NBTR is dedicated to serving children and adults with disabilities through the power of the horse.
Horseback riding lessons for individuals with behavioral, emotional, mental and physical disabilities.
03/16/2026
We’re a little late, but the appreciation is right on time!
Happy Belated Birthday to our amazing Executive & Program Director, Michele Vise! 🎉🐴
Michele has been part of the New Beginnings family since 2009 and became a certified PATH riding instructor in 2017. She brings so much heart, dedication, and love for our riders, volunteers, and horses every single day.
Her lifelong passion for horses and helping others is the reason so many people have found confidence, strength, and joy here at New Beginnings.
We are so grateful for everything she does and the love she pours into this program.
Please join us in wishing Michele a very Happy (belated) Birthday! 💙
03/16/2026
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03/11/2026
We’re bringing our next therapy horse home… one step at a time. 🤍
Each cobblestone on this board represents a donation helping us reach our $5,000 goal.
When the path is filled, our new partner walks into the barn.
Some horses can never be replaced… but their legacy can live on. 🤍
Stormy gave so much to New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding. She carried children who were finding their strength. She stood patiently with riders who were learning confidence. She offered quiet comfort to those with emotional and medical needs.
Her gentle spirit changed lives.
While we could never replace Stormy, our riders still need a horse to carry them forward. Right now, we are in urgent need of adding another safe, steady therapy horse to our program so we can continue serving the families who depend on us.
Therapy horses are not just horses — they are healers, teachers, and partners in progress. Finding the right one takes time, care, training, and funding.
Today, we’re asking our community to help us honor Stormy’s legacy.
If she ever touched your heart…
If you believe in the healing power of horses…
If you want to help a child take their first independent ride…
Please consider donating toward our next therapy horse.
Every dollar brings us closer to welcoming a new partner into our barn — one who will carry forward the hope Stormy helped build.
Let’s turn our grief into something beautiful. Let’s continue the work she loved so much.
Help our next horse, reach the barn. When you donate $25, $50, $100 or more - we will put your name on the cobblestone of that amount!
03/05/2026
🌟 Volunteer Orientation – March 14th at 10:00 a.m. 🌟
Have you ever wanted to make a difference in someone’s life… while spending time with incredible horses? 🐴💙
Join us at New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding for our upcoming Volunteer Orientation on the 14th at 10 a.m.
Our volunteers are the heart of our program — helping riders with emotional and medical needs build confidence, strength, and independence through equine therapy. No horse experience is required — just a willing heart!
Come learn how you can be part of something truly life-changing.
📩 Message us to reserve your spot!
03/02/2026
The quiet this past week has been heavy.
After saying goodbye to Stormy, our hearts — and our barn — needed time. We needed space to grieve, to sit with the loss, and to gather the strength to move forward.
Stormy was never “just a horse.” She was steady hands for nervous riders, confidence for unsure hearts, and healing in ways words can’t explain.
While Stormy can never be replaced, our riders still need a partner. They still need that safe, steady presence beneath them. And we owe it to them — and to Stormy — to find the perfect fit for our program.
We are now searching for our next therapy horse.
We are looking for:
• Mare or gelding, 8 years or older
• Non-gaited
• Walk / trot / canter
• Not a one-person horse
• Ideally 15.2 hands or shorter
• Limited health issues
In the past, we have both purchased and gratefully accepted donated horses when they met our needs. This time, we are being especially thoughtful. Therapy work is a special calling, and not every good horse is the right horse. We owe Stormy’s riders the very best match for them and for our barn family.
And here’s where you come in.
We will be hosting a fundraiser to honor Stormy’s legacy and help us raise the funds needed to bring home the right horse. Good horses do not come cheap — and the right one is worth every penny. We need to find our next partner soon so our riders can continue the life-changing work that happens in that arena.
Stormy built something beautiful here. Now we continue it in her honor.
Stay tuned for details on how you can be part of this next chapter. Let’s come together, celebrate her legacy, and help welcome the next special soul into our barn.
Because love leaves hoofprints… and Stormy’s will guide us forward. 🐴💛
(Sneak peek at something new going on our whiteboard!)
03/02/2026
Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉 Kathy Chapman, Daniel Nuerge, Heather Willoughby, Shelby Weckerly, Robert Stanley Harrod
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Equine Assisted Therapies to individuals (ages 5 and up to adults) with behavioral, emotional, mental, and physical disabilities in Warren and surrounding counties through the power of horses. with behavioral, emotional, mental and physical disabilities.
NBTR is a non-profit 501c3 that relies on donations, grants, and fundraisers to operate on a day to day basis. Our goal is to strengthen the minds, bodies, and souls of individuals by providing a recreational outlet that has therapeutic benefits. The responsibility of riding and caring for a horse encourages self-esteem, confidence and coordination. The aim of our program is to see positive changes in the riders physically, emotionally and spiritually.
NBTR is one of four PATH Intl. (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International) Premier Accredited Centers in Kentucky and the only one West of Lexington. This means that NBTR has reached or exceeded the standards to ensure we are providing the best quality and safest atmosphere possible to individuals with disabilities. PATH Intl. has been in existence since 1969 and has studied and researched its standards, precautions, and contraindications to horseback riding and allows accredited centers to use this information to ensure safety and qualified services.
NBTR began in 1997 with three students, three horses, and 20 volunteers and to date have served over 900+ students in Warren and surrounding counties with over 11,000 volunteer hours. We can accommodate more individuals because we can have classes indoors and when the weather is nice we can go outside in a large outdoor horse arena or a tree lined trail that was cleaned up by a local Eagle Scout, which is now our sensory trail.
Recreational activities for individuals with disabilities are very limited in our community.
For more information about NBTR visit our website at www.nbtr-bg.org, become a Fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @NBTR_BG, YouTube and Instagram. Feel free to contact us at newbeginningstrc@gmail.com or call (270) 777-3600.
