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Cheyne Ranch is a working family farm in Oviedo, FL where kids and adults of all abilities come to learn animal care, build confidence, and connect with our animals and an incredible community of people. We offer adaptive horseback riding lessons, PALS, and Nature Club — and we'd love to meet your family.

Here's how getting started works.

Every new family begins with a Family Visit — a private, 60–90 minute hands-on experience with our horses, goats, bunnies, chickens, and more. It's the best way to see the farm, meet the animals, and figure out together which program is the right fit for your family.

  • 🐴 Private session — just your family

  • 🐴 60–90 minutes

  • 🐴 $60 for up to 2 kids, $10 each additional child

  • 🐴 Parents and grandparents are always free

  • 🐴 Includes a hand-led horse or pony ride (ages 2–21, under 180 lbs)

    👇 Ready to meet us? Book your Family Visit below — we'd love to show you around. If you don't see a time that works, just text us at (407) 205-7744.

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Already visited or have questions first? Keep reading — the Top 10 things to know are below.

🏡 Cheyne Ranch is our home

Cheyne Ranch our home. We live here, this is our home on 5 acres, these are our personal animals, who are also part of our family. We are a family of 6, dad, mom + our 4! children (who are now all in high school & college.

Learn more about why we started this: The “Why”

📅 ALL Visits are by Appointment Only

For our family’s & visitor’s safety and to give our current students our highest priority, we are unable to accommodate visitors unless by appointment.

  • A waiver is required for all visitors: chra.us/w

  • Family Visits can be scheduled online here: chra.us/f

I am difficult to reach

I (Sally) am the main instructor, the curriculum designer, the business administrator, the complaints & billing department, the failing accountant, the volunteer coordinator, employee manager, the haaaaaay manager, feed manager, scheduler, the website designer, and I really really am not good at getting on the phone.

I’m SO MUCH better at email and text. Although sometimes texts get lost 85 messages down. Emails are easier to manage believe it or not.

My work priority is our current students. Once you get started you will have a much easier time connecting with me.

SAFE, INCLUSIVE & ACCESSIBLE

  1. Our main priority is safety and most of our rules are focused on keeping humans and animals safe. Please review the safety rules carefully as you read and sign the wavier.

  2. Cheyne Ranch is a community that welcomes students of ALL ABILITIES. This includes diverse physical and mental abilities. Not all unique abilities are obvious from the outside and being together in this community is a learning & growth experience for everyone.

We Learn Animal Care & Connection

  1. Our focus is learning how to best care & connect with the horses and other animals, we learn how to present ourselves safely to enjoy a growing connection with them.

One of the most beautiful things about spending time with horses (both in and out of the saddle) is that we can spend our lifetimes striving to continuously improve our communication, clarity & confidence, all of which makes us a better partner with our horses and animals

There are no age or time limits on this journey and every step forward helps us improve ourselves.

we WORK HARD taking care of the animals

Together, we work on increasing our stamina for being outside in all Florida temperatures, for being around smelly barn smells, and pushing through hard things so the animals can get the care they need. In all our programs, we practice animal care such as mucking out stalls, washing out and refilling water buckets, giving out hay, etc. We also learn to react calmly to unexpected things, for the safety of us and the animals.

PROGRAMS: Lessons, Nature Clubs, PALS…

Yes, there are several. I know it is a lot to absorb. I want to help you find the right fit. You will love it here.

🐎 Helpful links 🐎

🐎 Horseback Riding Lessons

Our riding lessons are one of our most requested programs — and we love teaching them. But we want to make sure we're the right fit before you book.

Cheyne Ranch is an adaptive, inclusive barn. Our lessons are built around safety, animal care, connection, and confidence — not competition or sport. We go at the pace that works for your child, we celebrate small wins, and we believe that learning to communicate with a 1,000-pound animal teaches kids things that can't be learned anywhere else.

If you're looking for a competitive sport riding program with shows and rankings — we're probably not the right fit, and we'd rather tell you that upfront.

Read more about our riding lesson program →

RAIN OR SHINE

Our programs are rain or shine - there are a lot of fun and important learning lessons to have in the barn on rainy days. There are no make-up lessons provided for missing due to rain.

  • within reason - please don’t drive in dangerous conditions

  • If Nature club is cancelled from a hurricane or instructor absence, we will do our best to provide a make-up opportunity. 

PAYMENT

Please pay on-time for your reserved spot so we can count on these lesson funds to pay our staff and to provide food, shelter and vet care to our animals.

There are no refunds for missed lessons. 

  • We offer 1 make-up opportunity for riding lessons and PALS.

  • There are no make-ups for group classes such as Nature Club 

GET Invovled

Join us! or contact us! or checkout our Amazon wishlist ! or lots of things - but this is only a Top 10 and we have reached the end:

Still have questions? No problem! Please see my contact info below. I do love talking about Cheyne Ranch. Would you like to be part of our incredible community? The BEST moments happen here - the animals are hilarious and need their own comedy show. Our students are inspiring - it is so rewarding to watch students learn, grow and achieve more than they thought possible.

There are so many ways to be involved, here are a few ideas:

  • Read the above expectations and participate in our incredible community with patience and compassion

  • Donate to Cheyne Ranch, Inc

  • Find out how your employer might match your donation

  • Follow & interact on Facebook / Instagram

  • Volunteer at Cheyne Ranch

  • Purchase things from our Amazon wish list 

  • Spread the word to friends and family about Cheyne Ranch - help us continue our mission as we continue to learn and grow together!

Sally Ann Cheyne

Founder & President 

Cheyne Ranch, Inc.

nonprofit 501(c)(3)

Located in Oviedo, FL

 

Call / Text: (407) 205-7744 

email: Sally@CheyneRanch.com

Website: www.CheyneRanch.com

Facebook: facebook.com/CheyneRanch

Instagram: instagram.com/CheyneRanch

Cheyne Ranch is a nonprofit that provides a safe, inclusive and accessible way for people of all abilities to learn about animal care & connections.

We serve our local community through providing scholarships to our lesson programs, caring for the many farm animals that have been donated to us, and advocating for inclusive, accessible experiences for all individuals. Please donate and help us with our mission: chra.us/give