Pretty Good, Overall
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 9/26/09
I am now a mom but used to ride at Carousel PARK (with Ted and JoAnn) long before the county took over. I stopped riding around 2002 when an accident made me not able to ride anymore, but enjoyed my time there. I took over training an ex-racer, so I will testify to another's comment as to advanced riders training horses. This horse and I did fairly well in most shows - jumping I completely trained him in and started with dressage, but that didn't take too well. When I was there the atmosphere was nice - nice new facilities, horses - LOTS of horses - certainly enough to find a horse in your ability and personality preference. I would definitely attest to the other comments about Carousel not being the best place to train at if you're looking to higher level advancement or showing, but for lessons or fun, it's a great place.
I stopped riding some years ago but still visit the Farm as well as Bark Park. My lab loves the pond and socializing with the other dogs, but as another few people have said - the dogs and the owners could use some basic courtesy 101. You are not the only person there, show some respect. We don't like to see aggressive dogs. If your dog is aggressive, please leave them at home. If they don't have basic manners or social skills, again, please leave them at home. Please use common sense when taking your dog off the leash. Several times I've taken my dog and she's been mounted and aggressively played with. I WILL address it to the owners, and if they don't like it, they can leave.
All in all, I like Carousel and take my children to visit the horses and my dog to Bark Park. There is lots of room for her to let loose and run and (most of the time) good dogs for her to play with!