Youth Programs

After School Program: In the Spring and Fall Labyrinth Training Center offers a once-a-week after school program to children from the local area school. The program combines the hard work of horse care and management with the fun of learning how to work with horses on the ground and in the saddle. Each session consciously weaves in leadership and teamwork efforts to move the participants beyond thinking solely about their individual development and to cultivate a sense of community efforts toward a common goal.

Clinics: Annually, Labyrinth Training Center brings in incredible practitioners to host focused sessions and promote the educational development of participants in a variety of different areas. Clinics have ranged from learning about herd dynamics and its implications on the horse-human connection to horse training clinics hosted by the Richmond Mounted Police.

Summer Camps: Every summer Labyrinth Training Center offers day camps to children between the ages of 7-18. While nominally a horseback riding camp, the riding is merely a means to an end. Rather, the campers experience a carefully crafted program that develops a range of necessary skills to care for and manage horses (on the ground and while riding). In doing so, campers develop social and emotional skills, such as build self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-esteem. The campers achieve goals, establish and enforce boundaries, and create and maintain relationships with rescued horses, all while having fun and being outside!

These programs are offered on a scholarship basis and in partnership with local schools and social service organizations.