East Cobb Biz Scene: Sunny Brook Stables to relocate

Sunny Brook Stables has been operating on five acres on Roswell Road near Avenue East Cobb and  will be moving to larger space in North Fulton.

Sunny Brook Stables, which offers horse riding lessons and other equestrian training, is leaving East Cobb.

Dr. Grania Gothard Holman, the owner and founder of the five-acre facility on Roswell Road east of Johnson Ferry Road, made the announcement Sunday that Sunny Brook will be relocating soon to North Fulton.

“While our address is changing, the heart of Sunny Brook remains exactly the same,” Holman said in a message on Sunny Brook’s Facebook page.

“For years, families have trusted us to introduce children to horses through thoughtful riding instruction, horsemanship, camps, and a community built on kindness, confidence, and stewardship. Our new home allows that vision to grow.”

She said Sunny Brook will be occupying expanded facilities at Fortitude Farm, a horseback training center in the Alpharetta-Milton area.

Sunny Brook also operates Heart Horse Retirement, Rehab & Rescue, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the care of older horses, and which also will be making the move.

“We are incredibly grateful to every family, volunteer, supporter, and friend who has helped shape Sunny Brook into what it is today,” Holman said. “Now, we look forward to welcoming both familiar and new faces as we begin this next chapter together.”

Sunny Brook and Heart Horse will be reopening in August, she said, and enrollment is open.

“Although the address is changing, the values are not,” Sunny Brook Stables owner Dr. Grania Gothard Holman said.

Sunny Brook has leased the five acres at Roswell Road, located between a subdivision and East Cobb Presbyterian Church and close to Avenue East Cobb.

The land was recently put up for sale as a residential lot with an asking price of $3 million, and is already under contract, according to its MLS listing.

Holman told East Cobb News that the new location for Sunny Brook will provide “additional riding space, and a covered arena that will allow for more consistent lessons throughout Georgia’s changing weather. Most importantly, it gives us the opportunity to continue building the safe, family-centered riding program that has always been at the heart of Sunny Brook.”

She said Sunny Brook and the non-profit will be able to “grow together” and expand beyond its focus on riding lessons for youngsters.

“The next chapter will also include expanded opportunities for adult riders, clinics, retreats, educational experiences, and community involvement, while continuing to support the mission of Red Heart Horse,” Holman said.

“Although the address is changing, the values are not.”

Sunny Brook will continue to offer one-on-one, small-group and private riding instruction, with an emphasis on horse care and helping riders build meaningful relationships with the animals.

“Our vision has always been about more than teaching people to ride,” Holman said. “It has been about creating a place where horses and people both have the opportunity to grow. Some horses need retirement, rehabilitation, or rescue. Some children discover confidence for the first time. Some adults find their way back to horses after years away. This new home gives us the opportunity to continue serving all of them.”