Welcome!
Please call barn manager Karla Hankee on the barn cell at (608) 577-4867 to set up a time to take a tour of our boarding facility and see the place in person.
All of our stalls are currently full. Please call to get your name on the waiting list.
BEE does NOT offer rough board. All horses are turned out daily and spend nights in their own stall. This allows us to more closely monitor each individual horse and be sure they are getting the food, supplements and care they need.
Bristol Equestrian Estates does NOT offer lesson horses or lease horses. If you board your own horse here, there are several trainers who give lessons to our boarders.
Stalls Our 12′ x 12′ fully matted stalls are thoroughly cleaned SEVEN days a week, 365 days a year! BEE does not avoid stall cleaning just because it is a holiday. We use quality, clean pine shavings for bedding, on top of the matted floors. The grain boxes and the automatic waterers are scrubbed once a week; waterers are also dumped out daily.
Daily Pasture Group Turnout
Daily Pasture Turnout Weather providing, horses get 8-10 hours of turnout on grass pastures. Our pasture group sizes are 4-6 horses and we always separate the mares from the geldings.
Dry Lot Turnout Sixteen individual dry lots each have their own hayfeeder, heated automatic waterer, and shelter. Private/semi-private (shared with one other horse) dry lot turnout is available for an extra fee per month. Perfect for special needs horses who can not be on grass, for injury rehabilitation, for show horses or for stallions.
Indoor Riding Arena Our insulated 80′ x 140′ indoor arena is dragged and groomed 7 days a week! We have a Kiser drag that grooms the footing to perfection. The fluffy top layer of sand sits on a solid, level base that is perfect for several different riding disciplines. Our boarders ride eventers, hunters, jumpers, western pleasure, saddleseat, dressage and even do some driving.
Another view of our indoor arena taken from near the lounge. Our arena is very well insulated and thus stays very comfortable. In the dead of winter, our boarders usually ride in just a long-sleeved shirt and a vest.
Heated & Air Conditioned Lounge Our lounge and viewing area is comfortable year-round, with windows to watch the action in the indoor arena. Sit back and relax in our equine themed area.
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Lounge Kitchenette Our lounge includes a kitchen area complete with microwave and sink. Great for snacking or meals while you are at the barn. Plus the local pizza & sub shops deliver here quite regularly!
Relax For those non-horsey guests and family members, our lounge has a TV with VCR/DVD player. Perfect so you don’t miss the Badgers or Packers game! The table & stools work great for kids doing homework, plus you can always see what is going on in the indoor riding arena.
Mowed trails between pastures and crops.
Trails Since we are located on almost 300 acres, we have plenty of room out on the trails.
Our mowed trails are easy to follow; flowing over gently rolling farmland, around the pasture fencelines (photo), and also around & through our crop fields. Some of our trails wind through a section of woods.
BEE’s trails are wide enough for 2-4 people to ride side-by-side and also convenient for driving a carriage or cart.
No need for riding on roadsides here!
Imagine you and your horse riding our trails on a day like this!
Wooded Trails
The trails through our woods are wide enough for a small tractor to go through, have very clear boundaries, and wind lazily through the trees.
Cranes taking a stroll in one of our fields.
Wildlife If you ride quietly and slowly, you may just glimpse various songbirds, rabbits, cranes, whitetail deer, fox, raccoon, or other native wildlife along our trails.
Beautiful fall colors along our trails.
More fall colors along the trail.
Spottie the Barn Cat
Ferocious Guard Kitty Often times our lounge is guarded by Spottie the barn cat. OK, so she likes to nap on the back of the couch and she is probably only guarding her blanket ; )
