Do you have an extraordinary horse with the patience and temperament to teach our neurodiverse riders and participants? Grace Lake is dedicated to finding the very special, saintly, tolerant, willing, and healthy horses needed to support our riders with special needs and ensure the best experience for them!
Qualities that Grace Lake looks for in a therapy horse include:
- Enjoys working and being around people
- Free from injury with no lameness or health issues
- Easy to groom, tack up, mount, and dismount
- Able to handle a rider that is unbalanced, tense, nervous, or making loud noises
- Excellent ground manners especially while leading
- The babysitter type that will safely and supportively teach a green rider
Most of our horses are not owned by the program but are leased to Grace Lake. This means that if the horse becomes unusable in the program for either health or behavioral reasons, the horse can go back to its original home, and the program is not financially responsible for caring for an inactive member of the herd.
Therapy Horse Application Form