Therapeutic Horseback Riding Center Needs More Horses and a new Mounting Block

[Dressagegirl29]

My therapeutic horseback riding center where I ride, Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship in Chatsworth, CA needs more horses. They have to be sound, bombproof, and around 14-15.2 hands tall. There is never enough horses for the special needs riders to ride and groom; we always have to wait for another rider to finish. Does anyone know or have good horses for therapeutic horseback riding? Here is the link about donating horses to Ride On; it is http://www.rideon.org/horse_donations.html.

Ride On in Chatsworth also needs a new three-step mounting block for one of the arenas because one of them is broken. My dad donated a new mounting block, last year, but it is gone, now. We’re stuck with the broken mounting block while the riders in the other arena get a more stable mounting block. Does anyone have a three-step mounting block that they don’t need? Please go to Rideon.org.

[flyracing]

Sound, bombproof horses that can do therapeutic sessions to include walk, trot and canter and be under the age 16 are not easy to find. They also want a height range that includes only a couple of inches of allowed height. Add that the program wants the horses donated, when the horses requested actually have a pretty decent market value and are easy to sell, you can understand why the program is short on horses. I’m not saying this to be negative to the program, because I know they need good horses. Those horses they need just happen to be quite special! Good luck to your program!

[Dressagegirl29]

PATH Intl. Centers give a tax credit for horse donations. Here is the link to PATH Intl. Centers Horse Donations; it is http://www.pathintl.org/images/pdf/about-narha/PATH-Intl-Donating-Your-Horse.pdf. It is a way more thorough explanation of donating horses to a therapeutic riding program like Ride On.

Ride On in Chatsworth, CA needs a new three-step mounting block to replace the broken one with the hole in the bottom of it. The other arena has the good three-step mounting block that my dad donated a couple years ago. Does anyone know how to get a stable three-step mounting block donated to Ride On in Chatsworth?