Advance booking required. Trail rides and horse riding lessons often fill up quickly! Check availability and book a Trail Ride or Horse Riding Lesson online or, to book by phone, call Zerve at (800) 979-3370.
Check availability and buy tickets for: Riding Lessons & Trail Rides Or to purchase by phone, call Zerve at (800) 979-3370
Chaparral offers assisted arena rides for children with special needs, by advance reservation only.
If you ride with us our goal is to make sure you have a fun and safe adventure. If you board with us we'll treat your horses like our own. Everyone who visits the ranch is our guest and welcomed as a member of our community. Quite simply - we offer the best Bay area horseback riding.
Shawn Mott, founder of Chaparral Corporation, got his first horse, a mustang, when he was 10 years old and has been riding and working with horses ever since.
With over 35 years of experience, he has taught thousands of people how to ride safely. He also specializes in colt foundation training and "putting people back together" with horses who have developed behavioral problems.
Shawn lives on the Chaparral property and personally supervises the barn and ranch operations.
Just a quick note of thanks for the time my boys and nieces enjoyed at the ranch this week. I dropped all four off with no idea of how things would play out and picked up four very happy ranch hands! They had an absolute blast! They couldn’t wait to show off “their” horses and tell me all about the day and all the fun they had. I was especially pleased that my autistic niece felt part of every activity and hung in there with the other kids. A special thanks to you and the other instructors. This was an incredible experience and all four kids cannot wait to come back! Cowboy hats off to the awesome staff at Chaparral!" ~Kimberly Staffiery
