text: fun way to start the day horseback riding we had a groupon for a hour ride and started out at am the staff was extremely friendly and knowledgable about all things horse nnwe had a very large group with a few kids so our ride although nice was extremely slow and somewhat boring we are no experts but we have ridden horses a handful of time and it is more fun if you get to gallop a little or ride up and down some hills but here we just talked along for hours on flat land nit looks like though macdonalds ranch offers all kinds of kid friendly activities as well as night and sunset ridesnnfor a more exciting ride check out the rides near south mountain but for a leisurely stroll along a flat desert macdonalds is probably a better bet