Victory Riding Academy
Victory Riding Academy Inc. offers Therapeutic Riding on Horseback for children, adults and Military personnel (Active Duty and Veterans) with any special needs. We offer classes to all ages with a variety of needs whether physical, emotional or physiological. Our certified assistants help the rider with balance and confidence in each class to strive for independence.
Victory Riding Academy Inc. will be an accredited facility under PATH International. PATH Intl., Formally known as NARHA, was founded in 1969 as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) to promote safe and effective therapeutic horseback riding throughout the United States and Canada. Today, PATH Intl. has nearly 800 member centers and over 6,300 individual members in countries all over the world, who help and support more than 42,000 men, women and children with special needs each year through a variety of equine-assisted activity and therapy programs.
Victory Riding Academy Inc. will be offering Therapeutic Horseback Riding, Hippotherapy, Recreational Riding, Equine Facilitated Learning, Grooming & Tacking, Ground Work, Mobile Community Programs, Veterans Programs, Horses for Heroes, Educational Camps (Summer Day or Other) and Adult Retreats.
The freedom of riding a horse is an accomplishment that is immeasurable to students who have difficulty with mobility, trunk control, center of gravity, motor skills. Therapeutic Riding and ground classes offer multiple opportunities for students to increase physical, social and social skills. Students develop muscle strength, coordination communication and balance during their sessions.
I Saw a Child
I saw a child who couldn't walk,
sit on a horse, laugh and talk.
Then ride it through a field of daisies
And yet he could not walk unaided.
I saw a child, no legs below,
sit on a horse, and make it go
through woods of green
and places he had never been
to sit and stare except from chair.
I saw a child who could only crawl,
mount a horse and sit up tall.
Put it through degrees of paces
and laugh at the wonder in our faces.
I saw a child born into strife,
take up and hold the reins of life
and the same child heard to say,
Thank God for showing me the way.
-- John Anthony Davies