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Reading, riding, respect
RUTLAND HORSE PROGRAM BUILDS CONFIDENCE

Worcester Telegram, November 17, 2011

Petite 8-year-old Donita Bytygi looked dwarfed by the rust-colored draft horse, Ginger, which she lovingly combed and saddled in the indoor arena at Mesa Farm in Rutland.Read On

Saddle UP
City to Saddle holds reunion

Telegram Towns, October 28, 2010

The City to Saddle mission is much broader than its name implies. Read On

Help Save A Child

Horselink Magazine Issue 5 2009

Since 2004, City to Saddle has provided riding lessons, summer camps, and other equestrian opportunities to economically disadvantaged children in the Boston metro area. Read On

City to Saddle - A Dream Come True For Youth Rider

Horsemen’s Yankee Pedlar April 2009

Children discover hope in many places. In the case of eight-year-old Dorchester youngster Tajarah Clark, it is thanks to Hope Cooper, a 12-year-old equestrian. Read On

Blossoming of a Shy 10-year-old Girl

Cape Cod Life 2007 Philanthropic Edition

Janet Mitchell a teacher and single mother from Chatham, tearfully describes how her adopted daughter Laura, a shy 10-year-old blossomed after a week of Pony Kids Camp at Woodsong Farm. Read On

City to Saddle Has a Wonderful Experience at First Charity Luncheon, Hosted by the Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic Read On

EquiFit Inc, and City to Saddle Continue to Make a Difference at the 2007 Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic Read On

A Trot Out into the Suburbs

Milford Daily News - Sunday, August 28, 2005

For the past two years, two women have been giving children the rides of their lives - on the backs of horses. Read On

Riding Past Challenges

Cape Cod Times - August 21, 2005

On this particular drizzly morning, several young horseback riders with serious faces were honing their burgeoning skills at Grazing Fields, a former dairy farm now home to a riding school... Read On

Riding to Success - City to Saddle Gives Children Unique Opportunity

The Cape Codder - Friday, July 8, 2005

Ten-year-old Teresa Anton had never been riding and she was understandably a little nervous when she sat on top of a horse 10 times her size gripping the reins. Read On

City to Saddle Brings Riding to All Walks of Life

Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar - February 2005

Many children dream about attending a summer camp and most of them have the opportunity to do so at one point in their childhood. Others are not so fortunate. Read On

City Slickers: Resident Introduces Horses to Urban Youth

The Weston Town Crier - Thursday, August 19, 2004

Though he grew up in his grand parents' farm playing with horses and other farm animals, the boy had never been close to a horse since he moved to the MetroWest area six years ago from his native Brazil. Read On

City Campers Trot, Trot in the Country

Boston Globe - Thursday, July 17, 2003

Children who bond with the animal and learn to ride not only gain a sense of confidence but responsibility. Read On

Urban Cowkids - In City to Saddle Program, City Kids Cultivate a Country Passion

Wellesley Townsman - Thursday, July 17, 2003

On Monday, Nikia 'Rocky' Powers cried because she was scared of riding a pony. Read On

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