Painted Bar Stables

Painted Bar Stables Come and enjoy the beauty of the Finger Lakes, the rolling hills of the Finger Lake National Forest, and the majesty of the ability to enjoy it by horseback.
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Painted Bar Stables is a community-oriented riding facility located just uphill from Watkins Glen, N.Y. The stable offers year-round guided trail rides to the general public as well as lessons, leasing, boarding and educational opportunities to facilitate dream-realization and lifelong relationships between people and horses. Specializing in trail riding and real world riding lessons the stable ha

s reliable horses to guarantee a safe, secure adventure on horseback for riders of all ages and abilities. Our experienced horses carry riders through the rolling landscape of the Finger Lakes Region on beautiful trails ranging from simple to rugged terrain. Each ride is carefully crafted through matchmaking of the horse and rider and selection of the perfect trail to give every individual the best experience possible.

05/31/2026

Heading out with Endless Waters Charters to catch fish for our all-inclusive Adult Immersion Camp that starts tonight!

If you haven’t gone boat fishing in the Finger Lakes before, definitely check out these charter trips - we’ve never come home hands empty thanks to the expertise of Captain Derek. They also do fabulous boating adventures if you just want to boat and not fish.

https://www.endlesswaterscharters.com

A walk in the field…Photo by Ryann Levo who owns River.
05/29/2026

A walk in the field…

Photo by Ryann Levo who owns River.

Ready for Laser Treatments!!Scotch had a bit of a rough day at Cornell today but better than expected results. A couple ...
05/28/2026

Ready for Laser Treatments!!

Scotch had a bit of a rough day at Cornell today but better than expected results.

A couple months ago we noticed a “cut” on her v***a. This actually happens more than you’d think when horses itch themselves on bushes or get kicked by other horses. Luckily the one things v***as are VERY GOOD at is healing.

However, when the sheath and v***a cleaner was here in April it still hadn’t healed and it looked really raw and wrong.

So vets were called, biopsies were done and after lab reports came in it looked like squamous cell cancer mass. So we got an appointment at Cornell and got the ball rolling.

Today they were able to de-bulk most of the mass but with the margins so close to the sphincter muscles caution had to be used. We were really unsure how well we would be able to remove it but once removed all of the veterinarians felt it was a better removal than expected.

Afterwards it was treated with a photo laser treatment - photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses a combination of photosensitizing medications and specific light wavelengths (from lasers or LEDs) to destroy cancer cells. It is highly effective for superficial cancers and precancerous growths.

We head back in two weeks but feel very optimistic.

The good news is that there’s absolutely no signs of any systemic issues - for a 22 year old mare she’s looking, moving and acting phenomenally. The treatments will help support her and she should recover from the standing surgery well.

We’ll just have to keep a nice close eye on her and she will have lots of check ups to monitor her ongoing!

Scotch is a horse that owes us nothing - at 22 years old this was her first ever visit to Cornell in the 19 years she’s been with us. She’s probably taught nearly 20,000 lessons, trail rides and pony rides.

Needless to say, she’s earned some deep pockets for treatment and we will figure out where to get the money from even if it is out of the personal piggy bank.

05/26/2026

Why are riding lessons important? Why is practice important? Why is volunteering and working in the barn important? Why is groundwork important?

So that you can do this.

Learning riding skills, increasing your Rolodex of past experiences, understanding how horses think, knowing how to read your horse and know what they need, having the capability to lead the way and ride independently, being calm enough to be able to communicate to others and advocate for your horse, being able to directly respond to the needs of others,

…. and doing it at a hand gallop on an open road.

This is what it looks like when you put it all together. Unfiltered and unedited.

A group of us went to Otter Creek together where everyone took part in the care of the horses, we rotated turns in leading and following, we worked together while also riding our own rides, and we communicated the needs of our own horses while also looking out for the other horses.

This is the point of everything we do back at the barn all put together.

What a weekend for all of us staff at the barn! Jennifer Marosek VanDusen running the Blacksmithing Intensive Weekend Cl...
05/26/2026

What a weekend for all of us staff at the barn!

Jennifer Marosek VanDusen running the Blacksmithing Intensive Weekend Clinic

Emma Hancock running Memorial Day Horseplay P*e Wee Day Camp as well as Youth Lessons

Alyssa Anway running all of the Adult Lessons

Zoe Waldron keeping up with all of the tourist trail rides, including rain reschedules

Erika Eckstrom in the Adirondacks with riders at Otter Creek for an EquiTravels

Claire Salsburg keeping the barn afloat, as usual

And our intern Desiree Williams was influential in helping us keep the barn rolling through a busy weekend and before phasing out to her next opportunity helping our new intern, Nya Newry, get her feet on the ground.

Hell of a team making a lot of dreams come true in the last couple days!!!

Rhysand and his best mate, SpockThey may be named after the very different fictional characters, but this nearly-yearlin...
05/17/2026

Rhysand and his best mate, Spock

They may be named after the very different fictional characters, but this nearly-yearling and senior mule are two peas in a pod. They are fabulous playmates for one another.

Spock may not be riding anymore but he is a fantastic babysitter and really shows the young horses the ropes.

Rhysand is a ½ Arabian ½ Quarterhorse foal by Vanzi Bars N Stripes

Photo by Ava Hameister out in the field today.

Address

4093 Lake Avenue
Burdett, NY
14818

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 8pm
Sunday 9am - 8pm

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