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Fantasy Farms offers horseback riding lessons, summer horse camp, horsemanship camps, birthday parties, and horse shows. Riders take part in English riding, Western riding, jumping, show jumping, and trail obstacles, along with horse management and horse health care. The program uses child-friendly horses and show riding facilities and offers personalized riding programs beginning at age 6.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
Fantasy Farms has been offering horsemanship camps for 30 years and opened in 1986 as a full-service stable with boarding and leasing. The leadership team includes founder and trainer Ele Dewar, barn manager and trainer Madelen (Madi) Dewar, and the Dewar family: Rick, Ele, Shelby, and Madi. Fantasy Farms has a Club House dedicated to the Fantasy Fhantoms 4-H team that also serves as a bunkhouse for summer camps and is involved with 4-H and Oregon High School Equestrian Teams (OHSET).
Fantasy Farms has trained staff who work closely with clients to create a personalized program for success. Ele Dewar started riding and showing at age seven, has been a Marion County 4-H leader for over 26 years, and has coached riders who earned NWHC, POA, OFEA, OHSET, Appaloosa and Buckskin year-end awards, OFEA rider of the year for ten consecutive years, OHSET top performance riders for eleven consecutive years, and Overall Rookies of the Year for five years. Madelen (Madi) Dewar has earned local, regional, world, and international titles on multiple breed circuits, numerous high point titles and ROM championships, multiple 4-H State Champion medallions and scholarships, and was undefeated in all of her performance events at the 2015 OHSET State Finals, earning a perfect score of 100 and the OHSET State High Point and State College scholarship.
Fantasy Farms offers a winning team showing in OHSET, 4-H, and open horse shows and hosts an annual horse show with classes in English, Jumping, Western, Equitation Medal classes, Showmanship, and Halter, with silver belt buckles and awards. Testimonials from parents and caregivers describe positive experiences with birthday parties, summer horse camps, riding lessons, and the barn environment, and note organization, cleanliness, and the staff’s work with kids and horses.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
Fantasy Farms has been offering horsemanship camps for 30 years and opened in 1986 as a full-service stable with boarding and leasing. The leadership team includes founder and trainer Ele Dewar, barn manager and trainer Madelen (Madi) Dewar, and the Dewar family: Rick, Ele, Shelby, and Madi. Fantasy Farms has a Club House dedicated to the Fantasy Fhantoms 4-H team that also serves as a bunkhouse for summer camps and is involved with 4-H and Oregon High School Equestrian Teams (OHSET).
Fantasy Farms has trained staff who work closely with clients to create a personalized program for success. Ele Dewar started riding and showing at age seven, has been a Marion County 4-H leader for over 26 years, and has coached riders who earned NWHC, POA, OFEA, OHSET, Appaloosa and Buckskin year-end awards, OFEA rider of the year for ten consecutive years, OHSET top performance riders for eleven consecutive years, and Overall Rookies of the Year for five years. Madelen (Madi) Dewar has earned local, regional, world, and international titles on multiple breed circuits, numerous high point titles and ROM championships, multiple 4-H State Champion medallions and scholarships, and was undefeated in all of her performance events at the 2015 OHSET State Finals, earning a perfect score of 100 and the OHSET State High Point and State College scholarship.
Fantasy Farms offers a winning team showing in OHSET, 4-H, and open horse shows and hosts an annual horse show with classes in English, Jumping, Western, Equitation Medal classes, Showmanship, and Halter, with silver belt buckles and awards. Testimonials from parents and caregivers describe positive experiences with birthday parties, summer horse camps, riding lessons, and the barn environment, and note organization, cleanliness, and the staff’s work with kids and horses.
Last updated June 12, 2026.
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