Horses Helping People
Feel Lighter. Live Freer. Come Back to Peace.
Give someone a soft spot to land.
Every gift helps Hoofbeats continue offering a safe encouraging place where horses help people grow in confidence, strength, connection, and healing.
Christ-centered holistic wellness support for emotional balance, energetic alignment, and
whole-person restoration.
Feel Lighter.
Live Freer.
Come Back to Peace.
Christ-centered holistic wellness support for emotional balance, energetic alignment, and
whole-person restoration.
Christ-centered holistic wellness support for emotional balance, energetic alignment, and
whole-person restoration.
Therapeutic riding for children and adults in the Rockbridge, Virginia area, offering a place of healing, confidence, connection, and community.
Scholarships help keep riding accessible
Since 1993
Serving children and adults
Who We Are
What is Hoofbeats?
Hoofbeats is a therapeutic riding center where horses help people grow in confidence, strength, connection, and healing.
Through guided riding lessons and meaningful relationships with horses, volunteers, and instructors, Hoofbeats creates a safe and welcoming place for children and adults to experience encouragement, progress, and community.
Who is it for?
Hoofbeats is for children and adults who can benefit from therapeutic riding, including those with physical, emotional, cognitive, social, or developmental needs.
It is also for families looking for support, volunteers looking for meaningful service, and donors who want to help make therapeutic riding accessible to more people.
What should I do next?
Choose the path that fits you best:
I want to ride.
Learn about the program, who it serves, and how to get started.
I want to volunteer.
Discover how you can help with riders, horses, barn care, events, and more.
I want to give.
Support scholarships, horse care, and the daily work that keeps Hoofbeats moving forward.
For Riders & Families
Learn about therapeutic riding, who it helps, and how to begin.
For Volunteers
Help with lessons, horses, barn care, events, photography, office tasks, and more.
For Donors
Support scholarships, horse care, operating costs, and accessible riding.
At Hoofbeats riding is only part of the story.
At Hoofbeatsriding is only part of the story.
Our work helps people grow physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, and spiritually through the connection between horse, rider, volunteer, and community.
Why Choose Us
A place for people who need a soft spot to land.
Give
Help cover horse care, scholarships, and daily operations.
Volunteer
Serve in the barn, beside riders, at events, or behind the scenes.
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makes Hoofbeats special.
Located near Lexington, Virginia.
Hundreds of volunteers and partners make the work possible
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