Horse Donations

**Mitey Riders is cur­rently only accept­ing horses in our Mitey Rider Lease Program, aged 18 years or less. We do not cur­rently accept out-right horse dona­tions. Contact us for more infor­ma­tion on our Lease Program.

The ideal ther­apy horse is sound, has an unflap­pable tem­pera­ment and patient demeanor. Our horses have come from many dif­fer­ent back­grounds includ­ing show horses, school horses and fam­ily pets. If you have a horse (or horses) you’d like us to con­sider, please let us know. Read our ther­apy horse cri­te­ria below to see if your horse fits the bill! If you think your horse meets our cri­te­ria, please con­tact Joy at .

Each horse donated/leased to Mitey Riders must:

• Be unflap­pable (noth­ing both­ers them)
• Have full and com­plete vision
• Have a solid, strong back
• Be for­giv­ing of an inex­pe­ri­enced and unbal­anced rider
• Be between 8 and 15 years of age*
• Be com­pletely sound in all four limbs. It is essen­tial that our horses have a free-moving stride at the walk, trot, and can­ter and is capa­ble of smooth transitions.
• Be well trained under sad­dle to respond to all four aids: hands, feet, seat and voice
• Be com­fort­able around a vari­ety of people
• Be com­fort­able at a tie rail

Any records or addi­tional infor­ma­tion that you may have, such as reg­is­tra­tion papers, health records, pho­tos, and awards would be very helpful.

If Mitey Riders ini­tially approves a horse being con­sid­ered for dona­tion, the horse will be brought to Misty Meadows for a trial period that may last up to ninety days before offi­cially being accepted into the program.

On behalf of all our rid­ers, thank you for your inter­est in plac­ing your horse at Misty Meadows Mitey Riders. It is only through the gen­eros­ity of peo­ple like you that our rid­ers can achieve remark­able accom­plish­ments and expe­ri­ence the joy of rid­ing a horse.

*We often accept horses/ponies older than 15 on our Mitey Rider Lease Program only. Please con­tact us for more information.