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Last Update: 06 Aug 2010

Riding Holidays | Nebraska

Located between South Dakota and Kansas, Nebraska is set right in the heart of the Great Plains agricultural zone. The State is known for its corn growing, sheep farming and cattle ranching and Nebraska has quite a few guest ranch holidays and working cattle ranch vacations available. Choose from trail riding on traditional western trained mounts such as Quarter Horses, Morgans, Appaloosas and Paints, or learn to rope and round-up cattle on a working farm. Nebraska is a land of wide open grassy prairies, rolling hills and long rivers. It is an ideal landscape to explore on horseback.

Horse riding holidays in Nebraska are all about western riding, although most horse riding disciplines are actually represented within the State. There are quite a few riding stables offering English style riding lessons, local shows with dressage and jumping classes, specialist horse breed shows, western reining competitions, endurance riding and polo events. These shows are often taking place throughout the summer months, particularly around Lincoln and a worth visiting if you are staying in the nearby area.

We are always looking for new riding destinations and regularly update the information on this site. If you have information about horse riding or trail rides in Nebraska please do contact us.

Did you know that Buffalo Bill’s ‘Wild West’ show originally started at North Platte in Nebraska, before touring around other parts of the USA? William ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody owned the Scout Rest Ranch near North Platte, which is today a State Historical Park.

Combining a week horse riding with a second week sightseeing is easy in Nebraska. Maybe visit the Omaha zoo and Lied Jungle indoor rainforest; see the old Pony Express Station at Gothenburg, the Agate Fossil Beds national monument or Chimney Rock in Morrill County, a famous landmark on the Oregon Trail. Learn about the Plains Indians and visit some of the old west museums. Try canoeing or fishing on the Missouri and Platte rivers and hike in one of Nebraska’s national parks.