We have ridden with Randi for many years and every ride we always see something new. Randi plans for her riders to see and understand the culture of Stone Island. It’s always amazing to ride through the coconut groves and see the horses grazing, or seeing the amazing variety of brightly colored butterflies in the mango fields as they fly up when you ride through the grass.

Randi, Danielle, Tony and Maria always make the ride interesting and do not hesitate to point out unusual flowers or the iguana’s that sit on top of houses watching you ride by. Then there is the ride on the beach, where numerous different shells wash ashore. The water is so warm you can spend hours just playing.

Lunch at Victor’s is always fresh and fabulous, and in our opinion, Victor makes the best homemade salsa we have ever had. His entire family is very pleasant and you receive quality service all the time. We can’t wait to see all of them again, which is in our plans.



See ya soon Randi and all the gang.

Stephen and Cheryl
svandor556@yahoo.com
  

I just wanted to write and say again that riding with you're company is the best riding that Dennis and I have EVER done on vacation! We had such a blast. Everyone was so nice and welcoming. Daniel is crazy in the best kind of way. ;-) Freckles was definitely numero uno, just like he said. Thank you so much for the ride of a lifetime.
I will recommend you to anyone and everyone who will listen!
I know you have no shortage of good references, but if you'd ever like to use us as a reference to people, please feel free.
Thank you again,
Kristin Gieseker
jivekristin@hotmail.com

We rode on Randi's Happy Horses on Jan 5th. We came in on the Carnival Pride. There was 4 of us, 2 adults and 2 teenage girls. We all agreed it was the highlight of the trip. There was so many positives! Your informative description of the Mexican community and the people and the assorted transportation to get to Stone Island gave us the "real" look at the Mexican culture. The food at Victor's was fantastic!!.

Your guides watched the beginners fairly close and helped them, but let the rest of us go where we wanted. This was so different than the trail riding I was used too. My horse palomino, would go anywhere I wanted, and with a soft touch to his sides I was bolting down the beach while I was trying to hang on. He wanted to win any race, and he thought everything was a race. It was by far the best riding I have ever had.

The riding was fantastic, but had we not booked the trip I know we would not experienced the culture in the same way. The combination you provide on your tours, the culture, friendliness,location, riding and laughs all add up to a top quality tour!

I would reommendend it to anyone ( I have already as a matter of fact to a family traveling in March )

Your tour is such a great value!

Norman, volkfolks@shaw.ca
  

Randi, We are hard at work still basking in the glow of our cruise. Your tour was the highlight! The memories are lasting even after the pain has left. Thank you for a great time!

Joe Campione
jkcampi1@swbell.net
  

I can't say it enough, we sure had a grand time riding with you on our port stop in Mazatlan. I was a bit skeptical since it had been about 25 years that I last sat upon a horse; however, we all seemed well matched up with our horses and I felt very comfortable atop Honaho as Jeff did on Flea! The ride was very peaceful and beautiful thru the groves and I really felt gleeful once we hit the beach and had that spectacular backdrop of the ocean for our viewing. Victors was a great way to end the ride! Thanks for showing us a great time.

Lynn & Jeff Dils 
Chelsea, MI
  

Just a note of thanks to let you know that your trip was definitely the highlight of our cruise. Don's first horseback ride was incredible! Your crew was friendly, helpfull and fun to hang around. You'll have to tell "Senior Loco" (Tony's dad) that I said hello, and he still cracks me up, just thinking about him. It's amazing how we can communicate with so little in common! It was really a treat and so sweet of him to open his home to us. We loved to see how the people of Mexico live. It gives new pause to thinking about what is really important.
I do have one suggestion......maybe you need to take the "shorts are okay" off of your recommended riding attire. It has taken almost a week for my chafing to stop oozing!!. Don't get me wrong, it was worth every minute of it!!
I just learned a life lesson--when riding horses, wear jeans!
Thanks again for a terrific time! 

Terri (2/06)

  

Thank YOU, Randi, for the lovely morning of riding in Mazatlan. We thoroughly enjoyed it as well as your company. We would highly recommend your excursion to anyone, and will post the same online. Thanks again for your hospitality. 

Rod and Denise Capling
Travlmapa@aol.com 

My wife has been trying to take a horseback riding tour for several years and something always comes up. No time, bad weather, wrong day, wrong time of year, etc, etc. When I read about Randi's Happy Horses in Mazatlan on the CruiseCritic.com board, and read from many satisfied customers, I knew we had to schedule a tour with Randi on our Pride Cruise in February, 2004. We made our reservations by email, and had a great time which we will remember for a long while. Randi was waiting for the Pride when we got off and was very helpful and efficient getting all of the riders together and starting our taxi, water taxi adventure to Stone Island. Tony and Maria, her guides, were friendly and we got all 12 on the ride matched up to their horses and off we went. We were not experienced riders but had no problems with our horses. The ride through the mango and coconut groves was great, and the to the beach was the best part of all! We all took pictures and had our picture taken and then had a leisurely ride down to Victor's Restaurant for our garlic shrimp dinner. Randi had a cold drink waiting for us when we got there, and we all had a tasty lunch. We had time to enjoy the beach and some of the beach venders before heading back to the ship. We did have one complaint if we are being totally honest. We weren't ready to leave so soon!!! We wanted to ride up and down the beach for a few days! This is a great excursion for Mazatlan which we highly recommend to everyone.

John and Darlene Quinn
Citrus Heights, California 
jqgolf@calweb.com