What It Takes to Be a Therapy Horse
It isn’t hard to tell that a Thoroughbred racehorse looks different than the Shetland pony you had growing up, or that the horses you see in competitions seem to have a lot more energy than any horse you would want your toddler riding. Horses (and ponies) come in...
Who Does StableStrides Serve?
There’s little else that needs to be said about horses helping people, but how do horses help individuals of different ages or abilities? It is believed that the origin of theory around horses helping people can be traced back to Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC), an...
A Volunteer’s Perspective
By: Vicki, StableStrides Volunteer One day about three years ago I drove past a pasture with several horses grazing. They reminded me of the horses I knew as a child, and I felt a longing to reconnect in some way with horses, something I did not think possible since I...
Winterizing Equine Activities at StableStrides
After reading a great article “The Smart Equestrian’s List to Brightening the Winter Blues” from The Horse, my attention turned to winterizing sessions and equine activities here at StableStrides. During the summer we hold most sessions...
What is Hippotherapy?
You may have caught on, hippotherapy doesn’t involve hippopotamuses. So, what gives? Hippo is the Greek word for horse. Hippotherapy refers to how therapists incorporate equine movement purposefully as a therapy tool during treatment...StableStrides In The News
StableStrides is striving not just to improve the lives of individuals in their community, ranging from children with physical adaptive needs to veterans and active-duty service members from nearby military installations, but to promote equine therapy as a whole for...Exciting News…
Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center is now StableStrides! As horse lovers, we know there’s something truly profound about a bond with a horse…and as we’ve witnessed over and over, these special animals are catalysts for healing and empowerment. For 37 years, Pikes...
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