A new vision for Stoney Point Ranch
Not a new use for the land, but the return of the one it has always had — done properly, and open to everyone.
The Stables at Stoney Point proposes to restore this five-acre ranch as a working, welcoming equestrian facility: a place where a child can meet a horse for the first time, where a first-time owner learns to care for one properly, and where a lifelong rider can keep a horse affordably inside the city.
The plan is deliberately unglamorous in its first phase. Before programming comes repair: footing, fencing, water, shade, drainage, wash racks, safe stalls, clean tack rooms, working restrooms. A ranch earns trust through its maintenance long before it earns it through events.
From there the facility becomes a public resource. Lesson programs, rehabilitation support, trail access, a petting zoo of rescued mini donkeys and mini horses, school field trips, and the annual Day of the Horse — all delivered as community benefit on community land.
The operating team lives here. The ranch manager has run Chatsworth barns for two decades, and a resident caretaker on site provides 24-hour animal care and security. That is what makes the difference between a leased lot and a cared-for ranch.
“A horse ranch is not an amenity in Chatsworth. It is part of how this neighborhood understands itself.”The Stables at Stoney Point