Mission

To empower, enhance, promote and inspire healing to individuals with disabilities and individuals with special needs whether physical, cognitive, social, emotional, or psychological. Additionally, we serve able bodied individuals, troubled youth and Veterans. We provide community based equine assisted services to create more active, healthy, fulfilling physical and mental well-being. We also strive to create bonds and connections between horses and humans and to build self-confidence through compassion, with mounted and unmounted Therapeutic Horsemanship programs one stride at a time.

Vision: To inspire the community and create connections using the transformational power of horses and their compassion to encourage individuals to reach their full self-awareness and live life positively with great success, dedication and commitment.

Values: Connect with Community and People Serve with Compassion and Purpose Healing with Horses Partnership and Inspire with Professionalism, Gratitude, Loyalty and Respect

A Broken Spur Riding Academy is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization and PATH Intl Member Center Specializing in Equine Assisted Services including Therapeutic Horsemanship to Individuals with Disabilities, Veterans and Able bodied individuals

Why choose ABS?

• Community Engagement:

  We are focused and dedicated to servicing our community, fulfilling connections, and providing a space where all horse enthusiasts and newcomers come together to learn, ride, grow and heal, gain self confidence and feel the compassion a horse has to offer.

• Experienced Leadership/PATH International Certified Instructors:

  Our team of dedicated professionals including PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) International Certified Therapeutic Instructors who have been recently accredited by the NCCA (National Commission for Certifying Agency). All of our team members have years of experience in horsemanship and equine assisted services including traditional and therapeutic horsemanship, ensuring that you receive the best guidance and support on your equine journey.

• Unparalleled Connections and Bonds with Horses:

  We create a relationship with our horses because they are not merely and simply just animals to us. Here at ABS horses are our teachers, our friends, our partners and sometimes our communicators when we cannot communicate for ourselves, they are our mirrors of what we expect of ourselves, and most assuredly, our loyal companions. Through our programs, events, and lessons and experiences you will discover the profound connections that can be forged between horses and humans.

• Great Motivators

  The horse is a great motivator. Horses bond with participants in ways that appear to be mystical, and soothing to humans. Equine assisted services, therapeutic horsemanship programs offers a wide range of benefits impacting physical health, mental well-being, and social development. Equine assisted activities and therapies can aid in healing, improving coordination and balance, and muscle strength all while boosting self confidence, reducing stress, and fostering social interactions. Additionally, they can teach patience, self discipline and responsibility.

• Helping Many

  Equine Assisted Services addresses a variety of physical, emotional, educational, and human development needs.

We invite you to explore our website by the drop down menus at the top of our page. Whether visiting us from a computer or a mobile device for the first time or rejoining us for updates, on our page you will find a wealth of resources, programs, events and opportunities to embark on your equine journey for any avid horse lover. Whether you have lots of experience with horses or merely only gotten to look at them and are ready to step into the barn to learn we welcome you with open hearts and soothing hoof beats.