Therapeutic Riding Program
Making a difference, one life at a time.

 We will be getting certified spring/summer of 2010 and starting our therapeutic riding program in the spring of 2011.  We plan to work with Norwegian Fjords in our riding program. We will be certified with NARHA- North American Riding for the Handicapped Association.



Destiny Youth Ranch is a Christian based therapy riding center that trusts in the verse:
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13

Working together to change lives, Destiny Youth Ranch is a non-profit pending ranch that will provide the service of therapy riding to clients participating in one-on-one sessions with a certified NARHA instructor and a horse partner.

Therapy riding, the partnership of horse, rider, and trained instructor, provides benefits that are as diverse as the participants themselves. Professionals familiar with therapy riding recognize the unique advantages that it offers in all areas; physical, emotional, and mental. From improved balance, muscle control, and flexibility, to increased self-confidence, self esteem, and assertiveness, therapy riding is an effective and valuable therapy tool.

At Destiny Youth Ranch we believe there is no such thing as false hope and that The Lord uses all creation for His glory. We are blessed that the ranch already possesses what it needs to get started, great horses, a warm waiting place for family, and many people that want to make a difference.

At Destiny Youth Ranch we want to encourage parents to dream big on behalf of their children, as it is the parents that play the biggest part in the success of their children's therapy. We plan to set individual goals at the beginning of each session and work with each student in private lessons to achieve those goals. We believe that the only "handicap" one encounters, is the inability to believe.

Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph was born with polio. She could barely use her left leg and suffered pneumonia and scarlet fever before the age of four, but hard work and determination changed Rudolph's life. With vigorous therapy she regained the use of her leg, began participating in track meets, and went on to win three Olympic gold medals as well as many more races. "My doctors told me I would never walk again." she said, "My mother told me I would.... I believed my mother."