Nova Quarter Horses Inc — Attraction in Mokena

I wish I could give 0 stars. My daughter was extremely excited to start horseback riding lessons. Literally drawing pictures of horses and counting down the days to when she started lessons. The first lessons were a little hectic but once she was able to head out to the arena things seemed ok. Then the second week was when things went a haywire. The owner Lori took over lessons that week and was yelling at the kids. She would yell at my daughter telling her to stop doing what she wanted to do and to listen to her! Lessons continued and at one point she yelled STOP so loud startling us. She continued and told the girls not to pass my daughter! She went on and a few moments later yelled to them just to pass my daughter! She was all over the place. She was unorganized with a temper. She told my daughter she shouldn’t be in this class and yelled towards me asking who is her mom?! She shouldn’t be in this class!! I asked her if I should pull her out today and come a different day? She said no. I told her she isn’t learning anything from this lesson because the entire time she has been yelling not only at my daughter but other girls. She said she’s trying to teach her how to ride a horse! She went on to say she doesn’t have time for this and she will refund me while walking away. She got my daughter off the horse and walked her out. My daughter was hysterical. She was crying. This woman, the owner is heartless, rude, unprofessional, and so much more. I can’t believe she has a functioning business to be honest. Her employee kept apologizing and trying to explain to us that she’s just having a bad day. I don’t care if she had a bad day or not this is no way to treat a child, her family, or any of her customers. She was breaking down her spirit when she was so excited to begin this new journey. She told me she didn’t want to ride anymore that night and the next day. I told her this was just a bad experience. One of the worst things in life is watching your kids heart break. Being bullied by an adult is not ok. I had to pick up the pieces and explain to her other peoples actions and behavior have nothing to do with you, it’s them. I would never refer Nova to anyone looking for lessons. If you’re looking for a great experience and a place to learn and bond with the horses this place is...

Hello everybody, I have been riding and Nova for ever I ride with Lorri b/c I think she is the best instructor ever!!! Im also on the show team!! Ik she is you may think shes not but shes the best anyone can get, now ik some people say "oh well shes mean" or "She yells to much and shes a bad instructor" and abunch more stuff but to tell you the truth yeah your right she does yell a lot but you want to no why b/c she wants to make you a better rider and also sometimes you can not hear properly when your riding on the horse. She doesn't want your parents paying money for you to ride in a lesson and not learn anything she doesn't want there money wasted. She helps you with so much stuff shes not some boring instructor shes not sitting on her phone shes watching each and every one of you to make sure your doing things properly and safely the people there are so kind and so sweet!! Kids have so much fun here there always walking around making abunch of friends and having fun together!! I always see everyone with big smiles on there faces!! She has special events for different holidays and everything we play games on horse back which is so much fun!! She helps all of us threw everything even stuff non horse related!! Lorri is so perfect I mean she never gives up on a kid never once have I seen that!!! I know for a fact that she is the instructor for me b/c shes never gave up on me shes been threw a lot with me and so much more but I love her with all my heart shes made me the rider I am and shes always helped me accomplish my goals!!! Nova has such great horses none of them are mean rumors get spread around saying abunch of stuff but that doesn't mean there true!! Every place has rumors and you cant denie that b/c its the truth!! Lorri would never do anything cruel to a horse she treats them with so much respect!! The people here are not liars or thiefs and if they are liers well guess what that's only some and everybody is a lier at some point in time so just face that!! And thiefs always are punished if they steal from Nova or Novas people that come here!! I could go on forever about how much this place ROCKS but I think this is good...

My daughter has been riding at Nova for almost six years now. We initially enrolled her because of her love of animals, especially horses. She was an incredibly shy six year old who was afraid to talk to anyone and it was affecting her school work. What we didn’t know at the time was that Nova would change her life, and ours, in so many positive ways. Nova’s mom and daughter team are very knowledgeable and welcoming to all who enter, and truly treat you like family. They take an interest in every student. My daughter fell in love with Nova and her confidence quickly grew strong. The student horse shows, summer camps, group and private lessons are all phenomenal. Nova provides a safe environment, instructors that are great with children, and horses that are gentle and very well taken care of. My daughter went from casually taking group lessons every other week, to making the show team. My once shy, timid daughter is now volunteering, giving tours to new students, and riding at a competitive level. She went from struggling with her school work to being a consistent honor roll student. She’s not only riding, but learning discipline, the importance of diligence and hard work, and how to work as part of a team. She’s made so many great friends there and the older students act as mentors that she looks up to. And the best part of it all is that the drive came from her motivation to ride. We never felt pressure from the owners or instructors to “take it to the next level” like in so many other sports. Her instructors are encouraging, the owners are always available to answer any questions, and they work with us at my daughter’s pace. If you are interested in learning how to ride, I encourage you to sign up for lessons, or attend an event like their Valentines dinner and ride. I hope that you’ll fall in love with the facility, horses, and people as...