Sugar Creek Ranch Fenton, Missouri

Sugar Creek has the potential to be a great place to keep your horse, but there were just too many things I couldn’t get over as a boarder. I tried my absolute best to not be snotty or picky, but the care was mediocre at best. I boarded there for only a month; my horse was given a couple hours of turnout every day in lots that were constantly complete swamps. Every day they were pure mud and puddles even if it was sunny and hadn’t rained the day before. I understand they might not have a drainage system but with so many horses on the property it seems like they would have figured something out. They also feed 4 flakes of a hay per day, which is not enough for ANY horse to maintain a healthy gut. Then they charge you an arm and a leg for extra flakes. I also asked for more bedding because my horse was standing on just the mat underneath, with almost nothing to lay down on. So they wanted to charge me for extra bedding when that is the bare minimum basic care for horses in a stall. Overall both my horse and I just were not happy and would not recommend it. Pasture board seemed nice though, the horses had room.

the animals look adorable and the stalls are very nice! the indoor is huge!

Wonderful barn and people with many extras for your convenience...multiple outdoor and indoor arenas with trails! Great location also

My daughter has taken lessons here and we are very pleased! While walking around, I’ve encountered people who also have horses here or are working and they are very friendly. The horses are well cared for and the areas are HUGE! Highly recommend ????????

Love this place! Everyone super friendly and caring. Awesome arenas, too.

If you're considering Sugar Creek to board your horse I STRONGLY suggest you look elsewhere. As you can see from other reviews, Sugar Creek (it's owner in particular) has a reputation for continuously putting the animals under her care, at risk and anytime boarders approach her to ask why she is not providing basic care, she bullies them or threatens to kick them out. We boarded there for 18 mos and in that time we were told that only leaving a few inches of dirty, green water in a shared pasture trough for up to 20 horses was considered "acceptable" in her eyes. My wife was told never to fill up the trough. We have several photos of dirty water in this trough over the course of our time at Sugar Creek. We also mentioned to her that the gate to our horse's pasture had been left open to which she told my wife, "Oh your horse won't go far if she gets out". We also found out while we were out of town that a gelding was allowed in the mare pasture with our horse, resulting in her being kicked and bitten all over her hind quarters, all of which we have documented. This and the fact that when it was recently over 100 degrees for 4 consecutive days, the troughs were again photographed with having only a couple of inches of green, dirty water for our horses to drink out of, were the final straw for us. If you think ours is the only case, ask around about the reputation of this barn and it's owner and you'll quickly find out that the stories are consistent. Unfortunately many boarders here put up with the conditions because of the convenience of the location of the barn to St Louis. Hopefully yours won't be another one to experience how their barn is strictly a business and not about the care of these amazing animals.

My daughter has been taking lessons here for a few weeks and we couldn't be happier with the service we have received.

Avoid at all costs. The 12 pasture horses are given 1" of murky water in the water trough (maybe 20 gallons total) in +95° temperatures. Horses require 10-15 gallons a day in those temperatures. The horse owners are told not fill the water trough for they're (stable owners) convenience in cleaning, which occurs infrequently. The sable has been reported to the humane society before. If you challenge the stable owner Kathy on this you will be given 24 hours to leave. Kathy is an inept and unreasonable owner and her actions cause animals to suffer. If you care about you horse do not board at Sugar Creek Ranch.