Inspired by the classical horsemanship philosophy of Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt and others, our work is guided by eight core values.
LOPE helps Texas racehorses via our adoption ranch, training, rehabilitation, online services, and horsemanship education.
LOPE is a 501(c)(3) Texas charity and relies solely upon the generous support of our donors to carry out our mission.
These are the LOPE horses either currently in training, rehabilitation or up for adoption. View all
Recent posts from the blog featuring posts about the LOPE horses, horsemanship and other Tales from the LOPE Ranch.
Recently, EireBorne Sport Horses became a sponsor of LOPE’s Racehorse Education Program (in which we send LOPE horses to professional trainers to develop job skills before adoption). Dianna Davis had [...]
Presence: Teaching Through Example In my Part I post about the Peter Campbell clinic, I went into some detail about how the best clinicians bring a very clear presence into [...]
Thanks to a generous sponsor, I was able to attend a Peter Campbell clinic at Charco Ranch in Beeville, TX last month. I had ridden with Peter once before. In [...]
