Topline Horse Center

Topline Horse Center Your "Home" away from home. Topline Horse Center's students find the atmosphere to be encouraging, educational, and competitive! Champions!

Our riders work together as a team! Topline is the premiere riding school on the peninsula. ONLY in our fully insured program, will your child have the opportunity to ride one of over 10 State Champions & Res. Including “STORMWATCH”
2009 Virginia Grand Champion
Short Stirrup Pony Hunter. Our Riding Lesson/Horsemanship program is unlike any other you will find locally! At Topline Horse Center, cons

istency in instruction is our goal, so that each student can know what to expect when he or she arrives at every lesson. Our head instructor, Pauline Creeden, is a member of the American Riding Instructors Association, and has personally designed the training methods utilized in our riding lesson program. Our Assistant Instructors have been in the Topline Riding Program for over 12 years, and can be counted on to give quality, experienced instruction. We start our riders in private lessons, one on one with an instructor as the rider learns the bare bones basics of riding and handling the horse. When able to walk, trot, and canter in a controlled manner and able to jump small jumps, the student will join a group lesson and share the instructor with 3 - 7 other riders. Topline Horse Center's program has produced over 20 State Champions in Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation! You won't find a better or more versatile riding program in Hampton Roads. Horse Shows are held every month from January to October to help keep the riders at the top of their form. Our stable strives to provide a FAMILY atmosphere, where every student can feel like Topline is a second home. We are also home to TOPLINE TACK, taking care of every student's Riding Apparel, Saddles, and Equipment needs. Jim Creeden, professional Farrier, also sees to every horse's day to day needs, and care and maintenance of the stables, as well!

If they can’t walk and steer, they can’t trot and steer.If they can’t balance at the trot, they aren’t ready to canter.I...
09/02/2026

If they can’t walk and steer, they can’t trot and steer.
If they can’t balance at the trot, they aren’t ready to canter.
If they can’t go catch their own horse, groom it, tack it up and take responsibility for it, how are they supposed to lead that horse from the saddle?

Going faster does not equal getting better. Strapping your kid to a horse and sending them into the arena isn’t making them better, it’s setting them up to get hurt.

You might think watching your kid walk circles isn’t exciting. You might think they should be cantering, jumping “doing more.”

But sometimes they’re simply not ready.

And respectfully — that’s why you hired an instructor. Because knowing how and when to progress a rider is our job.

We aren’t holding your kid back. We’re building the foundation that keeps them safe and makes them GOOD.

- Author Unknown

09/01/2026

Skip, the easygoing lesson pony…

Is your horse “talking” to you?
08/29/2026

Is your horse “talking” to you?

08/27/2026

Dear Parents of Children All Over the World,

Please be considerate to your local riding stable as we move out of the season of "We can't ride today/this week/this month because of summer camp, vacation, it's too hot, we are really busy and taking a break for the summer, etc..." and move on to the season of "We can't come to riding lessons today/this week/ this month because of field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, soccer, underwater basket weaving, etc...". You will find that your child no longer rides on the same level as they did when they participated on a consistent schedule, beloved lesson horses/ponies may have been sold due to lack of income, or your lesson barn may have closed down altogether due to lack of income. The amount of posts on here regarding barns going out of business is disheartening.

Sincerely,
Any and All Barns Who Offer Riding Lessons

(Author unknown - copied and pasted)

08/06/2026

We love that Skip is becoming a Topline lesson horse no problem! She’s so quiet and eager to please.

07/25/2026

Unfortunately We’ve gotten more rain than we hoped so we are going to cancel our horse show today
Aug 25.

Only 2 spots left in our July horse Riding camp! And 1 spot left in August ~~~2026 Camp Price: $400(Camp is for children...
07/09/2026

Only 2 spots left in our July horse Riding camp! And 1 spot left in August ~~~

2026 Camp Price: $400
(Camp is for children ages 7-18)

Summer Camp Dates:
July 20-24
Aug 3-7

The camp will be from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about horses than just tacking up! Campers will learn hands-on horsemanship as well as get a riding lesson each day of the camp. More info in first comment!

07/08/2026

Due to conflicts and weather conditions our horse show this Saturday is canceled. We are moving it to July 25. Hope to see you then!

06/19/2026

Skip is finally here! And settling in well. Thank you Sydney for coming and putting her first ride in at her new home❤️ After over 15 years of Jim trimming and shoeing Verona and her offspring, We’re so happy that when MF Evenstad retired she entrusted us with this part of her legacy ❤️

06/19/2026

We’ve barely had a quarter inch of rain so planning to show tomorrow! Hope to see you❤️

Address

201 George Emerson Lane
Yorktown, VA
23693

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm
Sunday 10am - 11am

Telephone

+17575918791

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