Our horses bring health, happiness, and hope! A natural and fun therapy for physical, mental, emotional and behavioral challenges.
If you’ve ridden horses or enjoyed their gentle love, you know the experience is unlike any other. And for those with physical, mental, emotional or behavioral challenges, the interaction can be remarkably life changing.
Therapeutic horseback riding can enhance:
Strength, coordination, self-esteem, concentration, emotional states, posture, balance, a sense of well being, personal mobility, a feeling of independence.
How do these gentle, four-legged therapists help?
Horses and humans walk using a similar motion and gait. Horse movements cause riders to respond using natural body movements. Exercise equipment works specific muscle groups, where horseback riding promotes integrated “whole person” flow of movements. Students with physical disabilities improve their muscle strength, balance, flexibility, and coordination.
Our horses are also friendly, nonjudgmental companions. Their gentle natures improve mental and emotional states. The bond that develops between a horse and rider inspires a sense of teamwork, responsibility, communication, caring, and joy.
What sort of challenges can therapeutic riding help with?
- Physical: injuries, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, spina-bifida, paralysis
- Cognitive: autism, Down’ s syndrome, mental retardation, sensory integration disorder, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Fee: Six 1/2 hour lessons over 6 weeks – $ 180
Ages: 4 and up
Download:
Therapeutic Horseback Riding Application Packet 2021
Participant Annual Update 2021
Physician Annual Update 2021
Concussion Fact Sheet for Parents
New riders are evaluated during a private lesson. This evaluation lesson establishes the appropriate placement within the existing riding calendar for lessons. Cost for an Evaluation Lesson is $60.
For more information, contact us!
THERAPEUTIC RIDING SCHEDULE 2021
| RIDING DATES | BREAK – NO RIDING | |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | January 9 – February 19 | February 20 – March 5 |
| Session 2 | March 6 – April 16 | April 17 – April 30 |
| Session 3 | May 1 – June 18 (NO RIDING 5/24-5/31) | June 19-June 20 |
| Session 4 – Summer Session | June 21 – July 30 Horse Camp July 10 – August 20 Session 4 – THR Schedule July 31 Chore & S’more August 2 – 6 Jr. Advanced Rider Clinic August 9 – 13 Advanced Rider Clinic August 16 – 20 Adult Horse Camp |
August 21 – September 10 |
| Session 5 | September 11 – October 22 | October 23 – October 29 |
| Session 6 | October 30 – December 17 (NO RIDING 11/22-11/28) | December 18, 2021 – January 7, 2022 |
Would you like to volunteer to help in our riding programs? Get more information here.