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Saddle Up! in the News 02/13/08: Grassland: Retired Saddle Up! horses need good homes - Tennessean 02/05/08: Gentle steeds reach trail's end - Tennessean 02/02/08: Horse heroes retire to quieter days News Releases 02/09/08: Big Santa donates $5,500 in memory of Rita Rose 02/08/08: Saddle Up! declares 2008 "Year of the Volunteer" 02/08/08: Saddle Up! announces 2008 Board and officers 10/17/07: Saddle Up! instructor Nancy Swindell chosen as Region V Instructor of the Year 08/13/07: Saddle Up! co-founder Lynne Evans receives award recognizing her work 06/12/07: Todd Fritsch names Saddle Up! as beneficiary 06/12/07: U.S. to take on South Africa in Tennessee's highest rated polo tournament 04/10/07: Saddle Up! announces April 21 open house 03/19/07: SMEI sets benefit golf tourney 02/26/07: Walking Horse Trainers' Auxiliary awards $1,000 grant to Saddle Up! 01/31/07: Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation awards grant to Saddle Up! 01/29/07: Brimm, Gritton & Smith join Board of Saddle Up! 01/29/07: Saddle Up! Promotes Peggy Plunkett and Lindsey Rizor Volunteer Orientation What is NARHA?
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Many times you will see a reference to NARHA in Saddle Up!’s literature. NARHA, North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, is a non-profit organization founded in 1969 to promote and support therapeutic riding in the United States and Canada. Saddle Up!’s founders based our organization on their directives, and we are proud to be a NARHA Center. We continue to follow their leadership in areas of certification, accreditation and best practices for safety. At over 650 NARHA centers, more than 30,000 individuals with disabilities find multiple benefits through contact with over 5,500 special horses. In addition, NAHRA helps interested people start and maintain successful programs. NARHA centers range from small, one-person programs to large operations with several instructors, licensed therapists and many volunteers. Over 80% of all people working at these centers are volunteers. 
In addition to therapeutic riding, NARHA centers may offer any number of equine assisted activities such as driving, vaulting, equine facilitated psychotherapy, trail riding, and competition or stable management. NARHA is the accrediting organization for Easter Seals' camps with equine activities. Other organizations participating in NARHA riding programs include the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Special Olympics, Spina Bifida Association and United Cerebral Palsy. The benefits that NARHA membership provides for Saddle Up! include: