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Stone Pine Stables offers horse riding lessons and equestrian instruction through a riding academy and competition program. Riders can train in Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation within an A-Circuit boarding, training, and competition barn. The program includes both group lessons and opportunities to ride as part of a competition barn, and the youngest riders they take are 6-year-olds.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Price: Initial lesson is $130
Stone Pine Stables states that it instructs all riding levels, from beginner to seasoned competitor, with a holistic approach that coaches both the physical and mental attributes of the sport. The program offers top class tuition led by head trainer and owner Karen van der Burgh, a multiple times South African National Champion and South African World Cup Jumping Series winner. Stone Pine Stables has joined forces with Harley Brown Equestrian, and they are now one barn.
Karen van der Burgh is described as an accomplished rider and trainer with experience in Showing, Equitation, Jumping, and Eventing from a young age. As a child rider (14 and under), she made the Provincial Team for Showing, Equitation, Jumping, and Eventing, placed 4th and 7th on her two ponies in the South African Eventing Championships, and won both the 1.20m Western Province Pony Show Jumping Championships and the Equitation Championships. At the junior level (14–18 years), she obtained Provincial Colors for Equitation and Show Jumping, placed 5th in the South African Junior Show Jumping Championships (1.40m) at age 14, and won 4 out of 5 classes at the South African Junior Show Jumping Championships, including the South African Outdoor Grand Prix and the South African Show Jumping Championships. She made the South African Junior Show Jumping Team for two years in a row and was ranked the number 1 Junior Showjumper in South Africa from age 15 until she moved into the adult classes at 17.
As an adult rider, Karen van der Burgh won the South African Adult Show Jumping Championships (1.50m/1.60m), placed 2nd and 3rd in the South African Derby, and won and placed in many CSI-W World Cup Qualifiers. She won the South African World Cup Series in 2001 and qualified to ride in the FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany. She has worked as an Assistant Trainer for Harley Brown Equestrian, described as one of the top West Coast barns, and is noted as having ample knowledge working with horses at any level. Stone Pine Stables notes that she excels at giving her students confidence and believes in a system of positive reinforcement. Stone Pine Stables indicates that they love introducing kids of all ages to horses and horse riding, and that group lessons create camaraderie among riders and enhance the learning process in line with the barn culture.
Last updated March 19, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Price: Initial lesson is $130
Stone Pine Stables states that it instructs all riding levels, from beginner to seasoned competitor, with a holistic approach that coaches both the physical and mental attributes of the sport. The program offers top class tuition led by head trainer and owner Karen van der Burgh, a multiple times South African National Champion and South African World Cup Jumping Series winner. Stone Pine Stables has joined forces with Harley Brown Equestrian, and they are now one barn.
Karen van der Burgh is described as an accomplished rider and trainer with experience in Showing, Equitation, Jumping, and Eventing from a young age. As a child rider (14 and under), she made the Provincial Team for Showing, Equitation, Jumping, and Eventing, placed 4th and 7th on her two ponies in the South African Eventing Championships, and won both the 1.20m Western Province Pony Show Jumping Championships and the Equitation Championships. At the junior level (14–18 years), she obtained Provincial Colors for Equitation and Show Jumping, placed 5th in the South African Junior Show Jumping Championships (1.40m) at age 14, and won 4 out of 5 classes at the South African Junior Show Jumping Championships, including the South African Outdoor Grand Prix and the South African Show Jumping Championships. She made the South African Junior Show Jumping Team for two years in a row and was ranked the number 1 Junior Showjumper in South Africa from age 15 until she moved into the adult classes at 17.
As an adult rider, Karen van der Burgh won the South African Adult Show Jumping Championships (1.50m/1.60m), placed 2nd and 3rd in the South African Derby, and won and placed in many CSI-W World Cup Qualifiers. She won the South African World Cup Series in 2001 and qualified to ride in the FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany. She has worked as an Assistant Trainer for Harley Brown Equestrian, described as one of the top West Coast barns, and is noted as having ample knowledge working with horses at any level. Stone Pine Stables notes that she excels at giving her students confidence and believes in a system of positive reinforcement. Stone Pine Stables indicates that they love introducing kids of all ages to horses and horse riding, and that group lessons create camaraderie among riders and enhance the learning process in line with the barn culture.
Last updated March 19, 2026.
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