Mission Statement
The mission of the Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center is to create an environment to provide our child community with quality training, education and competition. We will provide a stimulating environment for mentally and mildly physically challenged children. Our goal with each student is to increase their self esteem and self confidence. We will strive to achieve new levels of success in all our endeavors.

The Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center is a Premier Accredited Center by the NARHA.
The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) is a membership organization that fosters safe, professional, ethical and therapeutic equine activities through education, communication, standards and research for people with and without disabilities.

Just as other professions use accreditation and licensing systems to improve the well-being of their industries, therapeutic equine professionals have a distinction of their own thanks to NARHA’s Premier Accredited Center Program. The Premier Accredited Center Program offers NARHA centers the chance to demonstrate their excellence in providing quality, professional equine assisted activities. This voluntary process recognizes NARHA centers that have met established industry standards. The accreditation process is a peer review system, in which trained volunteers visit and evaluate centers in accordance with NARHA standards. Centers meet the accreditation requirements based on the administrative, facility, program and applicable special interest standards.

For more information about the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, click here.

Special things happen when children and horses are brought together.

There is a unique bond between horses and people that can be particularly meaningful to children with disabilities. Riding programs provide a relaxing, non-academic environment in which children can interact with adults and peers and more importantly with their horse.