Benbrook Stables

THIS IS SOLELY A REVIEW OF THE CHILDREN’S SUMMER CAMP:
My 10-​year old daughter just finished up a week long summer camp at the Benbrook Stables and it was excellent.
The staff was well organized and great with the kids, the horses (particularly Georgia :-) were a delight, and the crafts /​hide and seek in the barn /​water fights all made for a great day, each and every day of the camp.
Thanks again and we’ll be back next summer! p. s. tell Georgia that Madison already misses her!

I used this facility as an overnight stable ahead of a large show in the Fort Worth area. I initially had high hopes as communication via email seemed most helpful and pictures on the website looked promising. I ended up rather disappointed, however. I will say that I was not in the best of states after over 12 hours on the road when I arrived, but my frustration just mounted when the owner would not come up to the barn, but I rather had to track her down twice, first to find out where to put my horses, and then to pay her for the stay. I was also never asked for proof of negative Coggins or a health certificate which I found alarming if they regularly allow people to use the barn for overnighting.
The stalls were far from what I was expecting– bars were missing such that in many of the stalls, horses could reach their entire heads and necks through to each other. I had to use my leg wraps to create a barrier to prevent one of my horses from reaching out of his stall. Several of the stalls had large gaps under the door that gave me nightmares of caught feet and broken legs. Two of the horses in my group ended up with significant cuts– nothing life threatening, but not what you want right before a big show either. I would not advise serious horse people used to show quality barns to use this facility.

Benbrook Stables ia a nice facility. I took a close friend and her three cousins out here the day after Thanksgiving for a girl day. We were very amused going past the Parks Mall and seeing all the traffic that we were going as far away from as possible.
Horses were tame and well mannered. The ride wasn’t exciting but good for beginners. You wind along the pastures, cross a creek, go down another trail towards the lake, then swing around and come back. Ride was an hour for 30 bucks, cash only.
I give them only four stars because our very young trail guide left a young 13 year old lass with a stubborn grumpy horse alone in the back of our group. They should have had someone else back there to tell her what to do. Essentially, since I’ve ridden a bit, I wound up working and helping others with simple ways to control their horses. I had wanted to enjoy my ride, not work for free. They should have had someone else from the staff bringing up the rear. I suspect it was a larger than average ride due to the holiday but still. Not cool. They should have broken up the group into a smaller number from 20 horses down to ten.