UCSB Horse Boarders Association

This past weekend, West Campus Stables and its members put together a back to school gymkhana and potluck to celebrate the start of the new school year! A variety of fun events were played on and off horseback followed by a delicious meal. Good luck this quarter and happy school year Gauchos!

The days may be starting to get shorter, but it’s hard to beat sunsets like these at the barn!

A nice midday snooze on this Sunday afternoon 🌞😴

Happy summer! Here’s to more sunny, warm weather and beach days! ☀️🌊🏝️

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Welcome to the herd, Hokus! This handsome boy is a 20 year old Polish Warmblood adopted from a local rescue 🐴🌼

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happy memorial day 🩵 we are starting our week with a freshly
✅built course
✅ watered arena
✅dragged ring
did you know that our owning members and student riders do all their own stable maintenance? it doesn’t feel like hard work when we’re doing it for our equine partners🩵

Meet the newest pony in town- Catalina🐴

A fun fact about Catalina is that she’s a Santa Cruz Island Horse, a breed that was originally located on our local Santa Cruz Island! The breed originally descended from Spanish Colonial horses that were introduced to the island, and are now bred in Thousand Oaks, CA in order to conserve the breed.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the horse (and other) moms out there today! Whether you’re there to ride, cart us around to shows, or even just hold the horse (even if you have no idea what you’re doing)- we love and appreciate you so much so helping make our dreams come true! 🐴🌷

Pictured is one of our barn members Desiree and her mother riding together in Ireland 💚🧡

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Even on overcast days our barn members still hit the trail! The Ellwood Bluffs gives such a diverse landscape. Which view is your favorite- fields or ocean? 🐴🌊

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perfect conditions for a ride with your best friend🩷

Happy Valentine’s Day from our heart horses to yours! ❤️

We hope you galloped through midterms & are taking some time outside to enjoy the sunshine! ☀️

Love horses, want to bring your horse to college, or help others who have? Check out our website for more information on how you can become a part of our West Campus Stables family! 🐴

what’s better than a freshly dragged arena to start off the fresh new quarter?! happy first day back!🦄

happy finals season!📚 here’s how isabella and zeta spend their study break🤓

this morning’s thanksgiving trail ride🦃🍂🥧🤎
happy thanksgiving from the stables!

this month, 4 of our resident “west campus” ponies got to compete at the summer dressage show! what a beautiful local show put on by our community. Congratulations to our chair-person, Claire Divola & Red, for winning all their classes!🩵 Another congratulations to Desire Huff & Wiskey on winning their classes as well and putting in some absolutely beautiful rides! Congratulations Taryn Edwards and her horses Dani & Gal, as well for receiving great scores and ribbons✨ We couldn’t do it with out Scott ( ) for being our ride there!! every horse and rider has a story, and we are so proud of how far they have all come!💙💛

freshly dragged arenas >>> finals

Good luck on finals gauchos! 📝 Summer break is almost here!

Last week, we welcomed a UCSB art class to the stables to practice drawing horses! We had such a wonderful time hosting this class, and all the horses loved all the attention from the students! ✏️🐴

When mom comes to get you from turnout and asks if you ran though the mud like she specifically asked you not to do…

The barn has been a horse paradise lately, with grass as far as the eye can see! 💚

Max is hoping last weekend’s rain brings us lots of yummy grass to snack on! 😋

How to complete the perfect roll - brought to you by Mr. bear, our perfect palomino. 🐻

When you tell your pony that you’ll be right back with a carrot but last time the carrot you brought back was 1 cm too small so now he has to make sure you grab at-least 3 to make up for your horrendous mistake. 👀🥕

A unicorn & the beach!? 🦄 We can’t name anything better.

Where is your favorite place to ride? 🌿

Loaded up and ready for an adventure! 🐴🤠🌳 Many of our members love taking their horses to explore the trails, shows, and scenery of beautiful Santa Barbara.

Want to bring your horse to college? You can! Submit an application at the link in our bio. Our goal is to provide close, affordable boarding for UCSB students so bringing your best friend to college can be a reality!