Ever want to own a horse but don’t exactly know how to go about it? This program specializes in giving first time horse owners and previous horse owners the opportunity to have a safe program horse during the off-season.

Take the horse home or to a boarding facility, delivery available, and experience caring and owning a horse without the stress of shopping and buying.

• We teach you how to care for a horse safely and provide safe beginner horses for youth and those with limited or no experience.

• We provide you with the information you need to competently care for your new friend and provide staff to help you if needed.

• Take the horse from September to the end of May at no charge except the feed and care of the horse.

• Tack provided at no charge if returned in the same shape it left in.

• Riding lessons provided here at RRR with your horse foster horse or ours. You receive a $5 discount per lesson when participating in the program.

• Food and shelter

• Farrier, worming and basic health care needs of the horse.

  Only a limited number of horses are available for this program so inquire early!

• Monthly Boarding Fee to cover the cost of care of the horse.

• Required number of volunteer feeding hours.

• This includes full care in the herd as well as any major veterinary care needed.

• Other regular maintenence health care is at foster family's expense as if the horse were in your own care. This includes ferrier costs and worming costs at foster family's expense.

   

  Volunteer Options:

• Option to work-off part of board through volunteer work!

• Earn $5 off boarding costs per credit hour of volunteering

  As this program is also a volunteer program based on the foster in boarding requirements, foster families are members of the volunteer program and can follow the volunteer requirements and opportunities outlined in the volunteer handbook.

   If you are interested in applying for this program, be sure to fill out the Volunteer Application and check "Foster Program" as your interest.

Cost and Volunteer Hours:

Do you like the foster program but don’t have a place to keep a horse? Foster a horse and board it at Royal Ridges. This program provides full care plus the opportunity for you to reduce the cost by volunteering at RRR. This program gives you access to the arena during open times as well as supervised times in the arena and access to join organized trail rides.

Foster In

Care of the Horse Includes:

Foster Out

The Program