Horses

Carolina Hoofprints utilizes the best horses available to
provide education, personal growth activities and therapy
for children, adolescents and adults with all types of
abilities and disabilities.

Hickory, NC

Due to the fact that
Carolina Hoofprints is
a relatively young
organization, our
current mission is to
support existing
programs and facilitate
activities within these
programs rather than to
actually own horses or
to establish a new
program.

To do this, we
contract with
outstanding programs
who offer high quality
services that best meet
the needs of our
target population.
North Carolina
Personal Ponies, Ltd.,
as well as Jake’s Flat
Farm,are examples of
such programs
operating within our
community.

The Horses...

Firecon (left) and Andee preparing for the Halter Class
during our summer horse show. Firecon is a 20 year old
Russian Egyptian Arabian with ten years of experience with
therapeutic riding. He was Jake's Flat Farm's very first
therapy horse.

Tuff being ridden by Rachel, one of our volunteers. Tuff, a
25 year old registered Percheron, has lived at Jake's Flat
since 1999. He weighs a ton & is the local rock star due to
his personality and yard long dreadlocks. He was recently
painted by Vae Hamilton, a local artist. Tuff does a lot of
visits and therapy. We hope to include him in our therapuetic
riding program this summer.

Dugan (left) & Tuff (right) grazing next to the barn. Dugan
weighs about 1/6 as much as Tuff and is only a third as tall.
Nevertheless, they remain best friends and present a shining
example of diversity in action.

Carolina Hoofprints
assists in the support of
four ambassador PPL
ponies. These tiny
Shetlands belong to
PPL, a national non-
profit organization
whose mission is to
provide access to ponies
for children and
adolescents either with
disabilities or terminal
illness.

Valentine and rider being led by volunteer. Valentine is a
miniature horse born on Valentine's Day in 1997. She has
been at Jake's Flat Farm for 3 years.

In addition to local
volunteers and Jake’s
Flat Farm, Carolina
Hoofprints currently
assists in the care
and upkeep of these
tiny equines so that
they are available to
children in our
community which is a
substantial
commitment of time
effort, and finances.

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