To see online video of Sculptor, click here.

Photo of Prelude By Mozart by Richard J. Hildreth

Thank you for visiting Stopek Stables on the web.  Our goal is to produce, train, and sell exceptional hunters, sporthorses, and sportponies.  Our Warmblood and pony stallions have the best to offer for both dressage and hunter/jumper enthusiasts.  We currently have several Trakehners and other fine sporthorses and ponies for sale.  Our foals by our newly imported approved Trakehner stallion, Prelude By Mozart ,  have arrived.  They are eligible for ATA registration, branding, and ATA Futurities and most will be offered for sale.  To learn more about our sport horses and ponies for sale, please click here. 

Stopek Stables offers riding lessons and specializes in Hunt Seat and Jumping lessons for all ages.  We also offer Dressage lessons.  Students are welcome to ride their own horse or one of our "user friendly" school horses or ponies.  Some school horses are available for half-lease to our students.  Competition in schooling and rated shows is optional.  Our services also include training, conditioning, and showing of your horse.  Our staff is headed by the Mother/Daughter teaching and training team of Karen Stopek and Heather Huntoon.

Stopek Stables' facilities include over 20 acres with 5 pastures, box stalls with rubber mats, an indoor arena, a 100' x 200' outdoor arena with wood fencing, sand footing and jumps, and a round pen with sand footing.  We also have trails that go over the river (well, the creek in our case) and through the woods.  Both stall and pasture boarding are available.

For your convenience, we accept Pay Pal.  You may pay for lessons, training, stud fees, board, or even the purchase of a horse by using either your credit card, debit card or checking account through PayPal.  If you intend to make a purchase through PayPal, please let us know and we will be happy to send you a request via email.

Please call 515-988-2700 or email with any comments or questions you may have.   If you are in the Des Moines, Iowa area, please call to arrange a visit in person.  We are conveniently located approximately 20 miles west of Des Moines, just off of I-80.  Click here for a map of our location.  If you are visiting from out of town, we will be happy to provide transportation for you from the Des Moines International Airport.  For now, please enjoy your "virtual visit" to Stopek Stables!

HALF LEASE PROGRAM

Some of our school horses and ponies are available for our Half Lease Program.  Leasing a horse provides an excellent way for potential horse owners to test out what it would be like to have a horse of their own.  The horses are available to be used by their lessees on the days they are not used for lessons (3-4 days per week).  This would include weekends since we do not teach lessons on the weekends.   Please visit our school horse page for more information and photos of available horses.

SCORPIO (Prelude By Mozart x Sweet Opportunity xx)

ATA's HORSE OF THE YEAR 2007 Yearling Colts Hunter Breeding!

ATA's HORSE OF THE YEAR 2008 Two Year Old Colts Hunter Breeding!

And 3 years in a row BEST YOUNG HORSE at North Hills Hunt "A" Show!

Congratulations to owner Meredith Van Benthuysen!

Scorpio's full brother "Symfony" is for sale.  Click here for more info.

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Stopek Stables is a preferred vendor in the Des Moines, Iowa Riding Lesson Instructors section of NewHorse.com.

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"An empty stable stays clean, but no income comes from an empty stable."- Proverbs 14:4