Today my family (myself, my wife and my 10 year old daughter) went on a 1 1/2 hour trail ride with Sagebrush ranch. My wife and I had ridden horses several times in the past however my daughter never rode a horse before aside from the carnival pony rides. I was rather leery after reading all the yep reviews about bad experiences but I decided to call them to "feel it out". I expressed my concern that the horses needed to be well behaved and that my daughter was a totally inexperienced rider. After the conversation I felt good enough about it to give it a try. Everything was great! We arrived and the horses were waiting for us with our tour cowboy Jimmy and another experienced young rider named Ariel. Our cowboy had great conversation pieces to offer as well as a nice sense of humor and he never took his eyes off of my daughter! The terrain was rather even but it did allow us to go up and down some small swells. When the ride was over (after about 1 hour and 40 minutes) the trailer and staff were waiting for us and quickly helped us dismount and we were on our way.
I am not really sure how everything could turn around as quickly as it did or just the people with bad experiences had voiced their opinion in the past but we had a great time with very well behaved horses and informative staff. I am looking forward to riding with these guys again. And did I mention that you cannot beat the price even with a fat tip at the end of our ride for our cowboy.