[milling73]

We were trail riders, owning horses for over 48 years and I have missed riding and our horses greatly.
As my personal opinion only, one of the reasons you may be getting low response is there is a great deal of difference between owning and riding your own horse - vs - taking a guided trail ride on a horse that has been trained to follow directly behind another at a walk. It is certainly not fear of getting hurt that stops me from joining a club and paying for an hour trail ride. It is because I, and probably many of us who have owned horses, prefer to do more. I would want to ride a responsive horse - that will go anywhere, at more than just a walk. Rental stables cant do that, thus for me there is little enjoyment in the ride.

You are correct though that there must be many previous horse owners here, who would love closer options to lease or board a horse here within the Villages, riding at will, and utilizing stalls, arenas, and land perhaps around the polo club, or another area.

While it would require Villages land and legal cooperation — A club with that type of access and activities would probably have much better chance of popular success.
katie millinger