NY State Special Olympics
We are excited to be working with the local Special Olympics chapter to launch a new Special Olympics Equestrian Team right here in the Ithaca area. We are already getting the posts ready for the dressage arena. Training for the athletes will begin June 2023, and we are preparing for the State Competition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 20 and 21, 2023. We can't wait for the community to come cheer us on at practice events held here. Look for that announcement. Special thanks to donors for their donations and contributions of time, equipment, and/or funds : Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of Special Olympics; The Cornell Equestrian Team; Ithaca Equestrian Center and more to be listed soon!
We are excited to be working with the local Special Olympics chapter to launch a new Special Olympics Equestrian Team right here in the Ithaca area. We are already getting the posts ready for the dressage arena. Training for the athletes will begin June 2023, and we are preparing for the State Competition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 20 and 21, 2023. We can't wait for the community to come cheer us on at practice events held here. Look for that announcement. Special thanks to donors for their donations and contributions of time, equipment, and/or funds : Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of Special Olympics; The Cornell Equestrian Team; Ithaca Equestrian Center and more to be listed soon!
We are excited to be working with the local Special Olympics chapter to launch a new Special Olympics Equestrian Team right here in the Ithaca area. We are already getting the posts ready for the dressage arena. Training for the athletes will begin June 2023, and we are preparing for the State Competition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 20 and 21, 2023. We can't wait for the community to come cheer us on at practice events held here. Look for that announcement. Special thanks to donors for their donations and contributions of time, equipment, and/or funds : Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of Special Olympics; The Cornell Equestrian Team; Ithaca Equestrian Center and more to be listed soon!
A Challenge Workforce participant painting the posts traditional white for dressage training.
We are excited to be working with the local Special Olympics chapter to launch a new Special Olympics Equestrian Team right here in the Ithaca area. We are already getting the posts ready for the dressage arena. Training for the athletes will begin June 2023, and we are preparing for the State Competition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 20 and 21, 2023. We can't wait for the community to come cheer us on at practice events held here. Look for that announcement. Special thanks to donors for their donations and contributions of time, equipment, and/or funds : Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of Special Olympics; The Cornell Equestrian Team; Ithaca Equestrian Center and more to be listed soon!
We are excited to be working with the local Special Olympics chapter to launch a new Special Olympics Equestrian Team right here in the Ithaca area. We are already getting the posts ready for the dressage arena. Training for the athletes will begin June 2023, and we are preparing for the State Competition held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Oct 20 and 21, 2023. We can't wait for the community to come cheer us on at practice events held here. Look for that announcement. Special thanks to donors for their donations and contributions of time, equipment, and/or funds : Ithaca-Cortland Chapter of Special Olympics; The Cornell Equestrian Team; Ithaca Equestrian Center and more to be listed soon!
Meet Moonlight
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
We are so grateful to the McGeachy family for letting us borrow Moonlight, their gentle amazingly handsome “Paint” Horse to be used during the teaching sessions for the Special Olympic athletes.
The McGeachy family adopted Moonlight from an owner in Pittsburgh a few years ago. Moonlight was formerly a riding instruction horse so he knows what to do during riding lessons. Moonlight is boarded at the beautiful Ithaca Equestrian Center where the McGeachy family rides Moonlight several times a week.
What is a Paint Horse
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
.“Paints” are special breeds, and Moonlight is particularly unique with his bold stripes.
Paints are well-known for their patience and easy-going manner. The Native Americans, especially Comanches, prized these horses, and Paints are still favored by cowboys and cattle ranchers to this day.
Moonlight in Action
Thank you to the McGeachy Family
Moonlight in Action
What the McGeachy family love most is “how Moonlight takes care of you, and he knows when he has a new rider and will look back or slow down to make sure the rider is doing OK.” We are so happy that the McGeachy family will be at some of our trainings and other events to encourage our Team. Welcome Moonlight and the lovely McGeachy family to Stablework! .
