CHAPTER 3 Equestrian Real Estat eal Estate and Facilities acilities I would like to start this chapter by inviting you to receive a copy of another book that I have written. It's title is:
Special Barns For the Special Horses of Heaven’s Special Children
The book shows you how to build your own barn and it also shows you how to hire the right company to build your barn for you if you don't want to build it by yourself. My love of Equestrian Estates goes back many years. I have been building barns for most of my life. Wooden structures and large steel framed buildings and covered riding arenas. About 15 years ago I co-founded Heaven's Special Children, an equine facility for Special Needs Children. On our ranch, located in Florida, ten miles west of the University of Florida we provided what they call Hippotherapy. I hear it is a Latin or Greek word for horse therapy. The actual definition of Hippotherapy is "the use of horseback riding as a therapeutic or rehabilitative treatment, especially as a means of improving coordination, balance, and strength." We had as many as 12 horses at one time but only a few very special horses were calm enough to be used for the young special needs children that rode at our ranch. Our best horses were 14 hand, Quarter Horses.
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