Wheaton Park Stables
Wheaton Park Stables, 1101 Glenallan Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20902
About
Wheaton Park Stables offers pony rides, riding lessons, trail rides, summer camp, birthday parties, scout activities, and photo shoots. Pony rides take place in the indoor arena, where ponies are led by someone a couple of times around the arena, and for first-time visitors they use ponies and sometimes a small horse rather than tiny ponies. Trail rides are guided and are available by reservation only, with no walk-ins accepted.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Pony rides are offered on Sundays from 1:30–2:30 pm and Thursdays from 11 am–12 pm, trail rides are guided on Sundays in spring and fall only, and riding lessons run in 12-week series.
• Price: $10 per pony ride (cash/check) or $12 with Venmo; pre-bagged composted manure is $5 per bag.
For pony rides, children must be at least 3 years old, wear long pants and closed-toe shoes (no crocs or sandals), and use helmets provided by the stables, which are not bike helmets. No reservations are needed for pony rides for groups of three children or fewer, while groups larger than three children must reserve in advance, and ponies do not travel offsite. Wheaton Park Stables focuses on English style balanced-seat equitation, offers group riding lessons for ages 8 through adult, and offers horse-related riding and activities for ages 3–18 in summer camp, with no “one time” or private riding lessons.
Wheaton Park Stables has been in existence for close to 60 years, and the current owner, Sandy Creecy, has been operating the stables since January 2008. The program states that it strives to make horses and activities with them accessible to more people. Wheaton Park Stables partners with its volunteer crew, the Cura Personalis Project, to support its horses, barn and facility, and its program, and county officials have formally acknowledged its role in the community after many community members testified and sent letters to keep the stables from closing.
The stables also offer composted manure, which is free if visitors bring their own shovel and containers and shovel and haul it away themselves, or available pre-bagged for a fee, and truckload compost loading can be arranged using their tractor. Visitors using the compost pile are instructed to access it on the right side of the barn at the back corner and to close the gates behind them in both directions.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Pony rides are offered on Sundays from 1:30–2:30 pm and Thursdays from 11 am–12 pm, trail rides are guided on Sundays in spring and fall only, and riding lessons run in 12-week series.
• Price: $10 per pony ride (cash/check) or $12 with Venmo; pre-bagged composted manure is $5 per bag.
For pony rides, children must be at least 3 years old, wear long pants and closed-toe shoes (no crocs or sandals), and use helmets provided by the stables, which are not bike helmets. No reservations are needed for pony rides for groups of three children or fewer, while groups larger than three children must reserve in advance, and ponies do not travel offsite. Wheaton Park Stables focuses on English style balanced-seat equitation, offers group riding lessons for ages 8 through adult, and offers horse-related riding and activities for ages 3–18 in summer camp, with no “one time” or private riding lessons.
Wheaton Park Stables has been in existence for close to 60 years, and the current owner, Sandy Creecy, has been operating the stables since January 2008. The program states that it strives to make horses and activities with them accessible to more people. Wheaton Park Stables partners with its volunteer crew, the Cura Personalis Project, to support its horses, barn and facility, and its program, and county officials have formally acknowledged its role in the community after many community members testified and sent letters to keep the stables from closing.
The stables also offer composted manure, which is free if visitors bring their own shovel and containers and shovel and haul it away themselves, or available pre-bagged for a fee, and truckload compost loading can be arranged using their tractor. Visitors using the compost pile are instructed to access it on the right side of the barn at the back corner and to close the gates behind them in both directions.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
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