Seven Oaks-SJB is located in a quiet rural setting about 10 minutes south of Gilroy off the 101 freeway. This barn is a 45-minute drive from San Jose, Santa Cruz, and Monterey, 30 minutes away from Los Gatos and Salinas, and under 15 minutes from Morgan Hill, San Martin, Aromas and Captitola. The facility is private, not public, so we prefer that you don’t just “drop by.” Please call us to arrange an appointment to see the farm.
FACILITIES
Seven Oaks is a dressage barn with boarding available only to horses in training. Our amenities include two all-weather arenas, a wash rack with hot water, large turnouts, and sizable tack & feed rooms. Both arenas have sand and rubber footing and lights and are dragged daily. You can ride during your lesson times or by arrangement with management.
HORSE CARE
The horses receive wonderful care. There is staff onsite 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We offer alfalfa and grass hay twice a day (other feeds are available by arrangement) and a third feeding is customized for each horse’s needs. Stalls are cleaned daily. Horses are rotated from large stalls to paddocks so that each gets at least half a day’s turnout.
TRAINING
Training for most horses is a combination of schooling your horse and giving lessons to you on your horse. Along with normal dressage schooling sessions, we work most horses over cavaletti and we condition them by walking up and down a very steep hill. We also offer "Mardi Gras" sessions: a chance for young horses and young-at-heart horses to get used to some of the more challenging aspects of horse life.
STALL AVAILABILITY
Seven Oaks has some flexibility in stabling, although we are often full. If you are a good match for us, and vice-versa, we will get you in as quickly as possible.
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO THE BARN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE PRIVACY OF EVERYONE AT SEVEN OAKS.
Here are directions to our farm (google maps & gps systems usually get you to School road, but not necessarily to our farm):
DIRECTIONS TO SEVEN OAKS IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
address: 2011 & 2012 School Road, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
FROM THE NORTH:
go south on highway 85 or highway 280 or just go directly on to highway 101 go south on highway 101 stay on highway 101 for about 25 minutes after the 101/85 south intersection you will pass the off-ramp to highway 25 then, go past the next exit (Betabel & Y roads) then, take the exit after that: highway 129 (chittenden road)
go right (west, towards Watsonville) on highway 129 about 2 miles to School Road School Road road will be on your left
FROM WATSONVILLE-CAPITOLA-SANTA CRUZ:
Go south on highway 1
Exit at highway 129
Go left (east, towards Highway 101) on highway 129 for about 10 minutes to School Road Before you get to Highway 101, you will come to School Road on your right
FROM HOLLISTER:
Go west on highway 156 until you reach highway 101
Go past north on highway
Exit on highway 129 (Chittenden road)
Go west (left, towards Watsonville) on highway 129 about 2 miles to School Road School Road will be on your left
FROM THE SOUTH:
Go north on highway 101
Go past the exit for highway 156
Exit on highway 129 (Chittenden road)
Go west (left, towards Watsonville) on highway 129 about 2 miles to School Road School Road will be on your left
FROM HERE, DIRECTIONS ARE THE SAME
turn on to School Road (there is only way you can turn) there is no stop sign or stop light
there is a small market called " 129 General Store"
once you are on School Road, you will be going uphill almost the entire time until you reach us the road forks twice at the first fork (almost immediate), stay right
at the second fork (you'll go about 1/2 mile), stay left then, continue to the top of the hill
2011 & 2012 are the only properties on all of School Road with 3-rail, white painted fencing on both sides of the street the mailboxes for both properties are on your right directly across from the 2011 mailbox is the 2011 driveway turn left onto the driveway & park on the left-hand side (don't block a horse gate)
Your GPS will get to School Road, usually a slightly different route, but generally won't get you to our actual property. If you get lost, call Pamela 415-860-2886
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