Welcome to Shepard Meadows...
	Welcome to the website for Shepard Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc.,  located at 733 Hill Street in Bristol, CT.  Our website's purpose is to provide you with the basics of our organization and contacts with whom you may correspond to learn more about us.
What is Therapeutic Riding?
	A discipline of riding in which the horse is used as a form of therapy.  It is used to help improve the muscle tone, balance, posture, coordination and motor development as well as emotional and psychological well-being.  Individuals with disabilities such as, but not limited to, cerebral palsy, autism, MS, traumatic brain injury, anxiety and mood disorders have shown marked improvement through equine assisted therapy, activities and riding.