Standley Lake Stables

If I could give more stars I would. Emily Honeyman as a manager goes above and beyond the call of duty. She's out there in the dead of cold to care for a clients sick horse or breaking waters that have frozen. She maintains all the rings multiple times per week. During the recent barn break-ins she offered solutions for parking to keep the clients safe. If you need extra food for your horse, she has your back. My horses have never looked better and are very happy. The board is quite affordable and the amenities are huge. I've paid more at other barns and had to use portable bathrooms. The kitchen is not only heated but has a real bathroom. It makes me sad when trainers who come there to build their business end up being untruthful and don't pay their bills. It's not ok for the clients of those trainers to then leave very rude reviews. There are plenty of clients there that have been residents for MANY years and they are loyal to this barn including two large animal vets that spend so much of their time at the barn attending to the resident horses!If you're looking for a quiet place to enjoy quality time with your horse, or to have your horse in training with one of the trainers at the facility, have open space to retire an old friend, or have a box stall with a run (with self care options) this is your place and if Emily isn't available to personally give you a tour then she will find one of the friendly staff members to fill in.

So I have been doing Youth private lessons here for about a year. Jen was my instructor, and for the most part she was excellent. However we paid extra for private lessons and I ended up doing about 7 lessons that were not private.

Horrible communication as far as boarding goes. I really wanted to board here since the facilities looked nice driving past. I got a few emails regarding pricing but when I asked for a tour of the facility, which is standard, I got no reply. Extremely frustrating since I had replied to an advertisement of theirs for boarding posted days earlier. I sent several more emails, texts and even called. They just stopped replying. How are you going to advertise but then ghost potential clients? Very disappointing.Taking off an additional star because they reposted the same ad recently but still haven't replied.

#RUDE #UNPROFESSIONAL #LOST INFO #LOST PAYMENT Anyone considering doing any kind of business with this facility should "RECONSIDER". Our daughter was, so we thought, all signed up for her horse camp. My wife called to make sure everything was good and spoke with the owner, kristi. She said she did not have a horse for her and no record of payment. Someone just so happened to cancel so she was able to get a horse. The owner finally found our down payment but if my wife wouldn't of called our daughter would of showed up and wouldn't of had a horse, pretty devastating for a 7 year old! Kristi had a detailed convo with my wife and said that it would be fine to bring in payment on Friday as she is car pooling with another family. She denied the whole convo and won't take a check nor allow an online payment and told the other family not to pick up our daughter as they would not be allowed in, who does that! Told my to wife to go to an ATM and get cash. My daughter is in tears right now so save yourself from an awful experience and find a professional place to send your kids to. #ANGRYDAD FYI THE LITTLE GIRL YOU GAVE HER SPOT AWAY AND HER LITTLE SISTER HAD PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE ARE FRIENDS WITH THEM AND HOW APPALLING THAT IS TO NOT CALL THEM KNOWING THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES! #DISGUSTED #EVEN MORE ANGRYDAD

Horrible customer service. I have been calling since Tuesday abt boarding my horses there and had questions abt their hay for sell. I've left messages with both phone numbers and no phone call back. Thank goodness I'm not boarding my horses there, I would never be able to get ahold of them if I needed something.

When I first checked this facility out I thought it was great, the owner was very nice and great at putting on a show like she knew what she was doing and she knew how to run a horse facility...let me remind you I have been riding and competing horses in the sport of Three Day Eventing since the age of 4 and also have a Bachelor's Degree in Equine Business Management and I am now 30! I should have got on here first thing and read the reviews which after things started going wrong I did and all the bad reviews on this facility are very true and exactly what I experienced.First off the owners are anything but horse people and very unprofessional. They are very under staffed and with what staff they have are not very horse savvy or experienced and would never know if there is something wrong with a horse. The owners hay business comes first, it does not matter if it is the middle of feeding time or the horses need to be tended to, the staff will run off immediately to assist in loading hay. There were many times my horses water buckets were empty on a 95 degree day and I had left notes on his stall to make sure they are filled at all times, old rancid beet pulp was dumped out on the ground in his pen with flies all over it, stall had not been cleaned all day and clumps of hay that had been sitting in his stall for several days because they had huge clumps of mold in them. Also there were times he had not been fed at all because the understaffed staff had forgotten about him and also they would just dump his new grain onto his old beet pulp from the night before without emptying or cleaning out the existing feed. Let me remind you the hay customers received the nicer hay and the boarders received the hay that was not even mediocre. They say they offer Alfalfa but most of the time the alfalfa hay was out and the horses were not even getting it. I was pretty much there every day feeding my horse because he was not being fed and dropping weight rapidly because they could not do it correctly. So much for full care board! I was told I would receive a discount for supplying my own grain which is Triple Crown Senior which is $26.00 a bag at this moment and I only received $15.00 off my board a month...wow, big help. I was also told beet pulp would be included in his feed which in the end was no longer an option and was told it was never included in the first place. The owner did not want to hear it and started to use things against me that were included in the original contract which she would never give me a copy of. The amount of board you pay there for "Full Care" is not worth $475.00 a month, if worth anything. This barn also has a "quarantine area" that is not even labeled which had a horse in it that had a possible case of VS, this quarantine area is a small pen with a tarp for shelter, the horse in there had severe sun burns all over its face as well. My leaving the facility was delayed by this incident for almost 2 weeks, which I found out not from the owner but by the vet as I needed to have a VS test done for the new facility I was bringing him to. Apparently the facility had already been under quarantine for a week and I was unaware...it was weird though how horses were still coming and going off of the property...sounds and looks pretty fishy to me. When I decided to leave this facility due to the severe lack of care, my horse dropping a great amount of weight and one of my family members being kicked off the property due to confronting the owner as a concerned boarder the owner turned into a greedy, immature little girl who is obviously in this business for the money only and does not care about the horses well being. I had to fight with this "little girl" for my contract which she still never gave me because "I was leaving and what was the point" quote on quote that is what was said to me and also that she was glad I was leaving. If I was the owner of a facility I would be very concerned if one of my boarders came to me with any of these issues and would have tried everything in my power to make the situation better and to keep my boarders happy and comfortable. Let me just say if you care about your horses and they are like family to you then don't go here, everything will seem great in the beginning and Kristy will put on a great front like she is a wonderful facility owner but eventually the true colors come out and she does not like confrontation as one girl was evicted from the property due to her horse being kicked and she did not want her horse turned out with the other horse anymore, she just wanted private turn out, Kristy's solution was to evict her. Please do not go here as it is not the last solution in the area and is by far not even close to being a facility that offers full care board as stated. As a concerned horse owner and boarder you should absolutely and completely run in the opposite direction.

This place has incredible owners who work with you and intend to do their best for you daily. The atmosphere is friendly and everyone here seems to be in a good mood regardless of the circumstances. You'll love it here. I highly recommend!

I wouldn't keep my horse at standley lake stables if they were the last stable on the whole front range. They quoted me a price to board my horse...then they doubled that...upon my complaint they offered to reimburse half of the overage. I tried 3 separate times to collect it on principal alone. I was told it was a trivial amount and I said fine just keep it but anybody who is in business especially in the world of equine ought to work as hard as possible to keep and attract boarders. ..not fight them when they were the ones who accepted the horse in the first place. It's also a very hard drive to get out of. They will not stay in business long with the attitude the owners have...and if you board there you may just need to find another place to board...In my opinion that's not a bad thing!

I just had to get on here and leave something positive b/c I'm really confused by the few negative reviews. I have nothing but good things to say about Kristi and the barn. First off Kristi is SO NICE!! I wasn't there when my horse was trailered in and couldn't get out for a few days, she took the time to make sure he was introduced slowly and was all settled, sent me tons of pics of him over the next few days. I had a bunch of questions for her every day on things and she always replied so quickly and is just bubbly and nice. The barn is casual with a friendly vibe, 2 outdoor arenas and 1 indoor, 2 hot water wash-racks, access to trails, bathroom, small kitchen area with table. My horse is in one of the larger pens not the barn, they hay twice daily and will do more if you provide what you need. They keep the pens mucked out, the ranch hands have all been so friendly. If you're looking for a laid back friendly atmosphere this is a GREAT place. Let the haters hate but please don't let that deter you! I also let my horse be used in the summer camp and Kristi even sends me pics of him and his youth rider letting me know he's doing great. Couldn't ask for more. I'm a real boarder, my horse is Mater if you ever go for a visit! :) Thx!

This barn is clean, safe, affordable, and has a wonderful community with the most incredible amenities. The facility is in great shape, and it is hands down the best price for the great quality of hay, the two huge outdoor arenas, lighted indoor arena, jump course, cross country course, gymkhana events, wash rack, and round pen. When hay prices spiked super high in the summer of '22(therefore increasing board), Emily gave the option to reduce board if you self clean your own pen. Emily does an amazing job of making sure that each and every horse has what they need to be safe, happy, and healthy. I have 4 horses here, and Emily always makes sure that they are well cared for. She helps me give medications to them, she always fixes their blankets when im not around, she offers to catch and hold them for the vet when I'm at work, and she goes above and beyond to run this well managed facility. We all know that there is no shortage of rude and extreme opinions in the horse world, and at a huge barn there are always some people who are unpleasant, high maintenance, and difficult to get along with. Emily ALWAYS handles tough conversations with respect, understanding, and with a priority of making everyone in the barn community feel safe and welcome. I am so impressed with the way she kindly and attentively communicates with the handful of boarders who act like they own the place, giving unwanted and extreme advice to other boarders and staff just trying to go about their day. Emily is incredible with the way she remains calm, fair, and kind to all boarders with the 80+ horses at the barn, and she always feeds horses before she eats, takes care of horses before she takes care of herself, and puts all horses' needs as her top priority