About the Owner Calendar of Events 
Boarding Lessons Fees 
Gallery Links Maps Video Pony Day Out Mexican Eagle Sophie_Rio Vista1 Sophie_Rio Vista 4 Owls in Front Yard 1 Owls in Front Yard 2 owl takes a walk
About the Owner Calendar of Events Boarding Lessons Fees Gallery Links Maps Video Pony Day Out Mexican Eagle Sophie_Rio Vista1 Sophie_Rio Vista 4 Owls in Front Yard 1 Owls in Front Yard 2 owl takes a walk
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Chestnut Creek Stables was founded in 1999 by Mary Engel and her husband Stephen after moving to Austin, Texas. They purchased the property on Signal Hill Road to accommodate Mary’s equestrian pursuits but realized quickly it was too nice not to share and began offering boarding for a few select guest horses and their owners. Their stable is a private facility located about twenty minutes from downtown. Both Steve and Mary’s family reside in Austin, therefore it seemed like a perfect area to start up a horse boarding facility. Their objective was to have a full-service horse boarding facility close in to town where avid horse lovers could exercise their horses and not have to drive too far to get there. Mary grew up in an Army family moving around often.
Mary has outgrown Hand-me-down pony Studley Do-Right She started riding at age eleven and competed in Pony Club, 4-H, Hunter/Jumper and gymkhanas. While living in Southern Pines, North Carolina she fox hunted with the Moore County Hounds for three years. Her first job was exercising fox hunters and feeding at age sixteen.
Mary at Fort Hood Stable Immediately after graduating from high school her love for horses persuaded her parents to allow her to attended a British riding school. She was awarded a certificate of horsemanship by the British Horse Society (BHS) in 1978 for equitation, stable management, horsemastershipand minor ailments. Throughout her college years Mary managed to work with horses, She had part-time jobs exercising horses for busy owners and as a single working graduate managed to keep a horse and attend shows until she married. Steve is an artist and custom picture framer who has a fascination with all types of wildlife. He enjoys working with dogs and horses and sails in his spare time. He has his own business Professional Art And Framing Services . He also enjoys carpentry and wood working. After marriage in 1988 Steve and Mary began a partnership entwined with equestrian friends. Mary began a breeding program for sport horses and brought them along, showing them in hand. One of her babies, Hierarchy was 1997 (Colt) and 1998 (Yearling) Champion Horse of the Year by the American Trakehner Association. His
big brother Shenanigan was Reserve Champion Two Year Old Colt Horse of
the Year 1997 and was Reserve Champion Three Year Old Horse of the Year 1998 by the American Trakehner Association .
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Mary and Shenanigan listen to Nick Larkin |
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Heirarchy Jumping Long Island NY |
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Prissin by Yawl Dam of Shenanigan, Heirarchy and Katarina |
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Onassis Sire of Shenanignan, Katarina, and Heirarchy Trakhener Stallion Photo by Pam Norton |
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Chestnut Creek Stable 10930 Signal Hill Road Austin, Texas 78737-9213 Phone (512) 301-9939 Visitors by Appointment |
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