Welcome to Allison Acres ~ Galt, CA ~ (209) 224-4304
Birthday parties at Allison Acres!
Want to come have some fun with horses for your birthday party? We have several experienced safe gentle horses that beginners can learn to lead, groom and ride in a short period of time. Our horses are very safe and friendly. Any size person can ride, and we can accommodate almost any disability with prior notice.
Pricing is simple, and we no longer charge per child for birthday parties once the group is larger than 4. We charge per horse and per hour. The more kids you have, the more time you might want or maybe an extra horse, or we can give them all a short ride in an hour if there are around 4 or fewer.
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Prices for the first hour are $40 for one child, $50 for two, $60 for three and $70 for four or more. If you have five or more we recommend additional time. It can be split into half hour increments, and it's $20 more per half hour. Or you can add a second horse $40 per hour. All of the participating kids will get to groom and lead and ride the horse. If you want to squeeze in more kids in less time then we can leave out the part where the kids each get to lead the horse around. Kids who are waiting to ride or non-riding kids can play on the playground, or feel free to walk them around the ranch. They can also walk with us while we go around with the one who's riding.
You can also add "farm experience" to your birthday party. It's $20 per half hour for any size group, but for larger groups you'll want more time. We'll go out and see the other horses, the goats, the donkey, the chickens, and maybe the cats if the kids like cats and aren't allergic. They can pet them, feed them and learn about their care.
You can also have the rest of the traditional birthday party activities here if you'd like. If you'd like an outdoor table for you to serve your own refreshments, that is an additional $10. Feel free to hang around for an hour or more after your rides. In colder or wet weather we can set up a table in the barn, even in a stall. Kids seem to like eating their cake in a horse stall. :-)
If you would like for us to have it all taken care of for you, we can arrange that also. The cost is $15 per place setting, along with the actual cost of the cake. You can pick the cake you want from either local grocery store or Costco, and we can handle picking it up, or we can do the selecting and ordering for you. This also includes drinks (two types, your choice) and vanilla ice cream, candles, a couple birthday banners, plates, forks/spoons, cups and napkins. We can include balloons for $10. This is on top of the above fees for the horses/kids.
All riders need to have a release of liability form filled out prior to handling the horses. If you bring kids without their parents, you'll need to have already printed the form and had the parent sign it and bring it with you. It is available here:
Please print two forms per family so that each family can keep a copy of the form so they know what they've signed. You only need to bring the one filled out copy to me.
All riders must wear riding helmets - we do provide the helmets! Bike helmets from home will not work.
Here is a collage of pics from my son's 7 year old birthday party on September 27, 2008:
Here's how we handle the very young, with one person leading and one person side-walking:
Here's a couple close ups of kids on rides:
