Welcome to O'Shea Stables
Situated on over 100 plus acres of sandy loam, seeded grass soil in the heartland of coastal eastern North Carolina...O'Shea Stables is a short drive from Wilmington, Wallace, Burgaw, Leland, Rocky Point, Castle Hayne, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Oak Island, Topsail Island, Clinton and more. Our complete equine facility is home to a hunter jumper team with pleasure and trail riders alike. Owners Lizann Flint and Shannon O'Shea have over 30 years combined experience in the equine industry. They also live on premises in a restored southern style farmhouse and supervise all lessons, boarding, showing, hay cutting (for farm use), graining and farm activities personally. O'Shea Stables LLC. offers English, Western, and Hunter-Jumper lessons. The equine facility offers full and pasture boarding in addition to horses for sale and lease. Come ride with us in a beautiful country setting.
Riding a Horse is not a gentle hobby to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire.
It is a grand passion.
It Seizes a person whole and once it has done so...
She will have to accept that her life will be forever changed.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
O'Shea's History
Lizann Flint first bought her daughter Shannon O'Shea a horse when she was ten years old and the horse, Ramius O'Shea, was a two year old filly. Living in Wilmington, the mother daughter team boarded and trained at several barns from Wrightsboro, Ogden, Blue Clay Road and Castle Hayne. Their career included 10 successful years on the C and A Hunter-Jumper circuit. After a time Shannon and Lizann (like many horse owners) ended up with two horses and two ponies. They started looking for property with acreage and a house in need of restoration and found the property in Burgaw in 1995. The 190 year old country style farm house, main barn and outbuildings had to be fully restored. Most the property was in corn, soybean crops and otherwise wooded. One large pasture was added and seeded...And that was the beginning... Now O'Shea Stables LLC. has 14 acres of coastal grass pasture, 4 barns, 6 tack rooms, a full 190 x 240 jump arena, enclosed shelters in each paddock, 17 pastures all with shelters, 2 outside washpits, a large open field for hacking, wooded trails and a training roundpen. O'Shea's has developed into a full equine facility. Owner and Trainer Shannon O'Shea's focus over the last 14 years has been on her students, showing, boarding and selling and leasing quality horses. Please contact her anytime, she would love to give you a tour of the facility and all it has to offer. Above is Shannon and Ramius O'Shea doing the 3'6 juniors and below is Shannon age 10 years and beloved Ramius age two years. -Owner O'Shea Stables LLC., Shannon O'Shea