Meet Our Horses
Horses are the heart of our program
Our horses are selected by our professionally trained staff for their gentle nature, good temperament, and ability to work with a variety of riders and volunteers. We lease 9-10 therapy horses from the months of March-November and they return home for their much needed break during the winter months. If you’re interested in donating to help our wonderful team of horses, please visit our Donate Page or click on the Donate Button at the top right of any page.
Maggie
Gender: Mare
Breed: Clydesdale/Welsh Cross
Birth Year: 2003
Owner: Jinx Fox
Maggie has a blue eye which makes her really unique! She has been in our program for a couple years now. Being one of the bigger horses in the herd, Maggie is often called upon to assist in classes with students with cognitive and physical disabilities. She is incredibly gentle, a gentle giant if you will. Maggie was voted Horse of the Year for Ride with Pride in 2023, and she earned every bit of that accolade!
Eddy
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Arabian
Birth Year: 1998
Owner: Sally Mann
Eddy is the cornerstone of our program! He truly enjoys his job at Ride with Pride! He is friendly and personable, and quickly becomes everyone’s favorite. Eddy caters to our littlest riders, being that his small size makes him appear quite cute and cuddly. Eddy has quite a storied past! He and his owner enjoyed competing in endurance rides, and before that Eddy was a racehorse! Since Eddy is so perfect, he is often brought out for Volunteer Orientations, where we joke that he basically teaches the volunteers how its done.
Cookie Crumbs
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Pony of the Americas
Birth Year: 2006
Owner: Cat Sanders
2006 Pony of the Americas, gelding. Owned by Cat Sanders and Carolyn Meyer, Cookie's past is a little spotty, pun intended. He’s a pony in every sense of the phrase. He likes to test everyone and everything, but we love him for it because it makes all of us better communicators. He is all business once he is in the arena for class. His cuteness definitely overrides his attitude.
Mac
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Thoroughbred
Birth Year: 2004
Owner: Olivia Stanley
. Mac raced for quite a few years on the track before retiring from the career. He spent most of his life as an all around guy, going to shows, riding on the beach, trails. He has been in a program quite a few years now! He is super with the kids, loves to play all the games in classes, and is always steady as can be.
Abigail
Gender: Mare
Breed: Friesan
Birth Year: 2008
Owner: Cate Maloney
Abigail joined our team when we had to suddenly retire two horses from the program. She stepped right into the role, like she was made for this! Abigail is an accomplished Dressage horse. She is super responsive and very smooth to ride. She is big and beautiful and easily a barn favorite.
Rudy
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Mountain Pleasure Horse
Birth Year: 1998
Owner: Kate Armentrout
Trail horse extraordinaire! Rudy and his mom Katie went on many many adventures together! He joined our team in 2025, when one of our veternarians suggested that being an adaptive riding horse could be the perfect role for Rudy once he started slowing down a little. They were right, he is fantastic! He is super level headed, very smooth gaits, and everyone from students to volunteers love working with him! Rudy and Eddy are besties and you can often catch them waiting for each other in the field.
Micah
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Quarter Horse
Birth Year: 2006
Owner: Robin Moore
Micah has some serious training in his past, including working cattle! Micah arrived at Ride With Pride to help with Winter Program in 2023, and he stepped right into that role! Micah is incredibly versatile and rideable, teaching many different types of students! He is all business almost all of the time!
Cloud
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Thoroughbred
Birth Year: 2018
Owner: Lisa Martin
Hes our youngest horse at the ripe age of 8! He’s been a blast to have in the barn, especially for some of our more advanced riders! When he left the track, he was being trained as an event horse, which is a type of competition where horses are ridden over an outside course of natural jumps, show off in a dressage test and then finish with stadium jumping! Sounds impressive, except that’s not totally what he wanted to do. His mom listened to him and decided that he would be happier doing something way more lowkey, and that’s how he came to Ride with Pride.
Chesney
Gender: Mare
Breed: Draft Paint Cross
Birth Year: 2011
Owner: Zack and Jessica Williams
Chesney has been the perfect addition to our team! She is well loved by her family but sadly outgrown. Chesney has done a little bit of everything from trail riding to lessons to camp. She loves to be groomed! She is friendly and affectionate, and completely unflappable.
Baltizar
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Argentinian Thoroughbred
Birth Year: 2009
Owner: Ata Ola and Nikki Bianco
This guy is a retired Polo Pony! He has played in some serious competition with his owner Ata Ola, who is an accomplished Polo Player! Balti was playing polo up till last year when he joined our team! He is actually a very quiet, chill guy. Loves to take naps. He is embracing his new career as an adaptive riding horse!
Shadow
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Thoroughbred
Birth Year: 2010
Owner: Gerald Kuller
Shadow is an impressively tall horse, standing at around 17.2hands! Shadow was a racehorse for a few years and then changed careers to be a show horse! He enjoyed competing in big time Hunter and Jumper classes all over the east coast! Shadow is now enjoying semi-retirement by taking on a new role as an adaptive riding horse, and he’s worn a western saddle for the first time and wears it well!
Watch this page! We are excited to be getting many new horses on our team this year!
More info and pictures will be added to this page in the coming weeks!
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