We wanted to acknowledge that the Coronavirus outbreak is concerning, and we at the Painted Bar Stables are very aware of its spread and staying on top of updates daily from both national and local sources.
After much deliberation and coordination with various authorities and industry leaders, we are unrolling our re-opening plan.
According to NY State's Reopening Phases, we will have waves of our own reopening our barn program by program. See our full plan and policies.
NYS Phase 1 starts on May 15th in Schuyler County. With this phase Animal Support businesses and programs are allowed to reopen.
As a result the programs that will be reopening for our stables on May 15th at the Painted Bar Stables are:
- Boarding
- Leasing Memberships
- Volunteers
These programs will be reopening to allow riding both in the arena and on trail. All people from these programs will have to book time in our barn one at a time in two-hour windows. You will be able to schedule through our website.
There will be some changes to the programs in terms of pricing and access to account for cleaning resources and time. We are prioritizing that people come for less but longer visits.
Unfortunately we will not be able to open the following programs at this time:
Lessons - We should be able to reopen our lesson program to private and single household lessons for teen and adult riders within NYS Phase 2 under the Professional Services category.
Trail Ride - Trail rides are deemed as recreational and will not be open to the public until NYS Phase 4.
NOTE: However we realize that some advanced riders who trail ride with us are not only coming for recreation but are looking for trail and trekking instruction, which we will be able to provide as a professional service in Phase 2 as instruction on trail. |