Owners Melanie Michaels Ryan and John A. Ryan bring together their combined knowledge, experience and passion for horses.  They offer expert services and maintain high quality, up-to-date facilities.  Located at Deerfield Manor in beautiful Puslinch, Ontario, JohnMel Stables provides a natural, low-key and welcoming environment for equine and human clients alike.

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We offer riding and horsemanship lessons tailored to your individual needs and goals, whether you are new to horseback riding or want to improve your skills and technique.

At JohnMel Stables we offer private and group lessons.

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Trail Riding at JohnMel Stables is a great way to enjoy the outdoors with friends, family and significant others. The ride is one hour through a scenic woods by the lake. Horses are quiet and provide the perfect trail partner as you enjoy a private ride with your party only, plus an experienced guide. Allow 2 hours for whole experience as you groom and tack up your own horse and provide after ride care and treats!

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Our approach to horse training is natural, gentle and individualized to each horse.  We start and re-start horses for riding or for the track, or re-training race horses as hunter-jumpers or event horses.  Reading each horse as we go, watching and listening to how they react to new challenges, we can customize the pace of training to the particular horse, ensuring continued forward progress. At JohnMel Stables we utilize the principles of classical training.

We value positivity and provide a supportive and encouraging environment.  At JohnMel Stables, it’s important to us to integrate the owner into the horse’s training process for a smoother transition.  We remain available for consultation on an ongoing basis.

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JohnMel Stables currently has three stallions available for breeding.  Our thoroughbred stallions, Turfiste by Military out of  Gen Corp Purposes and JMR Turfiskey by Turfiste out of Whiskey and Low offer a strong racing bloodline.  Turfiste race earnings were just over $300,000 Canadian.  Promeco by Prometheus out of imported registered Westphalian mare Phantasy.  Prometheus is a registered Westphalian warmblood stallion from Grand Prix champion jumper lines.  All stallions rank high in athleticism, bloodlines, conformation and temperament.  We provide high quality mare care at our facility.

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