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Activities Offered
  • Horseback Riding
Building Access
  • Meets ADA standards
  • Accessible areas of building: Locker Rooms, Front Desk/ Reception Area, Shower Facilities, Parking Area, Ramps, Swimming Pool (off site)

Staff Training and Certification
  • Staff Training: Yes
  • Staff Certification:Adapted Physical Education/ Therapeutic Recreation, Special Education

Participants Served
  • Age range of participants: 4 to 99

Adaptive Equipment
  • Adaptive equipment available
    Adaptive saddles

Membership Fees
  • Fee to participate in the Program : Sliding/ Adjusted fee scales or discounts available.

Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: Yes

    Transportation is provided for offsite activities only.


Notes

Located at The National Ability Center's Bronfman Family Recreational Center and Ranch, outside of Park City, Utah, horseback riding is one of the Center's fastest growing and most successful programs. The National Ability Center's therapeutic riding program offers group and private lessons with specially trained and nationally recognized instructors as well as scenic trail rides. Individuals of all ages with a variety of disabilities take part in this program. Adaptive equipment and side walkers are provided. This program is offered year-round thanks to the heated 17,000 square foot indoor arena and barn.

Lessons are one hour in length. Included in this time, participants are taught basic grooming and horsemanship skills. These skills are fundamental to the therapeutic horseback riding experience. The contact can help form an unconditional bond between horse and rider, which has been shown to improve an individual's self-esteem.

Therapeutic riding offers highly effective therapy for mentally and physically disabled individuals. It has proven to be particularly effective with children. The rider is working on exercises to develop strength, coordination, balance and self-confidence. Horseback riding trains multiple muscle groups and promotes natural and rhythmical movement. The horse's back has proven itself irreplaceable for coordination training.

Horseback riding, usually unavailable to special populations, provides physical conditioning, recreational activity, social interaction and helps to build self-confidence and self-esteem. As with all of the Center's programs, friends and family members are invited to participate and come riding with us.