DO NOT BUY from these people!! Cynthia, Kayla, Troy and Jared Gayheart. They are NOTHING but liars and horse scammers! They will do anything and sell anything to make a buck! Unfortunately, I found out the hard way…
I bought a horse from Kayla who told me everything I wanted to hear of course. The horse was supposed to be “beginner safe” who was supposedly used for lessons and trail rides. We rode the mare there at their barn and she seemed to be calm and laid back. They said she was utd on everything, even her teeth. We didn't buy that day, I wanted to make sure of a few things before we actually purchased the horse. I asked Kayla to have the mares feet done and I wanted an updated coggins report. Once we got that done, we decided to purchase the mare.
Once we got her home, she was completely different within a week or two. My 10 year old daughter (who the horse was bought for) rode her not long after getting her and got bucked off the first time! Let me tell you how scared she was and we’re just so thankful she didn’t get hurt!! Kayla knew from day one that I was looking for a horse that was beginner safe for my 10 year old who is just new to riding and yet, she still had the audacity to sell me this horse who is NOT BEGINNER SAFE by all means!! We believe that the horse was in fact drugged when we went to see her and upon bringing her home.
I’m finding out this horse is nothing but all lies! Of all things, they told me that the horse was 11 years old and come to find out she’s apparently around 20-22 years of age!!! I could go on more about this horse and what we’re finding out. Unfortunately, this is the worst experience I’ve ever had with buying a horse, not to mention how disappointing it is for my daughter!!
We have tried contacting them several times in regards to getting my money refunded for a horse that is ALL LIES and misinformation, but they have refused to do anything about it and then ghosted us. Basically said screw you!! 

These people don’t care about anyone else but themselves. I don’t want to see anyone else make the same mistake I did and getting taken advantage of or end up getting seriously hurt!!
DO NOT BUY FROM APPLE CREEK RANCH or ANY of the GAYHEARTS in XENIA, OH
We went and got two horses from Kayla Gayheart. She had a ton of horses at her facility, untrimmed hooves, and some horses were underweight. I road four horses. One with terrible conformation that got spooked when I touched his face. One with very long hooves that she had to whip to get to trot, and the other two I ended up taking.
Dixie is very skiddish, she stated in the ad that she is a great beginner horse that used to trail ride and she is scared to death of everything. We are working with her. Charlie on the other hand was very confident like they said in the ad and is overall a great horse except his is sick! When we were there he coughed on grain, I asked her is that was normal and she said he just choked on the grain, then when she road him again he coughed.
I asked again, is that normal? And she said yeah still must have had grain in there. So we didnt think much of it. Didnt see anything else alarming. When we got him home he progressively got worse (lots if coughing, eye, nose drainage and rapid breathing up to 41 breaths per minute), she stated it was probably a cold from the weather.
We had a vet come out that stated he has equine asmtha (heaves). We got the horses to trail ride and for our sons birthday, and one is scared and skiddish and the other coughs everytime you ride him. We have contacted the Gayhearts to make it right and they have ghosted us. $5k is lost. All we asked was for at least $1500 back for charley if we kept him or a replacement horse.
We hate to send him back as he is just now starting to gain some weight, and the kids love him. I believe someone should go out and inspect their property for possible abuse, or too many horses for the property. They are not being taken care of appropriately. Also want to mention a gal contacted me with a similar bad experience recently working with them and seems to think the horses were drugged.
After wondering why Dixie was easy to ride and not timid there and the day after we got home flinches and freaks out about a lot makes me wonder. Hoping we can work with her and help her overcome this, but we are at a loss of what to do with Charley. Hoping we can manage his symptoms and help him live a happy life. I would not recommend nor trust these dishonest people at all.
I purchashed 2 horses from the Gayhearts, they assured me they were both kid safe and very well broke. When we arrived we were greeted with a Red mare who was very under weight, feet havent been touched in over a year. We asked when they were done and she said she didnt know.
We rode her and she was awesome. We looked at a bay mare next who was great also, once we got them home they were completely different, very very buddy sour and unable to ride alone. I have contacted them every single day begging for my money back, they will not respond. I was sold 2 " kid safe horses" who were infact drugged when we went. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!
Kayla Gayheart Reviews
DO NOT BUY from these people!! Cynthia, Kayla, Troy and Jared Gayheart. They are NOTHING but liars and horse scammers! They will do anything and sell anything to make a buck! Unfortunately, I found out the hard way…
I bought a horse from Kayla who told me everything I wanted to hear of course. The horse was supposed to be “beginner safe” who was supposedly used for lessons and trail rides. We rode the mare there at their barn and she seemed to be calm and laid back. They said she was utd on everything, even her teeth. We didn't buy that day, I wanted to make sure of a few things before we actually purchased the horse. I asked Kayla to have the mares feet done and I wanted an updated coggins report. Once we got that done, we decided to purchase the mare.
Once we got her home, she was completely different within a week or two. My 10 year old daughter (who the horse was bought for) rode her not long after getting her and got bucked off the first time! Let me tell you how scared she was and we’re just so thankful she didn’t get hurt!! Kayla knew from day one that I was looking for a horse that was beginner safe for my 10 year old who is just new to riding and yet, she still had the audacity to sell me this horse who is NOT BEGINNER SAFE by all means!! We believe that the horse was in fact drugged when we went to see her and upon bringing her home.
I’m finding out this horse is nothing but all lies! Of all things, they told me that the horse was 11 years old and come to find out she’s apparently around 20-22 years of age!!! I could go on more about this horse and what we’re finding out. Unfortunately, this is the worst experience I’ve ever had with buying a horse, not to mention how disappointing it is for my daughter!!
We have tried contacting them several times in regards to getting my money refunded for a horse that is ALL LIES and misinformation, but they have refused to do anything about it and then ghosted us. Basically said screw you!! 

These people don’t care about anyone else but themselves. I don’t want to see anyone else make the same mistake I did and getting taken advantage of or end up getting seriously hurt!!
DO NOT BUY FROM APPLE CREEK RANCH or ANY of the GAYHEARTS in XENIA, OH
We went and got two horses from Kayla Gayheart. She had a ton of horses at her facility, untrimmed hooves, and some horses were underweight. I road four horses. One with terrible conformation that got spooked when I touched his face. One with very long hooves that she had to whip to get to trot, and the other two I ended up taking.
Dixie is very skiddish, she stated in the ad that she is a great beginner horse that used to trail ride and she is scared to death of everything. We are working with her. Charlie on the other hand was very confident like they said in the ad and is overall a great horse except his is sick! When we were there he coughed on grain, I asked her is that was normal and she said he just choked on the grain, then when she road him again he coughed.
I asked again, is that normal? And she said yeah still must have had grain in there. So we didnt think much of it. Didnt see anything else alarming. When we got him home he progressively got worse (lots if coughing, eye, nose drainage and rapid breathing up to 41 breaths per minute), she stated it was probably a cold from the weather.
We had a vet come out that stated he has equine asmtha (heaves). We got the horses to trail ride and for our sons birthday, and one is scared and skiddish and the other coughs everytime you ride him. We have contacted the Gayhearts to make it right and they have ghosted us. $5k is lost. All we asked was for at least $1500 back for charley if we kept him or a replacement horse.
We hate to send him back as he is just now starting to gain some weight, and the kids love him. I believe someone should go out and inspect their property for possible abuse, or too many horses for the property. They are not being taken care of appropriately. Also want to mention a gal contacted me with a similar bad experience recently working with them and seems to think the horses were drugged.
After wondering why Dixie was easy to ride and not timid there and the day after we got home flinches and freaks out about a lot makes me wonder. Hoping we can work with her and help her overcome this, but we are at a loss of what to do with Charley. Hoping we can manage his symptoms and help him live a happy life. I would not recommend nor trust these dishonest people at all.
I purchashed 2 horses from the Gayhearts, they assured me they were both kid safe and very well broke. When we arrived we were greeted with a Red mare who was very under weight, feet havent been touched in over a year. We asked when they were done and she said she didnt know.
We rode her and she was awesome. We looked at a bay mare next who was great also, once we got them home they were completely different, very very buddy sour and unable to ride alone. I have contacted them every single day begging for my money back, they will not respond. I was sold 2 " kid safe horses" who were infact drugged when we went. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!