Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship

07/01/2024

Hi Everyone! Important news regarding our 30th Anniversary celebration! For various reasons including busy summer schedules and the impending heat, we have rescheduled our 30th Anniversary party to Saturday September 14th! Save the date and join us for a super fun evening at our Chatsworth location celebrating the past 30 years and looking forward to the next 30 years!!

06/30/2024

Another great PlayLA clinic at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center! It was wonderful to welcome so many new participants and introduce them to the amazing world of adaptive riding! We are looking forward to our summer session of PlayLA lessons at our Chatsworth location! .adaptivesports

06/22/2024

Reminder that our Under the Oaks auction is open for bidding right now! Check out some of the amazing items which are all graciously donated by generous local businesses! We have a luxurious overnight stay at Langham Pasadena, a private dressage lesson with USDF Gold medalist, Megan McQueeney, a 1hr facial and 1hr Massage Envy gift card, VIP Docent-Led Cart Tour of the LA Zoo, Los Angeles Sparks Tickets and much, much more! All proceeds from the auction go directly to support our programs, students and horses! https://givebutter.com/c/RideOn/auction

06/18/2024

Exciting news! If you can't make our "Under the Oaks" event this weekend you can still support Ride On! Our silent auction is going live online on June 18th at 9am!

Our first featured item is 6 exclusive box seats at the Hollywood Bowl. Immerse yourself in the Marvel Infinity Saga as the Los Angeles Philharmonic brings to life the epic stories and legendary moments from your favorite Marvel films! Truly a night not to be missed!

You can preview our auction here https://givebutter.com/c/RideOn more items will be added throughout the week so keep checking in!

Tickets to the event are still available! Join us "Under the Oaks" at Flintridge Riding Club for what promises to be a beautiful evening with the absolute highlight being demos of our programs given by our amazing riders, patients, horses and volunteers! Tickets are available here - https://www.rideon.org/events.php

06/16/2024

Happy Father’s Day to all of the incredible dads that help us hold on to the reins and steer our way through life!

📸Scott Schneider

06/12/2024

We are very proud to announce that Chloe from our Ride On Thousand Oaks CALNET team was chosen to receive the Chris Ludwig Award for Excellence during the CALNET show. This award is given to an athlete each year who demonstrates outstanding sportsmanship and effort during the show. The judges were especially impressed with her support and encouragement for her fellow competitors. After placing 3rd in her class Chloe could not be more excited for those that placed above her, and her genuine kindness and enthusiasm shone very brightly! Congrats Chloe, we are very proud of you

05/30/2024

Thanks to the Thousand Oaks Acorn for this great article about Wilhelm's participation in the recent CALNET Show!

The smile on Wilhelm Hornstrand’s face as he learned he’d placed in two events at the 35th annual CALNET Horse Show was wider than ever. Even more remarkabl

05/29/2024

It’s summertime and that means camp time!! We still have a few openings for both weeks of our super fun camp at our Chatsworth location! Contact [email protected] for more info or to sign up!

05/28/2024

Please join us June 22 for a beautiful evening "Under the Oaks" at Flintridge Riding Club. Enjoy demonstrations by our amazingly talented students and learn more about the incredible programs that Ride On offers. Join us from 4pm onwards for wine/beer, a fun auction, delicious BBQ dinner and live entertainment. Tickets are $125 each and can be purchased securely on our website https://www.rideon.org/events.php To sponsor the event, donate an auction item or for questions please email [email protected] or text/call 818.512.8481 Flintridge Riding Club

05/26/2024

Drum roll please! We are incredibly honored and very excited to be a beneficiary of this amazing auction! Huge thanks to Alex and Stine Van Halen for their continued support of our programs. Auction dates are June 1-9, 2024 Backstage Auctions

05/22/2024

So thankful for USEF’s support!

05/21/2024

Great coverage of our partnership with PlayLA!

Kids living with disabilities learn riding skills and horsemanship in Chatsworth.

05/20/2024

CALNET Day 2! What an amazing weekend! After being displaced with incredibly short notice from the LAEC we managed to rally the troops and relocate the entire show to Rancho Potrero Community Equestrian Center! So many wonderful people come together to make this show so special! Special thanks to our volunteer judges Connie Hammond Weinsoff, Amy Sheets, Donna Spencer, Gloria Hamblin and Andre Gaston; our volunteer office staff Rob Wallsgrove, Michele Kestler and Lucy Guerre; the Rangers for safety support and pancakes, the Sieker family for lunch and much more, Matt Gibb for photography, Gayle Paperno for facility management, the RPCEC facility staff, Show Managers Bryan McQueeney and Sara Jones, the many volunteers behind the scenes that scribed, cooked, supported and did all the things and last but not least and most importantly the amazing competitors and the centers that went to an enormous amount of effort to make this is a possibility for their students! We cannot wait to do this again next year!!!

05/19/2024

What an amazing Day 1 of the CALNET Show! More competition tomorrow - come and join the fun Rancho Potrero Community Equestrian Center from 8am - 1pm, free for spectators!

05/15/2024

The one and only CALNET Show is coming up this weekend! We have over 100 riders joining us to compete in some great classes including equitation, showmanship, dressage, obstacle and the super fun costume class! It’s an all volunteer effort and is incredibly inspiring! The show is being held at Rancho Potrero Community Equestrian Center in Thousand Oaks and is free for spectators all weekend - come and join the fun!

Conejo Recreation and Park District

05/09/2024

HUGE congratulations to Mikaela for successfully completing the PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor certification! To successfully become a CTRI, candidates need to demonstrate their knowledge of disabilities, equines, teaching and human-animal interactions and its quite a process! Mikaela teaches our adaptive riding students and looks after our lovely herd of horses at our Pasadena location. She is an amazing instructor and we are very fortunate to have her on our team!

04/25/2024

We had a great couple of mornings this week helping out with the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency Trails Education Days. The goal of this event is to instill youngsters with an appreciation and sense of stewardship of natural open space and over the course of 4 days nearly 1000 4th grade students participate! We were “actors” in a very fun skit involving a hiker with a dog, a mountain biker and an equestrian in which we acted out a scenario of the wrong way to behave in open space! It was super fun, super educational and very worthwhile!! We are looking forward to meeting these newly educated kids out on the trail!!

Conejo Recreation and Park District Conejo Open Space Foundation

04/20/2024

There are many glamorous and some not so very glamorous aspects of running Ride On, but each of them are important! Many thanks to Diana Friedman for funding and Tio and Enrique for constructing our fancy new manure ramp at our Chatsworth ranch!

04/14/2024

Ride On representing at the PATH Region 11 Conference! Megan and Brie both gave presentations this weekend - we have such an amazing team!

04/09/2024

We are really looking forward to the "CALNET" Horse Show which will be held May 17 - 19 at the prestigious Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank. For those that don’t know, the CALNET Show is in its 35th year and is a fantastic, professional event dedicated to equestrians with special needs. Classes will include the CALNET favorites including Futures, Equitation, Showmanship, Obstacle, Pole Bending, Open Dressage and the ever-popular Costume Class!

We will also be offering clinics on Friday - Megan McQueeney will be offering a "Ride Your Test" clinic and Sara Jones and Brie Doherty will be offering a "Teach Your CTRI Lesson" clinic. We have also added a Showmanship Clinic which will be taught by Cheryl Rohnke. Cheryl is a CHA Master Instructor and Certifier, AQHA Pro Horseman and has over 40 years experience working in the show field. The clinic is not only aimed at those competing in the Showmanship Class it is also appropriate for coaches/staff/volunteers that would like to learn more about horse handling/communication/obedience and teaching good skills for horse handling during AR lessons and Therapy Services treatment sessions. Sign ups for the clinics are available in the Registration Pack or email [email protected].

We will also be hosting the open Dressage Schooling on Sunday which is open to all - entry from can be found at www.CalnetShow.org

Classes are always free for riders with disabilities and once again this year we will not be charging for horse stalls or the Friday night dinner. Thanks to the San Fernando Rangers we will also be serving a delicious free pancake breakfast on Sunday morning. The Registration Pack is available on our website www.CalnetShow.org.

04/05/2024

We are hosting the Chatsworth Day of the Horse! We will be doing an Adaptive Riding demo at 12.30 and will have staff on hand to talk about volunteer opportunities! Come by and say hi - it’s free and all are welcome!

04/02/2024

Every year the world comes together to observe World Autism Awareness Day. It is a day to raise awareness, promote acceptance and understand the challenges faced by those living with autism. 1 in 54 children in the US is diagnosed with autism and it is the largest population served at Ride On. Our team of horses, volunteers, therapists and instructors work passionately to help improve the lives of individuals on the autism spectrum and their families every day!

03/14/2024

Yamaha Guitars Marketing team pushed themselves out of their comfort zone with a motivational team building experience at our Rancho Potrero Community Equestrian Center facility! Much fun and collaboration was had by all! (including the horses….!).

A quote from one of the team.. “This is a great way to experience something that pushes you to interact differently with a group of your friends or team-members who, until something like this, you thought you already knew.”

If you are interested in having your team collaborate in a completely unique and fun environment reach out to [email protected]!

03/08/2024

Happy to the amazing, professional, hardworking and inspiring women that dedicate themselves to Ride On (not all pictured here and pretend Bryan is not there…..!). What this incredible group of women get accomplished week in, week out is nothing short of amazing and we are very lucky to have each and every one of you!

03/06/2024

Today was the 30th anniversary of Ride On’s first lesson which was held at Stoney Point..right next door to our permanent Chatsworth home! In those 30 years we have provided over 147,000 lessons and treatments for some amazing riders and patients on some pretty incredible horses! From day one we have worked to build an organization that will provide generations of service and so many have invested in our work to make that dream come true! To celebrate today’s milestone, we enjoyed donuts at each of our 4 locations! Save the date…on July 13th we are going to celebrate our 30th with a fabulous celebration at our Chatsworth ranch!!

01/29/2024

Wonderful day of networking and education, great to feel so much passion and energy from our industry peers! Thanks to everyone that participated and presented! Instructor workshop coming next!

01/27/2024

Saturdays at Ride On Pasadena ❤️ All three of our Ride On facilities in Chatsworth, Thousand Oaks and Pasadena are currently recruiting volunteers! If you would like to help visit our website https://www.rideon.org/volunteer.php to check the schedules and sign up and then head out to one of our amazing ranches! We promise you won’t regret it!

01/25/2024

Wonderful work inspired by Ride On!!

Aubrey Alexander has loved riding horses since she was 10 years old, and an experience involving horses is part of what led her to a rewarding career in special education.