Horses are my passion. Thank You for visiting!
WELCOME TO AZTECA STABLES,
in the TX hill Country, Canyon Lake, TX. We focus on Horse Boarding, Training, and Riding Lessons
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More about Donna
More about Donna
More about Donna
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Find out more about who Donna is and why she chose a job she loves.
Horse Boarding
More about Donna
More about Donna
We treat horses like family. One of the main reasons Azteca stands out from the crowd and comes with such high recommendations is how Donna runs her facility.
Riding Lessons
More about Donna
Riding Lessons
Learning to be comfortable in the saddle takes time, training and a good teacher. Donna is well known for her abilities and patience with both horses and riders.
Horse Training
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
Riding Lessons
Learning to "be one with your horse" is a partnership, and starts with your companion knowing what you want from them.
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
Trail Rides, Water Play, and relaxed social outings benefit everyone involved. Learning begins in the arena and round pen, but getting out on trail is where the fun begins.
Endurance Riding
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
Riding is meant to be fun for Riders and Horses
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Donna is a well known and winning Endurance Rider and competitor. If you decide you want to learn about endurance riding as a beginner, or to take your skills to the next level, this is the teacher to train you.
About Donna
Horses trust her
Horses trust her
Horses trust her
Donna Murphy, owner and manager, has over 40 years of experience with horse training and riding. She lives and breathes horses, they are her passion. She loves teaching adults and children basic riding skills and safety. She works hard to match horse and rider so both benefit.
Azteca Stables offers boarding, as well as Natural horsemans
Donna Murphy, owner and manager, has over 40 years of experience with horse training and riding. She lives and breathes horses, they are her passion. She loves teaching adults and children basic riding skills and safety. She works hard to match horse and rider so both benefit.
Azteca Stables offers boarding, as well as Natural horsemanship training and lessons. Donna will also help you find or sell a horse should the occasion arise.
Why this Works
Horses trust her
Horses trust her
Donna trains and schools horses in the round pen and arena, but loves riding the trail. Her love of trail riding is such that she has worked with groups like the Army Corps of Engineers to put in , maintain and organize clean-ups for riding trails around the Canyon Lake Area. She also participates in local area volunteer events.
Endurance Riding
Horses trust her
Endurance Riding
Donna has been competing in Endurance Competition since 1996. She knows how to be competitive and how to get a horse through an Endurance ride. She has numerous first places and top ten awards, along with Best Condition Awards, and an awesome completion record with numerous horses.
Her competition ride record of combined 50 and 25 mile en
Donna has been competing in Endurance Competition since 1996. She knows how to be competitive and how to get a horse through an Endurance ride. She has numerous first places and top ten awards, along with Best Condition Awards, and an awesome completion record with numerous horses.
Her competition ride record of combined 50 and 25 mile endurance races is well over 4,000 miles. Endurance is one of the fastest growing equine sports. It is a lot of fun and challenging for horse and rider. She loves sharing her endurance knowledge with others. The endurance motto is : “To finish is to win”.
For more information please check the organizations Donna belongs to and promotes the Texas Endurance Riders Association, (TERA), the American Endurance Ride Conferance, (AERC), as well as the Texas Equestrian Trail Riders Association, (TETRA).
About the Azteca breed
Did you know that Azteca is an actual breed of Horses?
About the Azteca Horse
Donna's love for the Azteca horse is how she came to name her facility
Azteca Stables. The Azteca is a breed that came out of breeding the American
Quarter horse with the Spanish Andalusian. Donna bred her first Azteca horse, Shanti in 1989, and has raised a number of foals and fillies. Donna trained Shanti to be very versatile, she did dressage, drill team, trail riding, endurance riding, parades, and then Shanti became a broodmare. One filly was named by the International Andalusian Horse and Lusitano Association a Grand Champion in halter.