Horsetowns: Burbank
March 20, 2014
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What makes Burbank a terrific ‘Horsetown?’
Joanne Asman, Burbank Burbank is like living in the country, but
you are in the city. In the Burbank Ran- cho, more horses go down the street than cars. People stop and visit while riding. New friendships are made because of the horses.
Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy, Burbank T ere is no place in the United States
where you can live nine miles from the second largest city in the country and come home and get on horseback and ride your way back to a quiet, gentler time.
Scott Perez, owner Stephens Hay and Grain It’s a ranch in the middle of the city.
Everybody in the area seems to own a horse. You can be right in the middle of the city one minute and you can go up in those hills the next, and you feel like you’re away from the city. It’s a special spot. I love it. And the history is special. I rent horses now to the studios now, and I’ve had some old guys tell me that a lot of the barns that are there now used to be old movie barns that rented horses to the studios. T e westerns would need fresh
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horses, and in the old guys tell me they used to herd the horses down the riverbed before there was a cement wash, and they would cut off the horses at each studio as
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they would be needed. In the 1940s, the cowboys would let horses graze in the riv- erbed. Today, both the barns we run now used to be studio barns.
Jay Geisenheimer, Burbank T e exclusive Burbank Rancho makes Burbank a great horsetown. Tis smallT
neighborhood is a cohesive community with a unique camaraderie, and close-knit group of people, and ability to organize and fi ght any foes (such as the Whole Foods incident and bicycles in Griffithffi Park). We are supported by our city council and have access to the great Los Angeles Equestrian Center and the trails of Griffi th Park. Come home to the Ran- cho and the vacation-land aura that is this Burbank horsetown.
Susanne Casey, Burbank Oh, let me count the many ways… TeT
Burbank Rancho is a rural oasis set in the middle of a cosmopolitan city. We are, at the most, only several blocks from the Los Angeles Equestrian Center and the Griffi th Park riding trails. Here we
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can co-habitate with our equine friends as well as pygmy goats and chickens and yet be only half a mile away from major motion-picture studios, record companies and the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. In minutes, you can be straddling your horse upon a mountain top gazing at the Pacifi c Ocean and Los Angeles to the left and the entire San Fernando Valley to your right. It only takes moments once you enter Griffi th Park to feel as though you have been transported to another place and time. Tere are certain areas of
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the park which make me think of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest and others that take me back to the Old West and Spanish Rancho days. How fortunate we are to have this thousand-acre, diverse park in our own backyard. Here in the Burbank Rancho, we not only can live with our best pals, but also ride them to area restau- rants and cafes where we can safely park them and enjoy a meal before or after a
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that beats a frosty margarita at the end of the hot dusty trail and hearing the live country twang of a live band. Burbank is a one-of-a-kind pearl, hidden in the oyster shell of Los Angeles.
Lyn Brown, Los Angeles T e specialness is extraordinary. To me, it is an incredible thing to have ‘cowboy land’ in the middle of cities. T e area isT anchored by the Griffith Park trails, and
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that is a very important point. Te factT that there are 56 miles of trails that are beautifully maintained—it is a differ-ff ence-maker.
Deb Paris, Burbank Horse people are good people, and
Burbank has a lot of them! When you have hundreds of residents who have a common interest, it brings a sense of peace, stability and happiness. I believe the horses strengthen our community because we all share a common bond. And living in a horsetown, there’s never a shortage of help or information. Horse owners are willing and able to volunteer their knowledge and advice, whether it’s for a fi rst-time horse owner or a life-long horseman. My favorite thing about living in a horsetown is watching the kids grow up with their horses. I’ve seen youngsters enter in their fi rst Lead Line class and
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just a few years later they’re jumping over fences. T e bond between a kid and their horse is a very special thing, indeed.
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