Upcoming Events

Opening Gaits Therapeutic Riding Center
Providing personal growth through success in therapeutic riding & horsemanship
At Ashvana Stables 401 main road gill, ma 01354 USA 413 863-0002

Upcoming Events

Tack Swap to Benefit Opening Gaits

Saturday June 28th, 1-6pm
To make a tack donation to Opening Gaits Booth, please call 863-0002. Click here to learn more about having your own booth.

Volunteer Training

June 25th, 2008 4-6pm
July 12th, 2008 10am-noon
July 26, 2008 10am-noon

Benefit Concert

Erin McKeown at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls
April 4th, 2008 7:30pm- Doors open at 7:00
$20 General Admission
Tickets available at Boswell's Books, Everyone's Books, Worldeye Books, & Broadside Books. Click here for Printable Poster

Tack Swap & Open House

May 31, 2008 1-6pm
Make way for the new: Bring your gently used riding clothes, hard hats or boots, saddle, bridle or horse equipment. Cost to rent a space is $25 payable to Ashvana Stables. All sales go to each individual vendor. Call 863-2676 to register.
Don't want a booth but want to clean out your barn? Donate your used horse items to the Opening Gaits booth. All proceeds to benefit therapeutic riding programming.

5K Trot Along & Fall Harvest Party

October 27, 2007 10am

Ladle N' Kiln

November 10th, 2007

Volunteer Training Session

Oct. 24th 3:30-5 Oct 27th 12:30-2
Please call ahead to register. Thank You.

April Vacation Horse Camp

Monday, Wednesday, (April 16 & 18th) 10-3 $70/day

Volunteer Training Sessions

Wednesday, March 11th, 3:30-5:30 & Saturday, April 22nd, 1:00-3:00

Become a therapeutic riding volunteer. Learn the basics of therapeutic riding; tacking up, leading, and side walking. Some riders need up to 3 volunteers to enjoy, and benefit from, a 1 hour riding session. Call to reserve a space.

Benefit Concert

March 23rd, 2007 at the Shea Theater (more details)

Information Sessions

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

10am-11am and 2pm-3pm

Sarah Rury, Founder and Executive Director, will offer one hour information sessions on the benefits of Therapeutic Riding for parents, agencies, psychotherapists, speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, school representative, and other interested parties.

Open House / 5k fundraiser

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

9:30am -10:30 "5k Trot-along" 1st annual fun run/walk fundraiser

"run and walk so that others can ride."

$20 registration. T-shirts for the first 75 participants.

11:00am-4:00pm

Lesson Demonstrations

Parent Panels: Mary Traver, Joyce Ninness

Presentations by

Dr. Bill Fogel, School Psychologist, Four Rivers Charter Public School

Joyce Ninness– Executive. Assistant of the Autism Society of NH

Ross Hackerson- Rolfer / Psychotherapist

"Sensory Awareness: Using and Feeling Your Body"