The mission of Okayama Horseback Riding Club

The Okayama Horseback Riding Club, which opened in 2009 as one of the largest horseback riding clubs in western Japan where the nature of Kibi Kogen spreads, has steadily increased the number of members and continues to grow. In collaboration with Kibichuo Town, they actively participate in horse therapy research and practice, and have just launched Kibi Kogen PAKARA as an entity that plays a central role in the mental health town promoted by Kibi Chuo Town.
Also, the Thanks Horse Project, which began in earnest in the summer of 2016, is a project where retired racehorses (thoroughbreds) are given Saraburi training, leading to a second career. Training was carried out for over 50 retired racehorses by 2018/3, and thoroughbreds, who until then were only expected to run fast forward, were reborn as steeplechase racing horses, riding horses, or horse therapy horses that heal people, and they are living happily and peacefully today as well.
The Okayama Horseback Riding Club believes that its mission is to create value beyond simply being a place where you can ride horses, and to pursue and realize a better relationship between people and horses in the next era, and they continue to run towards that goal every day.