this post might make you uncomfortable — but it needs to be said.

As someone who has spent years feeding horses before sunrise and cleaning stalls long after dark, I’ve watched this pattern happen over and over again.

You see the ads everywhere.

“Full care board – $300/month.”
Hay 24/7. Grain included. All the amenities.

And you wonder…

How are they doing it so cheap?

Because the truth is — horses aren’t cheap to care for.

Even if someone grows their own hay there are still costs:
fuel, equipment, repairs, labor, land, and time.

So when board is that cheap, something usually gets cut.

Maybe it’s feed.
Maybe it’s stall cleaning.
Maybe turnout quietly disappears.
Maybe water buckets only get filled once a day.

It doesn’t happen overnight.

It happens slowly… until one day someone sees your horse and says:

“Wow… he looks thin.”

You go home, look at old photos, and realize they’re right.

So you move your horse to a higher-end barn.

Now board is $700… $800… sometimes $1,000+ a month.

Your horse looks great again — but now you’re working so many hours just to afford it that you barely get to see them.

And that’s when people start leaving the horse world completely.

But there’s a third option that often gets overlooked.

Small private barns.

Not the mega barns.

Not the ultra-cheap barns.

The quiet, middle-of-the-road places where the owner does the work themselves because they can’t afford employees.

The places where your horse isn’t just a stall number.

Where feed is adjusted individually.
Where someone notices if your horse doesn’t finish dinner.
Where care is personal because the barn is small enough to truly manage.

These barns often sit half empty because they’re not flashy and they’re not the cheapest.

But many of them offer the best balance of care, affordability, and peace of mind in the horse world.

Sometimes the best place for your horse isn’t the cheapest or the fanciest.

Sometimes it’s the place where you can walk out to the pasture after a long day, breathe, and simply watch your horse be a horse.

❤️

And if you’re lucky enough to find one of those small barns that truly cares, hold onto it.

Those places are usually run by people who love horses more than profit, who do the work themselves every day, and who treat every horse like part of their own herd.

Small barns are the heart of the horse world.

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Now I’m curious…

Horse owners — what matters most to you in a boarding barn?

• Price
• Quality of care
• Amenities
• Quiet environment

And barn owners — what do you think is the biggest challenge in horse boarding today?

👇 Let’s talk about it.

12/15/2025

Anyone interested in a good deal! I already have the winning ticket, but let’s sell this out for the curling club! 😉

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10/20/2025

Yes please!!! 🙏

😭😁

10/17/2025

Selling for a friend, we’ve borrowed Winnie for the summer while our main mount is recovering from an injury, & owner has decided to sell her!
- she has been to cow sorting practice nights, she’s been played with in the indoor arena, been to 2 mountain trips this summer,

📌 Details:
- Age: 11yrs
- Height: ~14h ish
- Decent for the farrier (can be fidgety)
- Loads in the trailer
- Up to date on Teeth June 2025
- Currently wearing full set of shoes
- Morgan x Arab

Winnie is a sensitive girl, she will need a confident Intermediate hand, she’s not mean at all, she’s just a little weary with new people & new experience, although she’s 11, she’s had a late start to her riding career, she has 90 day start as a 3-5 year old & the 2 month refresher at the age of 8-9 & then the summer we have had with her.

This mare can move she got wheels & buttons that just need to be polished up!

💰 Low 4️⃣ figures (starting with a 5)
📍 Located near Onoway AB

10/14/2025

Thanksgiving weekend was a time to reflect on all the things we are thankful for. One of the many things I am thankful for, are all of you.

Thank you to everyone who has and continues to support Brooklynn, Trai & New Beginnings Equestrian Centre. Thank you to our boarders, to everyone who has themselves or whose children have taken riding lessons, to the training clients, to those who come out for trail rides, to our helpers and for each and every share or tag here on Facebook.

New Beginnings recently had a show day for the students where they could show and share their horsemanship skills. To support Brooklynn, I like to attend and take photos of the event. As part of my Thank you to the parents and students, please check out the photo gallery link in the comments below.

Sandra

09/16/2025

Sandra Boser Photography would like to thank all the ladies of New Beginnings Equestrian Centre, who invited me to take photos of their field trip to the Cadillac Ranch.

It was a lot of fun to capture these images for you and to watch your horses progress in their comfort and ability in working with the calves.

A link to the full photo album of this event, can be found in the comments.

09/13/2025

Dear Mother Nature,
Please be a little kinder to us next year—we’d so appreciate some more moisture! We really love having grass all summer and would be thrilled if it could last through the end of September (at least).

Having to put out hay in August and start winter feeding in mid-September just isn’t it.

Sincerely,
A passionate (and horse-poor) girl ❤️

08/26/2025

Gonna be spending the next couple evenings with all my lesson clients, doing trail rides, trying to beat the heat! Although we are enjoying this last feel of summer, riding in the shady tree’s instead of the hot arena is so much more enjoyable! ☀️

07/27/2025

Located North of Sandy Beach/ North of onoway.

56327 range road 13 (barrhead county) just on the line of lac st anne.

We have some August Camp Dates still Available.

$50.00 deposit to hold your spot

Lunch provided, heeled boot needed, I supply helmets

Drop off 9 am, pick up 4 pm

August 5th day camp (4 spots available)

August 19th day camp- (2 spots still available)

Located North of Sandy Beach/ north of onoway.

56327 range road 13 (barrhead county) just on the line of lac st anne.

We have some August Camp Dates still Available.

$50.00 deposit to hold your spot

Lunch provided, heeled boot needed, I supply helmets

Drop off 9 am, pick up 4 pm

August 5th day camp (6 spots available)

August 19th day camp- (4 spots still available)

07/16/2025

Located North of Sandy Beach/ north of onoway.

56327 range road 13 (barrhead county) just on the line of lac st anne.

We have some August Camp Dates still Available.

$50.00 deposit to hold your spot

Lunch provided, heeled boot needed, I supply helmets

Drop off 9 am, pick up 4 pm

August 5th day camp (6 spots available)

August 19th day camp- (4 spots still available)