Founded in 2005, GallopNYC is the only PATH International member organization offering therapeutic horsemanship and horseback riding programs to New Yorkers with disabilities, seniors, and military veterans. 

Therapeutic horsemanship is a combination of horseback riding, groundwork activities (such as grooming horses), and horse education designed to help people with disabilities gain measurable improvements in their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional skills. These improvements result in benefits that transfer to other areas of their lives.

Each day, GallopNYC’s horses help New Yorkers with disabilities:

● Improve their fine and gross motor skills,

● Improve their independent living skills,

● Make measurable progress on their skill goals (such as improved balance, muscle tone, attention span,

confidence, social interaction, and more), and,

● Experience a sense of accomplishment and independence GallopNYC offers accessible therapeutic riding programs to all, regardless of their ability to pay for services. Each year, GallopNYC offers its riders need-based lesson scholarships that help cover the cost of weekly therapeutic riding lessons.

In Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023), we served 542 riders across our programs, offering them a total of 8,087 riding lessons. Among these participants, 53% were children under 21 years old, while 47% were adults. Of our riders in Fiscal Year 2023: 

● 278 individuals actively engaged in the Therapeutic Riding program, completing a total of 5,234 lessons.

● 137 riders received Hippotherapy services, totaling 1,737 lessons. Hippotherapy is a specialized program in which GallopNYC partners with certified therapists to offer physical, occupational, or other types of therapies that are equine-assisted. 

● 26 military veterans found solace and growth through the Veterans Riding program, encompassing 644 lessons.

● 13 riders participated in our supported employment initiative, HERD: Harnessing Empowerment and Realizing Dreams, a program designed to foster participants' vocational development.

This could not have been done without:

● The support of over 700 volunteers,

● A herd of 25 trusty horses, and,

● The invaluable support of the New York City community.

Please consider supporting GallopNYC's TCS NYC Marathon fundraiser. Your donation will help provide need-based riding lesson scholarships for children and adults with disabilities as well as essential care – such as hay, bedding, and veterinary services – for GallopNYC’s cherished herd of horses.

Your support helps New Yorkers with disabilities saddle up!

Learn more at www.gallopnyc.org