Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program was founded by Debby Sabin, an Occupational Therapist, on Lovelane Road in Weston in 1988 with just five riders, one volunteer and three borrowed horses! A year later it was incorporated as a non-profit and in 1993 Lovelane moved to a new backyard barn, home of horse trainer Elsie Rodney. In 1995 it doubled in size and expanded to Debby’s backyard, where the program continued to grow.                   

With demand growing, a large wait list of children with special needs, and having created a reputation as a top quality therapeutic program, a successful capital campaign in 2004 enabled the program to move into a permanent home designed exclusively for the special needs population. The facility includes indoor and outdoor arenas, a therapy room, office space, horse stalls and access to outdoor trails.

Today, Lovelane provides services to 152 students a week in both mounted and unmounted programing with the help of 215 volunteers.

 

Debby Sabin, Lovelane Founder, with Lovelane rider, Bradley

Lovelane is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization and is an accredited member of The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International®.