Photo from the STAR ProgramIn a recent E-news we featured a short article about the new Seven Gables Therapeutic Riding Stable in Dickson and since then we have heard about a number of other therapeutic riding programs. Information about those programs is below.

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Hoof Beats of Hope

840 Osage Crossland Road, Puryear, TN 38251. Phone: (731) 782-6141. Is a therapeutic horseback riding program designed for individuals with physical and mental challenges. We are a non-profit organization that runs entirely on grants, donations, a small fee for services and with the assistance of volunteer workers. We were chartered in July 2002 and have started riding classes since April 2003.

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Seven Gables Farm 135 Sullivan Road, Dickson, TN 37055. Phone: (615) 218-4100 Email: bharper47@hotmail.com To establish a safe, experiential learning environment which utilizes the multi-faceted concepts of equine therapy to promote the total well-being of the Physically and Cognitively Challenged Community.

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Angel Heart Farm, Inc.
9840 Sam Donald Road ~ Nolensville, TN 37135 ~ (615) 566-4976
Angel Heart Farm, Inc. is the only non-profit therapeutic program in Middle Tennessee that uses equine-assisted therapy for children with chronic and life threatening illnesses and their families.

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Saddle Up!
1549 Old Hillsboro Road ~ Franklin, TN 37069 ~ (615) 794-1150
Saddle Up! is a therapeutic recreational horseback riding program designed for children with mental and physical disabilities. It is the oldest therapeutic riding program in the area serving a broad range of children living throughout Middle Tennessee.

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Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding - STAR
11800 Highway 11E ~ Lenoir City, TN 37772 ~ (865) 988-4711
The prescribed program may include grooming, saddling, and learning riding skills or may be passive in nature. With some riders we position them so the movement of the horse can relax tight muscles, increase range of motion, improve trunk stability, and balance.

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Southern STARRS
4050 Cairo Bend Road ~ Lebanon, TN 37087 ~ (615) 453-2592
Southern STARRS, Inc. is dedicated to providing safe and goal oriented therapeutic and recreational horseback riding and animal assisted activities to special needs children and adults.

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Therapeutic Riding Academy of Knoxville - TRAK
6810 East Raccoon Valley Road ~ Knoxville, TN 37938 ~ (865) 922-8223
Our mission at TRAK is to provide those with a wide range of disabilities with a “whole” treatment of mind, body, and soul through physical, occupational, nutritional, and speech-language therapies provided with therapeutic horseback riding.