Pegasus Project

Thanks to all who came out for Breakfast with Santa this morning, and to Santa Mark for making an appearance! ❤️🎅🏻🤍

We are working hard at trying to get our Hippotherapy program back up and running at Pegasus after a long four years! We are currently collaborating with Tiffany Salido who is a physical therapist at PNWU as she goes through the American Hippotherapy Association workshops. Miley was a trooper yesterday with our new friend “Gus” as we helped Tiffany complete her homework tasks from the workshop! ☺️

We hope everyone is staying cool this week!! We’re cruising right through our Summer session trying to keep everyone as comfortable as possible 😎☀️🐴

We are thrilled to partner with Wilkinson for our 1st Annual Glow in the Dark golf tournament on October 18th at Westwood Golf Yakima We will transform all 9 holes into a glow stick extravaganza. Registration begins next Friday, July 5th and includes food, drinks, goodie bags, games, golf, and of course glow sticks. Teams are $500 and are limited due to the 9-hole course, so they are sure to go quickly!

Cappy & her volunteers say Happy Friday! 💖🐴

We want to congratulate Elise Robert, our Volunteer of the Session for Spring session! Elise is one of our newer horse leaders, and she has been so helpful jumping in wherever needed and filling in for last minute openings. We are so grateful to have such awesome volunteers!! Thank you Elise!

Today is an exciting day! We are beginning a pilot for our new mental health focused program, Equine Assisted Counseling. We're collaborating with Comprehensive Healthcare, four kiddos from their inpatient facility, and one of their Recreational Therapists. We're partnering them up with a few of our 4-legged therapists, and are excited to see what blossoms out of this!

Come and join us Sunday at our beautiful ponds and relax and ring in the summer. Sarah Alexander will guide us through a yoga session and Christine Gamache will follow up with an amazing sound healing experience. Tickets are $75 for both and are still available. Starts Sunday at 9:00am.
https://pegasusrides.com/yoga-sound/

Four of our staff attended the PATH International Region 9 Conference in Ellensburg this weekend to further our knowledge in equine assisted services! A big thanks to our friends at Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center for hosting!

We’re at Fortuity Cellars today for Run for the Rosé with 10% of sales going back to Pegasus! It’s a beautiful day, stop by and see us!

We celebrated our Executive Director’s birthday in the best way possible - taking the Pegasus ponies up to the Washington State Horse Park! It’s so good for our horses’ minds to get them off property and out on some trails! What a beautiful day ☀️🐴

Exciting news! We received a grant from Legends Casino Hotel that will cover our Pony Pals visits to nursing homes around Yakima this Summer! A huge thank you to Legends for the community support!

Tickets are on on sale NOW for Pingrey Ford Polo for Pegasus September 7th. We have all levels of tickets this year. Excited to introduce Polo Lounge sponsored by @ and also new this year tailgating and a Cigar Lounge. VIP tables and GA tickets also available; truly something for everyone. Get your tickets today.
https://pegasusrides.com/polo-tournament-2024/

We are thrilled to announce Pingrey Ford Polo for Pegasus is back in the valley on September 7th. This is simply the best way to spend your Saturday in September cheering on these incredible athletes. Tickets go on sale tomorrow 5/17.

Our Life Skills students from East Valley got to enjoy our beautiful new Sensory Trail path yesterday! Gotta love this sunshine!

A bit of a late post - but we have a new face on our team! Amy is not new to the Pegasus barn, but she has recently filled our role as Program Coordinator after our wonderful Teri retired. Amy started off volunteering with Pegasus a few years ago and quickly became a huge help in our lessons on a weekly basis. We are so excited to have her assisting our volunteers and rider families!

Looking for a great Mother's Day gift? Next month, we are delighted to announce that we will be hosting Christine Gamache and Sarah Alexander for a relaxing Sunday morning session. Come and join us at our beautiful ponds and let these amazing ladies guide you through a morning of yoga and then we will end with sound healing to help you ring in the summer season. You can purchase tickets already, and thanks to both ladies, all proceeds will be donated to the Pegasus Project.
https://pegasusrides.com/yoga-sound/

Sephie and her troll hair say Happy Thursday!! 🤣💁🏼‍♀️🤠

We've got a couple rare evening openings!!! Fill out an application from our website and turn it in soon!!

We love our unicorns!

It's AND World Unicorn Day! We would be remiss not to celebrate all the unicorns partnering at equine-assisted services centers across the world, brightening the days of kids and adults alike! Share a photo of your unicorn in the comments🦄🐴💜

We were so happy to be a part of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals presentation today! Zane and his family will be ambassadors for CMN and Yakima Children's Village for the 2024 year! Zane loves horses and it was only fitting we hosted out at Pegasus!

Another incredible night at Tumbleweed Ranch. Poker for Ponies was a huge success with just about 100 players. Thank you to all those that came to play, watch and volunteer and a special shout out to that donated; Bryce Cooper & Abel Puerta, a couple of class acts.

Less than 20 seats left for the year's Charity Texas Hold 'Em Tournament this Saturday. You don't want to miss this one; tickets are just $200 and include food, full bar, early re-buy options and cash payouts to the final table. Get your tickets before they are gone.
https://ppf.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/PokerforPonies2024/GETTICKETS/tabid/1416618/Default.aspx

Seats still available for this year's poker tournament on March 9th. $200 includes entry, food and drinks with early re-buy options. Payouts to the final table.
www.pegasusrides.com/poker-tournament/

What a glorious sunishine-y day! The horses are all in and ready to see their riders this afternoon! ☀️🐴

We have started some exciting upgrades to our Sensory Trail on our property, and first up was adding some fencing! A huge thank you to Parker Youth & Sports Foundation and International Paper for assisting with grant funding towards this project, and D-Fence Fencing Company for the excellent work! Stay tuned for some more awesome upgrades in the near future!

We are so excited to be starting up our Winter session today and wanted to officially introduce the two newest members of our herd - Sunny and Jax! Sunny is a beautiful buckskin Quarter Horse mare who has a lot of training under her belt and is such a great addition for our riders who are advancing their skills and learning to ride independently. Jax is a quiet little guy who is the perfect size for our smaller riders who need volunteer assistance. One of them is a care-lease, and one was a donation to our program - we are SO blessed to have such great support from our local horse community and the owners that trust us to care for their wonderful horses.

We wrapped up our Fall 2 session right before Christmas and want to congratulate Felicia Faringer, our Volunteer of the Session! Felicia's training as an Occupational Therapist is a huge help in her interactions with some of our clients! Thank you Felicia!

Looking for a few more "Saloon Gals*" for SPURS January 20th. No serving experience necessary, just a smile and fun attitude. Taking/fulfilling drink orders for our thirsty guests is all we ask. Message if interested for more details. 21+ only please (*any gender welcome)