You can lead a horse to a cozy bed of hay, but you can't prevent it from having night-scaries about upcoming hikes—tax hikes. Saddle up or scream out with today's Groupon to Latta Equestrian Center in Huntersville. One Groupon covers all riders in a single carriage or wagon, and the following options are available:

• For $62, you get a 30-minute horse-drawn covered-wagon ride for up to 14 people (a $125 value).
• For $25, you get a 30-minute horse-drawn carriage ride for up to four people (a $50 value).

Home to riding lessons, carriage rides, and more, Latta Equestrian Center provides relaxing and therapeutic jaunts through ample acreage atop or alongside faithful equine guides. Riders will trill with delight as their friendly steeds lead groups of up to 14 on a gambol through picturesque stretches of the Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, home to a natural heritage site and several endangered plant species. Close your eyes and envision yourself as a nameless side character in a Jane Austen novel or peer through leafy canopies to spot a cavalcade of Carolina critters, including gray foxes and red-spotted newts. A horse-drawn carriage ride for four is a wonderful way to peel the nuclear-family unit out of its saran wrap and into the great outdoors, and a 14-person covered-wagon trip invokes a dysentery-free frontier-like experience.