Use Mind & Body To Ride Unusual Horses
Experience hosted by Carrie
- 60 mins
- Hosted in English
What you'll do
New at Barakah Heritage Farm in Benton, PA!
Family discounts
Experience the true partnership of a supervised ride on gorgeous purebred horses. Created by published horse care author Carrie Eastman to introduce people to horses as conscious beings and help people understand horse-human communication. You can ride the last son of famous racehorse Forty Thieves or a rare Malabar Arabian, or a retired competitive cow herding horse from a famous barn.
Upon arrival, guests weigh in, sign a release form and are matched with their horse. Farm staff will teach you the fundamentals of horse body language and communication. Staff will assist you with mounting. Speeds are walk only for beginners and jog or trot for more confident riders. Children and beginners are on a leadline, walk only, and may take turns with a single horse. An obstacle course offers an extra challenge. Riders that have the skills and confidence may then go for a supervised short trailride, possibly on a lead line, along the scenic Groundhog meadow trail.
Guests learn partnership and communication.
Rider weight limit - 200 pounds.
Ages 5+
No differently-abled riders please. Farm is not ADA accessible.
Please bring your helmets.
No pets - Please give advance notice of service animals - no RVs/trailers
Under PA State Law you assume all the risk of equine activity
Family discounts
Experience the true partnership of a supervised ride on gorgeous purebred horses. Created by published horse care author Carrie Eastman to introduce people to horses as conscious beings and help people understand horse-human communication. You can ride the last son of famous racehorse Forty Thieves or a rare Malabar Arabian, or a retired competitive cow herding horse from a famous barn.
Upon arrival, guests weigh in, sign a release form and are matched with their horse. Farm staff will teach you the fundamentals of horse body language and communication. Staff will assist you with mounting. Speeds are walk only for beginners and jog or trot for more confident riders. Children and beginners are on a leadline, walk only, and may take turns with a single horse. An obstacle course offers an extra challenge. Riders that have the skills and confidence may then go for a supervised short trailride, possibly on a lead line, along the scenic Groundhog meadow trail.
Guests learn partnership and communication.
Rider weight limit - 200 pounds.
Ages 5+
No differently-abled riders please. Farm is not ADA accessible.
Please bring your helmets.
No pets - Please give advance notice of service animals - no RVs/trailers
Under PA State Law you assume all the risk of equine activity
New at Barakah Heritage Farm in Benton, PA!
Family discounts
Experience the true partnership of a supervised ride on gorgeous purebred horses. Created by published horse care author Carrie Eastman to introduce people to horses as conscious beings and help people understand horse-human communication. You can ride the last son of famous racehorse Forty Thieves or a rare Malabar Arabian, or a retired competitive cow herding horse f…
Family discounts
Experience the true partnership of a supervised ride on gorgeous purebred horses. Created by published horse care author Carrie Eastman to introduce people to horses as conscious beings and help people understand horse-human communication. You can ride the last son of famous racehorse Forty Thieves or a rare Malabar Arabian, or a retired competitive cow herding horse f…
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I've been riding and studying horses for more than 40 years. I am the author of The Healing of Horses and The Energetic Goat, published by Acres USA. I originally learned horsemanship at the last junior cavalry school in the country, New Canaan Mounted Troop. I have years of experience with critically endangered species, from Red Wolves to Fainting Goats, and now critically endangered Arabian horse bloodlines. I worked at 5-star Hotel Hershey in their horseback riding stable as a guide. Now I specialize in introducing people to horses and horsemanship, and rare breed preservation. Our farm is one of the rare few that treats horses as fellow conscious beings, and asks the horses to be partners by their own free will in teaching people .
I am assisted by Kasey who is apprenticing under me and Lucky in horsemanship.
I am assisted by Kasey who is apprenticing under me and Lucky in horsemanship.
I've been riding and studying horses for more than 40 years. I am the author of The Healing of Horses and The Energetic Goat, published by Acres USA. I originally learned horsemanship at the last junior cavalry school in the country, New Canaan Mounted Troop. I have years of experience with critically endangered species, from Red Wolves to Fainting Goats, and now critically endangered Arabian horse bloodlines. I worked at 5-star Hotel Hershey in their horseback riding stable as a guide. Now I sp…
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What to bring
closed toe shoes
riding helmet is optional and recommended
riding helmet is optional and recommended