Sauvie Island Stables

I had an amazing experience boarding my mare here and highly recommend anyone looking to board! Kira and her husband have transformed the stables into such a beautiful property. Huge green grass pastures in the summer but dry lots for the winter. Beautiful trails and arenas! The horses are VERY well cared for here by everyone especially the owners. All the horses are so happy here and well cared for and it really shows!

I have been involved with Sauvie Island Stables for the last 7 years: and it has been a great joy to ride my horse there. The property is spectacular--beautiful riding trails, and bordered by the Gilbert River, with blue herons, bald eagles, an owl, deer, and the occasional coyote. The new owners are upgrading the paddocks, the trails, the barns, and the roads, and it continues to be a welcoming horse home. Very much appreciated.

Just joined SIS a couple of months ago and are loving it. So close to me in Portland. So much space to ride and work my horse. My horse is relaxed and happy. His care is great - always clean stalls and loves his turnout. The new owners are making huge improvements to the property and they are so nice and easy to talk to. I have met many kind boarders and look forward to making horse friends and riding the property trails with them.

We signed our 11-year-old daughter up for spring break camp 2023 with the hope that she would gain enough familiarity and horsemanship skills to ride horses with her grandpa at our family ranch over Memorial Day. We are so impressed by how much her understanding of horses increased in this one week camp. By the end of the week she was able to canter in the ring, and in addition to the riding skills she learned about the work and care of horses (cleaning out stalls, tack, etc). Sauvie Island Stables provided a high-quality education experience in horses and horsemanship for my daughter. We liked the camp so much that we've already sent an email about private lessons so we can continue working with SIS.

I’ve been boarding at SIS for about a year. The staff is great—very attentive and clearly care about each horse! Everyone is friendly. The new owners have been doing an amazing job communicating and understanding what’s important to the community of boarders. The improvements they’ve made to an already beautiful property in such a short amount of time has been really impressive to watch!

My family has been boarding at Sauvie Island Stables for 7 years. We currently have 3 horses stabled there. The atmosphere is warm and supportive with boarders going on rides together on the property (75 acres of trails) and also traveling and camping together. The owners are accessible, open and easy to talk to. They live on the property and keep a close eye on all our precious equines. Our trainer Judy is a wonderful teacher and has students who started with her at 4 or 5 who are still riding with her and are part of our barn family. We feel so lucky to have our horses in such a lovely and easy going barn where the care is great and our animals thrive!!!

I have boarded at Sauvie Island Stables since 1999 and there are several people who have boarded here even longer. I think that is a positive review in and of itself. I like this barn because it is actually a low-drama, laid-back place. I have attended horse activities at many other barns and never saw one where I would rather board. I find the boarders friendly and we look out for each others' horses and support each other as needed. I am very sorry that a few of the boarders had an unpleasant experience here. The trainer is great and I admire and trust her skills enough that I let her use my horse in her lesson program for many years, until I retired him due to old age.