River Side Performance Horses

Welcome to River Side!
We are a small, family run farm located in the rolling hills of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. With a strong emphasis on family and friends, you’ll find yourself in an incredibly fun and welcoming environment the moment you step out of your vehicle! You can expect warm nickers, lots of laughter, A LOT of coffee, good conversation, and a great experience. You won’t find yourself in a large barn with a revolving door of horses. Instead, you’ll find 1-3 good minded “sale” horses and our own personal horses! We like to make sure horse “shopping” is a “no pressure” experience for all our clients. One thing you will never experience is a push or aggressive sales pitch to buy one of our horses. We don’t need to tell you how great your prospective horse is, we let THEM show you! We believe connection between horse and rider is incredibly important and should always be upheld in the highest regard. Our duty is to make sure horse and rider are on the same page and will compliment each other for years to come. Every horse that is in our barn is a part of our family. We ride them ourselves, feed them ourselves, hug them ourselves, and shed a tear when each one leaves. They are OUR horses until the day they leave, giving us the opportunity to truly get to know them.

We believe in passive leadership and positive reinforcement when working with all horses. Never teaching through fear or excessive pressure, our goal is for both human and horse to have a clear and effective ability to communicate. Our program is simple. We instill kindness, quietness, consistency, and dependability in ourselves in order to clearly communicate with each and every horse. Using equine and human psychology is THE foundation of everything we do here. We work with with the brain, not against it.