Equine & horse-farm filming locations in Ontario.
Finding an authentic horse property for film, TV, or commercial production usually means stitching together a barn, a paddock, and a country road from three different owners. At Prince Lee Acres, they're all on one gated 196-acre estate one hour from Toronto.
Why producers choose a working farm over a set-build.
Audiences can spot a dressed-up arena or a prop barn. A working Standardbred training facility gives you the real texture: worn aisles, hay, tack, feed buckets, and horses that already live there. That authenticity reads on camera and saves the art department days of aging.
Prince Lee Acres was the long-time home of one of Canada's best Standardbred race horses and stallions. The barns, track, and paddocks are still active, so the property carries the detail of a real racing and breeding operation — not a backlot.
Because everything is inside one private perimeter, you can move a unit from the barn to the track to an open field in minutes, not hours. Trailers, honeywagons, and crew park inside the gate, and the property is quiet enough for clean production sound.
What you can shoot on the estate.
Working barns & stables
Two barns with centre aisles, box stalls, paddocks, and live horses. Perfect for stable interiors, grooming scenes, farrier work, or early-morning training routines.
Half-mile racetrack
A fully operational Standardbred oval with wide sightlines. Use it for racing sequences, training montages, or as a dramatic open backdrop.
Live horses on pasture
Standardbreds at feeders, walking paddocks, and training on the track year-round. Authentic equine atmosphere without the cost and risk of bringing animals to a foreign location.
Country estate context
Mansion, ponds, open fields, private road, warehouse, and horse barns — all within one gated perimeter. Match wide establishing shots with intimate barn scenes on the same day.
Built for production, not just pictures.
- Location
- Uxbridge, Ontario — ~60 min from Toronto & Pearson Airport
- Gated perimeter
- Fully private, dead-end road, no public traffic
- Crew capacity
- 150+ comfortable, 250 max
- Parking
- 80+ vehicles, trailers & honeywagons inside the gate
- Power
- Grid service + multiple generator tie-in points
- Water
- On-site spring water
- Washrooms
- 2 washrooms connected to the outdoor kitchen
- Catering
- Indoor crew kitchen + covered 3-season outdoor kitchen and picnic pavilion
- Cell tower
- Avianet cell tower on site
- Booking
- Flexible — by the hour, day, or week
Preview the property on video.
Before scouting on foot, most producers watch the aerial reel to get a sense of scale and to pre-plan unit moves between the racetrack, barns, mansion, and open fields.
Watch the property reel →Frequently asked questions.
- Can I book one or several areas, or the whole estate?
- Yes. You can book the full estate or select specific headline sets — by the hour, day, or week. Many productions start with a partial booking and expand as the schedule evolves.
- Where is Prince Lee Acres located?
- Prince Lee Acres is a private 196-acre filming estate in Uxbridge, Ontario — roughly one hour from downtown Toronto and Pearson International Airport, on a quiet dead-end road with a gated perimeter.
- Are there live horses on the property?
- Yes. Standardbreds live and train on-site year-round, so productions do not need to truck animals in. Horses can be featured on the half-mile racetrack, at paddock feeders, in the barns, or on open pasture.
- What kinds of equine scenes can you shoot there?
- Racing and training sequences on the half-mile oval, stable interiors and grooming scenes in working barns, farrier and vet work, pasture and paddock scenes, riding and driving on private country roads, and wide aerial establishing shots.
- How large is the crew you can accommodate?
- 150+ crew comfortably and up to 250 at maximum. Parking for 80+ vehicles plus trailers and honeywagons fits inside the gated perimeter.
- What production infrastructure is on-site?
- 5 ponds, office space, mansion, horse barns, live horses, half-mile track, warehouse, private road, open pasture, indoor catering kitchen, outdoor kitchen, washrooms, and covered picnic area — all inside one gated perimeter — plus grid power with multiple generator tie-in points, on-site spring water, Avianet cell tower on site, 2 washrooms connected to the outdoor kitchen, an indoor crew kitchen, a covered 3-season outdoor kitchen and picnic pavilion, country baseball field, beach volleyball courts, and parking for 80+ vehicles including trailers and honeywagons.
- How do I book a location scout or check availability?
- Email NCVCanada@Outlook.com or call Stephen Clements at 416-712-4312. Scouts are by appointment on-property and enquiries are answered within 24 hours. Bookings are flexible — by the hour, day, or week.
- Can I preview the property before scouting?
- Yes. A full aerial property reel is available on the Prince Lee Acres home page, covering the racetrack, barns, paddocks, mansion, ponds, and open fields.
See the barns, track, and paddocks in person.
Stephen Clements meets scouts on-property with a tour of all fourteen headline sets. Site visits are by appointment, and we reply to enquiries within 24 hours.