Owned and Operated by Leslie Bancroft Haynes
Carriage Horse Training, English and Western Horse Lessons, Dressage, Outdoor and Indoor Horse Arenas

 

Full Service Equine Facility

       Horse Lessons, Carriage Driving, Ridden            Dressage, Training, Boarding & Sales        

Rough Terrain Farm is a full service equine facility with an 85x140' indoor arena, attached stalls with boarding for up to nineteen horses, a half-mile race track, and miles of woods trails and country roads for trail riding and carriage driving. Conveniently located five miles from I-89 in Randolph Center, Vermont, the stable is easily accessible to Montpelier, and the Upper Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont

Owner Leslie Haynes, a British Horse Society certified riding instructor, has extensive training in Natural Horsemanship (NH), dressage, and driving. She manages a diverse barn offering private lessons in basic horsemanship, long lining, pleasure and competitive carriage driving, dressage, and beginner to advanced English and Western equitation for adults and children (ages 6 and up). As a trainer, Leslie utilizes Natural Horsemanship, round penning, and de-spooking techniques. She specializes in re-schooling problem horses, teaching miniature horses to drive, training horses and ponies for riding, pleasure driving, and competitive driving events (CDE).

Rough Terrain Farm also has a separate co-op boarding barn, and offers quality riding and driving horses and ponies for sale, horse show coaching, arena driving trials, and clinics featuring guest instructors.

Please contact Leslie Haynes by phone at 802-279-5945 NOT by email.

Rough Terrain Farm is the Equine Center for Vermont Technical College's Equine Studies Bachelor Degree Program and is now run by the College. For more information go to VTC Equine Studies or call Dr. Dawn Carleton, Program Director at

802-728-1221.

As of Nov, 2011 Leslie Haynes is now offering the following services. Contact her at 802-279-5945 for details.

ROUGH BOARD: 3 stalls available in the co-op barn at $200/month. Must supply own feed and bedding, do chores 2x daily.

FULL BOARD: 1 stall available in Leslie's new barn at her house. Must supply own feed.

STALL & CARE FOR HORSES RECOVERING FROM INJURIES: Full care provided by Leslie, and Dr. Barry as needed.

PRIVATE RIDING & CARRIAGE DRIVING LESSONS WITH LESLIE: $50/hr, evenings and weekends in the indoor arena.

For Sale

DRIVING PONY, CART & HARNESS - $5000 or best offer

Seasoned and quiet, 11.2 h, Haflinger/Shetland driving pony for sale, ideal for beginner to intermediate driver. Comes with Smuckers biothane harness and Running Brook road cart.

SMUCKER'S DELUXE LEATHER MEDIUM PONY HARNESS- $1500

FULLY RESTORED 2-SEATER SLEIGH - $3500

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