Stepping Stone Farm

Stepping Stone Farm is a full service equine facility conveniently located in Carmel, Maine. Stepping Stone is owned and operated by Kris Nicola, a horsewoman of over 60 years. Kris has a strong pony club background and keeps the pony club safety standards in all of her lessons and horse work. She has worked with all different breeds of horses (and was even raised riding donkeys, mules, and someti

mes cows!) and people of all ages and cultures. Kris offers both English and Western lessons, but the main focus of Stepping Stone is eventing. We offer private and group lessons, as well as clinics with other instructors and one clinic in both spring and fall with two instructors. Stepping Stone has both an indoor and outdoor arena that is larger than standard size, access to miles of trails and there is even a cross country course less than 10 minutes away! We have several pastures and paddocks, a 22 stall barn with three tack rooms and two floors for hay storage. Stepping Stone offers full board, including grain, hay, your choice of a large or small stall, pasturing, worming, and blanketing depending on weather. We have a farrier that comes in every other week and your horse can be added to the rotation, or you can use a farrier of your own choice. Stepping Stone competes heavily, eventing all through Maine. On quiet weekends, our riders can be found doing trail rides with T.R.O.T. or traveling around the state to expose our horses and riders to various things.