Catawba Equestrian Center

Hours: Catawba Equestrian Center, located in Roanoke County, Virginia, offers private horse boarding with 24/7 free roaming and stall or run-in options. The on-site barn manager lives on-site, ensuring constant care for the horses. The facility boasts impressive amenities, including indoor and outdoor riding arenas, groomed trails, a huge outdoor arena with excellent footing, jumps, and lighting for night riding, and an indoor arena with rubber flooring, mirrors, new LED lighting, and 16-foot ceiling fans. The stalls are level and matted, with heated water in the wash stall. The tack rooms are climate-controlled, and the lounge and restroom are "civilized" and clean. The facility also features covered hay feeders and upcoming automatic, heated troughs. Boarders receive high-quality, forage-based grain feeding and stall cleaning twice daily, with seasonal hay provided as needed. Reviewers describe the facility as "absolutely picturesque," "the cleanest and most organized boarding barn," and praise the "amazing" improvements, such as the industrial ceiling fans and heated/cooled tack and office spaces. The barn manager and owners are consistently described as "really good people" who "care so much about equine nutrition" and provide wonderful instructors. Boarders express their happiness and gratitude for the exceptional care their horses receive and the welcoming community at Catawba Equestrian Center.

1. Catawba, Virginia