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Can it be November already? Hoofbeats finished another successful riding season last month. It was full of highlights. VA Special Olympics, the Baroque horseshoe, and the Therapeutic Horseback Riding Center of Virginia Show are just a few. Stay tuned for stories and pictures from all these events! More good news, we will soon be publishing a web series on the hearts and faces of Hoofbeats. Come meet the volunteers, staff, riders, and...

November 30, 2012 (Lexington, VA) – The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), the only globally recognized organization providing standards for identifying legitimate animal sanctuaries, awarded Verified status to Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center (HTRC) as of November 25, 2012. Verification means that Hoofbeats meets the criteria of a true equine sanctuary/rescue and is providing humane and responsible care of the...

Make sure you friend Carol Branscome on facebook, and look for the Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center facebook group. We would love to  have you!

Hoofbeats needs volunteer sidewalkers and horse handlers to help with the weekly lesson program.  This is a labor of love intensive process.  Special Olympics Session begins March 1 and Spring Session begins April 2 and goes through May.  Lessons are held Tues. Wed. Thurs. Frid.and Sat.  Call for times! Spring Session will finish with a Dinner Theatre Event (Hawaiin Luau)  that will be a ton of fun!  We would love to have new...