Training, riding lessons, showing, full board, sales and leasing
Welcome to Back Bay Farm
A premier hunter equitation training and boarding stable located in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Barn for rent
Are you looking for a place to keep your horses for the winter? Back Bay Farm in Ipswich, MA could become your home!
We have a 4-stall barn located on property of one of the North Shore’s premier hunter/jumper facilities. Includes full use of amenities, such as our indoor, outdoor, heated tack room and indoor wash stall. We’re located beside 500 acres of conservation land, with access to an abundance of trails and 5 minutes from Crane Beach.
This barn has a spacious hay loft and space for 3 horses and one pony stall, or 3 horses and a tack and feed stall. Shavings and manure removal are included, as well as landscaping and snow removal. Opportunity to lease for the winter months or a longterm situation.
Call/Email Robin Petersen with any questions!
Asking $2700 per month
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Back Bay Farm
Back Bay Farm is a premier hunter equitation training and boarding stable located in Ipswich, Massachusetts. We offer training, lessons, showing, full board, sales and leasing. Whether you are just starting out or have been competitively riding for years, BBF has a program that is tailored to your needs.
Boarding
Our board is competitively priced for clients with privately owned horses. It includes access to all BBF’s stable supplies and supplements. Horses are turned out daily in one of our eleven safe and beautiful grass and sand paddocks. Back Bay will also arrange appointments with the farrier and veterinarian. Full training program is also available. Back Bay Farm is proud to have been named a “Horse Farm of Distinction” by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation for almost a decade.
Showing
We are a competitive show stable and attends horse shows throughout the year, all over the east coast. We encourage our school riders to try showing. Students have the opportunity to use our fantastic string of school horses and ponies who often bring our riders to their first successful shows. Each season’s show schedule is carefully selected to accommodate all rider’s needs and competitive abilities.
Lesson Program
Back Bay Farm is a competitive show stable and attends horse shows throughout the year, all over the east coast. We encourage our school riders to try showing. Students have the opportunity to use our fantastic string of school horses and ponies who often bring our riders to their first successful shows. Each season’s show schedule is carefully selected to accommodate all rider’s needs and competitive abilities.
Meet the Owners + Head Trainer
Robin Petersen + Peter Townsend
Robin Petersen and her husband Peter Townsend started BBF in 1994. Peter maintains the property and Robin is the head trainer. She has been riding and competing since she was just ten years old. Robin’s specialty is in Hunters and Equitation and she is a USHJA certified trainer. She has over 40 years of experience teaching, training, and riding. Robin attended the Palock Vale Riding School in England where she received her license from the British Horse Society. Since opening Back Bay Farm in 1994, Robin and BBF have become an integral part of the North Shore horse showing community.
Kind Words
Away Show Packing List
To our boarders and any school rider who shows with us at an away show: This is a list of what you need to pack
Learning to Practice Ride
Make the most out of free time for you and your horse • Wear a watch! Plan to ride 30 – 40 minute. Groom
Riding at Back Bay Farm
We are so excited to have so many new riders joining us at Back Bay Farm! We put together the following so you know what