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Our Team

Learn, Grow, Connect, Ride 

Welcome to our team page , Take a look art our horses & Instructors. Along side this team is our wonderful guest instructors who cover different topics. these guests include; Vets , Farriers , Veterinarian Technicians, Farmers from different types of farms and More.

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Baillie Gardner

Program Lead 

Baillie has so many wonderful passions in life , The top 3 are Horses , Coaching and helping others grow, learn and build confidence. 

Baillie has designed this program from the very bottom with a focus on allowing horses to help us in our healing journeys. 

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Bella 

"Dream Catcher" 

Bella was Baillie's first horse and is now retired at Dream River Stables. Although Bella is not in many of our programs she does help with our Healing with Horses program. 
Bella is 23 years young and is the matriarch of the farm. 

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Gabrielle ( Gabby)

"Bizou" 

Gabrielle is Baillie's Personal horse. She still does enjoy all the company of students and is sometimes used for grooming sessions. Gabrielle is a 15 year old Canadian Warmblood. Baillie has shown Gabrielle successfully throughout Atlantic Canada & Wellington Florida, in the hunter divisions. 

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Zeus

"Gold Rush"

Zeus is a crowd favorite , from his smile trick, to his brilliant mind he is the ultimate Golden Boy.  Zeus is a confidence builder by nature , he loves to work and enjoys ground time just as much. Zeus is in all of our programs. 

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Piper

"Wonderland" 

Piper is a fantastic horse in our program. Piper has been owned by Baillie since 2019. During the time she was not at the farm Piper spent time in a few other lesson programs around the province. She loves kids and is a great teacher, we are so glad she came home to be in our program. 

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Ivy

"Evermore"

Ivy was purchased for the farm in 2024. She is a young QH mare who is very well developed for her age. Although still considered a baby , Ivy is extremely pleasant to work with and is definitely already defining what a solid lesson horse is made of.

Jasper

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"Celebrity Status"

Jasper is a beautiful big Trakehner . Jasper is not used in our school programs , He is ridden by a few of our experienced riders and Baillie. Jasper is however a great horse for doing demonstrations with. 

Luna

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"Looney Tunes"

Luna was the first pony we brought to the farm. A fantastic Pony who loves to work and is absolutley fantastic with kids.

Harry

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"Hogwarts Express"

Harry joined our family in 2022,  Harry came from a sad situation and has spent the past couple years learning to trust people again. Once he is more comfortable undersaddle he will slowly join our program. 

Serena

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"Gossip Girl"

Serena joined our program in 2023.  She has made an excellent addition to our programs , and is used in Beginner  through advanced lessons.

Aurora 

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"Midnight Rain" 

Aurora joined us in 2023. She is in our program for beginner through advanced riders, She quickly became a farm favorite with her smooth gaits and willing personallity.  

Ella 

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"Enchanted Balou"

Ella has been in the family almost her entire life. She has had some beautiful foals with her bloodlines. 

She is offered for Breeding Lease at the moment 

Stella

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"Fabulous"

We rescued stella from Auction in early 2023. Stella stands 28" tall and is classified as a dwarf miniature horse. Stella is fantastic for kids and has truly come into herself and new found position well. She is a pleasure to work with and is used in most of our ground programs, although Stella is too small to ride there is so much this pony can do

Trixie

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"Toy Story"

Trixie came last summer with her lifelong companion Zoey. Trixie absolutely adores affection  and attention and although too small to be ridden , She does participate in non riding programs. Trixie has her own program coming soon ! 

Zoey

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"Starlight"

Zoey came to us with her friend Trixie for a safe forever home. Although the more reserved of the two , Zoey is perfect for students to learn about the different approaches one must take around horses with different backgrounds or personalities . She still enjoys a good groom and free play. As long as she can check back with Trixie afterwards 

Winnie

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Windenburg 

Winnie joined our program towards the end of 2023. Winnie is a big girl with a dog like personality. She loves to be pampered and is a gentle giant. Winnie is part leased and only in our lesson program part time 

Pigsley 

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"Chanel"

Pigsley aka Chanel is a "Mini" Pot Belly Pig who loves to spend time with people , tidy up the yard & of course clean any feed buckets that are left out. Chanel loves belly rubs and playing in her yard. 

Dream River Stables 
Grow, Heal, Learn, Connect, Ride

Riding Lessons in East Hants Nova Scotia 

©2025 by Dream River Stables. 

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