What are the opening hours?

Monday 9am - 4pm Tuesday 9am - 4pm Wednesday 9am - 4pm Thursday 9am - 4pm Friday 9am - 4pm

The Equestrian Therapy Program

Home
United States
Cridersville, OH
The Equestrian Therapy Program

Call Directions Website Contact the business

We are a non-profit dedicated to providing equine-assisted activities to our community and beyond. We are a non-profit located just outside of Lima, Ohio.

We offer equine-assisted programs such as therapeutic horseback riding, hippotherapy, equine-assisted psychotherapy, and a horse powered reading program. Check out our website to learn more about all of our programs!

10/31/2026

Buster was ready for Halloween! 🎃 We had quite the crew at lessons today, including a skeleton, Marty McFly, a cheerleader, a unicorn (he truly is one!), a cheetah, and even a black cat who came out to supervise. A little extra fun at the barn today! 👻🍫🐈‍⬛

10/26/2026

Where do we start?!? We have so many people to thank for a successful 33rd year of Ride-A-Thon!

First off, we can't thank our riders and their friends and families enough for their support. Whether it was a pledge ride donation, 50/50 ticket purchases, or showing up on Saturday to see them in action, we are so appreciative of their support!

To our steady, consistent, and hard-working volunteers - we are so grateful for your willingness to show up and to help out where needed. Whether you groomed, horse led, side walked, sold tickets, or helped out in other ways around the farm - your dedication does not go unnoticed!

We also want to thank volunteers from University of Northwestern Ohio's athletic department, Lima Senior's DECA students (Lima City Schools) and the PT students from Rhodes State College. You all were such an integral part of our fundraiser.

Homeless Books showed up with an incredible book mobile and offered free books to attendees; we snuggled up with some super sweet Pet Partners Therapy Dogs, enjoyed delicious food from N&H Concession & Kettle Corn /Catering & Carryout, and got our ice cream fix from RAD Street Treats!

We saw so many of our Board Members on Saturday, and we cannot thank you enough for showing up to support our program!

Our horses were total rockstars! Lola, Buddy, Thor, and Buster had such a busy morning with back-to-back rides, but they did amazing. We are so lucky to have such wonderful equine friends!

Lastly, we want to thank our incredible sponsors for their generosity and support. Please check them out at https://events.handbid.com/auctions/the-year-of-the-horse-33rd-annual-ride-a-thon

If you won items in our lucky number raffle or silent auction, you can pick them up at our office! You may want to call ahead to arrange pickup if you cannot come between our typical office hours (9am to 4pm). We will give our lucky number raffle winners (who were not present for the drawing) a call soon.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY! YOU ALL MAKE OUR PROGRAM POSSIBLE!!!

10/24/2026

So appreciative! What a great group 🫶🏻

Thank you to everyone that supported our program today! Photos of our Ride-A-Thon coming soon 📸

10/22/2026

IT’S ALMOST RIDE-A-THON TIME! 🐴

Looking for something fun to do with the family? Join us at The Equestrian Therapy Program for our 33rd annual Ride-A-Thon! Saturday, October 24th, 2026 from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

FREE ADMISSION + FREE FOOD! We’re excited to have RAD Street Treats
joining us to help make the day even sweeter!

Bring the whole family and enjoy:

* Riders' pledge rides from 10 AM–12 PM
* Hayrides
* Pumpkin painting, games and crafts
* 50/50 and Lucky Number raffles
* A silent auction packed with great items!
* Homeless Books Free Book Mobile

The Handbid silent auction website will be available soon, so keep an eye out for more details! www.etpfarm.org/rat26

If you are a current rider and have not signed up for your ride time yet, please do so this week! Former riders and summer riders who would like to participate in a pledge ride can contact Nadene, our Program Coordinator, to sign up.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 419-657-2700

Why does Ride-A-Thon matter? As a nonprofit, events like this help support our horses and the programs that make a difference in the lives of the individuals and families we serve. Every pledge, donation, auction bid and share helps us continue this work.

Come spend the day at the farm, enjoy the activities and support a great cause. We hope to see you there! 🎃

10/21/2026

Today we are featuring our Coffee Basket! Each of our therapeutic riding classes put together a basket for our Silent Auction. This basket was put together by our Saturday riders in Thompson Arena! We are so lucky that our riders, their families, and our volunteers contribute these goodies for our fundraiser. The coffee basket includes a coffee pot, a tea towel, Wellness tea, 4 coffee mugs, a $50.00 Starbuck's gift card, a yummy $50.00 Winan's gift card, Winan's Buckeyes, 5 bags of coffee and Winan's chocolate candy. What is better than chocolate and coffee?! ☕️ 🍫

Bid on it here!
https://events.handbid.com/auctions/the-year-of-the-horse-33rd-annual-ride-a-thon/item/saturday-class-coffee-basket-2897620?fbclid=IwVERDUAVFzflleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUQuBxWY-OssePOCP7cQU6i-2pJMEs3NydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7ifEWTVxFmgB4KkcfZ9w-ZtpQRPCWPlEYSj3I4ewTGC8puZlwhVYctUtRy6A_aem_Lq_QPZyqKT1Wg3gMKvKgjQ

10/20/2026

Mobile bidding + auction software that makes every event a smash. Raise more money. Dazzle your guests. Pull off an amazing event.

10/20/2026

Michele Andrews-Sabol with the Equestrian Therapy Program previews their annual Ride-a-Thon and tells us how the money will go towards supporting their riders!

10/19/2026

Head over to Handbid to bid on this popular package! https://events.handbid.com/auctions/the-year-of-the-horse-33rd-annual-ride-a-thon/item/osu-cooler-full-of-goodies-with-2-osu-tickets-v-northwestern-2893414/

This is an Ohio State Cooler packed with 8 soft drinks, crackers, Lays and Frito dip, OSU Christmas Ornament, a bag of Frito's, a bag of Frito's and OSU kitchen towel.

Includes: Two Ohio State Football tickets, plus parking pass to the Ohio State vs Northwestern game on November 14th. Section 23D Row 4 30 yard line, under
cover.

10/19/2026

This is a wonderful Family Package with many things to do. Bid on it here! https://events.handbid.com/auctions/the-year-of-the-horse-33rd-annual-ride-a-thon/item/family-basket-2892400/

1.) Westgate Entertainment Center: two $10 game vouchers, two Back Alley Axe throwing games, one 10" one item pizza, I hour of bowling including shoe rental for up to 6 people for the lane.

2.) Four $25.00 gift cards and 5 BOGO coupons to Combat Ops Entertainment which is a chain of multi-attraction family entertainment centers offering fun, unique, and engaging battle-themed attractions for all ages and skill levels. Location: Columbus, Ohio.

3.) Star Lanees at Polaris Columbus, Ohio: 2- one hour of play game cards, 4 Omni Virtual Reality Arena Experience Tickets and 4 XD Theatre Ride Tickets.

4.) Two free all access passes to The Rock and Gem Shop at Olentangy Caverns.

5.) Snow trails Experience: 2 All-day lift tickets, two ski/snowboard equipment rentals and 2 group lessons ages 9 and up.

6.) Lovely Lenses Photography LLC: One 30 minute session.

7.) Shannon Theatre Bluffton Ohio: 1-$10 gift card.

8.) Ft. Wayne Zoo: 4 General Admission Tickets.

9.) Armstrong Air and Space Museum : Two adult and two child admission passes.

10.) Two birthday party for 10 people each at Edgewood Skate Arena Coupons. Each Coupon includes; A private room for 3 hours, admission and skate rental for 10 guests, fruit punch, Ice cream cups, two 14" pizzas- 1 cheese and 1 pepperoni and 10 free return passes.

THIS PACKAGE IS WORTH WELL OVER $1500.00

Address

22532 Bowsher Road
Cridersville, OH
45806

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+14196572700

Website

http://www.etpfarm.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Equestrian Therapy Program posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.