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Category: Horses
Our Alumni Make Perfect Horse Sense!
Camp Alumni, started in 2020, provides a weekly opportunity for our alumni to enjoy Xenophon while working on their horse skills, teamwork, peer interaction, ranch skills, badges, and more! Their latest badge – Horse Sense, is all about how horses communicate, their body language, and herd dynamics. Hillary & Rebecca came up with fun exercises…
Lion’s Sergeant Pepper
Joins the Xenophon Herd!
Through a grant generously donated by the Lions club we introduce Lion’s Sergeant Pepper as the newest member of the Xenophon herd. Pepper is a 10-year-old bay Appaloosa Gelding. Coming from a reigning/roping background, therapeutic riding is all new to Pepper. That said during our initial testing we were pleasantly surprised by his near non-reaction to the…
Welcome Teddy & Dakota!
We like to introduce you to our newest herd members Teddy and Dakota. Teddy, a 20 year old Quarter Horse gelding, is as sweet as sweet can be. In his prior years Teddy was used as a trail/pleasure horse and has also been used for lessons for children and adults. Teddy will be a great…
Xenophon Ambassador Brightens The Day at Children’s Hospital
Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center’s ambassador, Wimbledon, joined with SonRise Equestrian Center’s miniature horse, Blackie, in brightening the day of children at USCF Benioff’s Children’s Hospital in Oakland last Tuesday, August 9, 2016. The large black Friesian and the tiny black Mini presented a comical contrast as they allowed themselves to be hugged, stoked, and nuzzled…
New Face At The Barn
You may have noticed a new face at the barn. Bella, a 13 year-old chocolate palomino Quarter Horse mare is here on loan from Kerynn Gianotti. Bella will be undergoing training over the next 30 days to see if she has the “right stuff” to be a therapy horse. Bella has done pleasure and trail…
Quadrille!
Over the past few years, a tradition has begun of having our Xenophon instructors do some type of demonstration at our student horse show. Our students rarely get to see their instructors ride, and it is a treat for them see us on horseback. It provides a great example to our riders and the opportunity to…
Xenophon Welcomes Two New Equine Partners
Those of you have been up to the center since we opened for 2015 will have noticed some new faces around the barn. Xenophon is grateful to have the use of two fabulous new horses. Ranger, an 18 year-old Palomino Morgan gelding arrived at the center in late January and is on loan to us…
Letters to Santa from the Xenophon Horses
If you would like to be a secret Santa this year please mail in a check to: Xenophon Attn: Secret Santa P.O. Box 16 Orinda, CA 94563 or call if you would like to arrange a drop-off (925)377-0871
Welcome, Dinero
The center has added a new equine team member. With the registered name of “Mr. Hollywood Cash”, Dinero, as he is called, is an 10 year-old Quarter Horse gelding. He is on loan to us from Ann Branagh, who has also graciously allowed us the use of King David. Dinero is a gentle soul who seems…