Things to Do in Pittsfield

Nestled upon 21 rustic acres of land in the Hudson Valley, My Saddle Brook Farm houses horses amid fluffy grass paddocks, spacious indoor and outdoor arenas, and miles of idyllic trails. Boarding steeds enjoy 26 windowed stalls and 24-hour security that maintains safety and ensures that they don’t stay up telling headless-horseman stories past lights-out. Trainers with more than 40 years of collective experience instruct adults and kids in the finer points of English and Western riding or lead parties on breathtaking journeys through the estate.

BubKat Bounce! fuels hours of airborne festivities with bright, neon bounce houses and whimsical treats. Their staffers deliver and set up three styles of inflatables that range from a simple castle with a drawbridge entryway to a bounce house outfitted with an interior slide, basketball hoop, and springy mortgage agreement. BubKat also assembles 10-person party packages complete with cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and candy, which they can customize with everything from monkeys and dinosaurs to princess wands.:m]]

A lifelong rider, instructor Patricia Hohmann spent years competing in high school and college and brings that experience to her students when teaching English- and Western-style riding lessons. She specializes in working with beginner adults and children and helps them get confident in the saddle while having fun and staying safe. This means pairing riders with horses that are friendly, sane, and thereby incapable of plotting world domination. Saddle captains as young as age 3 learn during Pony Pals lessons, which give them a private introduction to horseback riding while the horse remains safely under Patricia’s control via a lead line.