We’ve observed an overarching trend over almost three decades of training thousands of young people to ride and interact with horses…they almost always go on to become responsible and productive adults. Horses teach us empathy, compassion, sensitivity, responsibility, discipline, the value of hard work, and the thrill of mastery, not only of equestrian skills, but of one’s life.

Our facility promotes a healthy, drug-free, active and athletic lifestyle that gives young people something solid to anchor their lives to. Drifting is common during teen years as young people search for self-identity and meaning in life. Horses give their spirits wings to fly across the countryside, but horses also ground them to reality as they dismount to the dirt, untack the horse, hose him down if he’s hot, and pick out his hooves.