Wellington Equestrian Gym Club

Wellington Equestrian Gym Club opened its doors on Wellington Trace in 2019, founded by Evelina Gracia and Ariel Fontana, who built the business alongside their daughters Agostina Fontana-Gracia and Brianna Fontana. Despite the name, this is not a horseback riding operation. The club takes its name from Wellington’s equestrian identity as a nod to its location in the horse capital of the world, but the actual activity on the studio floor is gymnastics, tumbling, and related movement disciplines.

The studio was built with two separate spaces, one dedicated to gymnastics and one to dance and movement classes, which lets the club run a broader schedule than a single-room studio typically can. On the gymnastics side, classes cover artistic, rhythmic, acrobatic, and trampolining gymnastics along with general tumbling, giving kids a chance to try different disciplines within the sport rather than being locked into one narrow track from day one. The club also offers aerial silks, which is a less common offering among Wellington’s youth activity businesses and tends to draw kids interested in the more circus-adjacent side of gymnastics and aerial arts.

Because Wellington Equestrian Gym Club is a genuinely family-run business, with two generations actively involved since the grand opening, the day to day feel tends to reflect that ownership. Local coverage of the studio’s launch described the founders as excited to bring a new option to the neighborhood, and small, family-owned studios like this one often build their class culture around knowing individual kids and families rather than running a high-volume, franchise-style operation.

The Wellington Trace address puts the club in a shopping and services corridor that is easy for local families to reach, with the club operating out of a suite within a larger commercial building rather than a standalone facility. That kind of setup is common for smaller gymnastics and dance studios in developed parts of Wellington, where large standalone gyms are harder to come by outside of the equestrian district’s open acreage.

Programming extends beyond weekly classes into summer camps and birthday parties, both useful for parents looking for supervised activity options during school breaks or a party venue that already has the right equipment and open floor space built in. For Wellington families specifically interested in gymnastics, tumbling, or aerial silks rather than dance, and who want to support an independently owned studio with local roots going back to its 2019 opening, Wellington Equestrian Gym Club is worth checking out. Anyone interested should reach out directly through the studio’s contact form or by phone, since specific class hours are best confirmed ahead of a visit.