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Riverbank Farm
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Colleen Pace, Owner

Phone:
(810) 496-0360

E-Mail:
riverbank@ucanride.com

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     Riverbank Farm serves as one of the primary test sites for the American Association of Riding Schools.  You can enjoy a riding lesson program that has national support in its dedication to offering you, the novice rider, the most comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to the sport and hobby of horses.

     Owner Colleen Pace brings a great deal of experience and a lifetime of horse enjoyment to your lesson program.  She purchased her first horse with babysitting money when she was fifteen years old.  After graduating high school, Colleen trained under U.P.H.A. Horseman of the Year, Arvil Brown at Sunny Hill Stables in Holt, Michigan.  In 1975 she opened SummerBreeze Stables in Owosso; and after marrying her husband, Gary, opened Riverbank Farm in Davison.

     During the mid-1980s, Colleen's son, Andy, competed on the Michigan Morgan Horse circuit with his little red mare, SummerBreeze's Storm; while Colleen volunteered as a youth leader for the state club.  Andy and Storm placed second in the state in English Pleasure for Youth Ten-Years-and-Younger at the Michigan All-Morgan Horse Show in Detroit.

     Over 450 youth and adult riders have been introduced to riding under Colleen's supervision at Riverbank Farm.  Over 2,500 Girl Scouts have earned their Horse Lovers Badge at Riverbank and, in 1995, Storm was named "Animal of the Year" by the Genesee County Humane Society, for her (and Colleen's) work with novice riders, scouts, and school and community groups.

     In 1998, with an honors degree in business from the University of Michigan-Flint, Colleen founded the American Association of Riding Schools, the nation's first comprehensive riding program designed especially for non-horse-owners.  She continues to oversee the program at Riverbank Farm including private instruction, scout and school programs, birthday parties, and pony experiences for children too young for lessons.  She is supported by two additional highly qualified instructors and six excellent schooling horses.

     From her smallest rider to her adult trail riders, Colleen knows how to make the experience a "just right for me" one.

     A telephone visit with Colleen will answer your questions, and a visit to the stable will help you decide whether horseback riding is the hobby for you.  Call today!  (810) 496-0360

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