Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch
Healing Pastures at C Horse Ranch, 11685 Lorenson Rd, Auburn, CA 95602
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Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch offers English and Western horseback riding lessons for all ages in group or individual formats, including lessons for people with special needs. The program also offers animal-assisted psychotherapy, seasonal Winter, Spring Break, and Summer Horse Camps, birthday parties, Family Fun Days, school and adult field trips, and opportunities to volunteer to help care for animals and support programs. The ranch includes a garden dedicated to the Placer County Inner Faith Food Closet and provides horse boarding.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Ranch hours Tuesday–Saturday 9am–5pm; office hours Monday–Friday 9am–5pm
Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch has been providing riding since 1992 and was founded in its current form in 2013. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides equine animal and agricultural related wellness services and offers programs designed for people with special and individual needs. Its mission states that it rescues animals so they can rescue people and that it believes in the power of the human-animal bond in a peaceful and nurturing environment. The program is led by owner and founder Honey Cowan, ranch manager Stefan Cowan, ranch hand and instructor Malachi Cowan, instructor Sharon Allison, and programs manager Lindsay Gunderson.
Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch is a certified vendor for home schools and a Certified Riding Center for Girl Scouts. It is also described as a private facility that maintains the safety and privacy of clients and offers equine therapy to improve physical and mental wellbeing. The ranch’s community involvement includes its garden dedicated to the Placer County Inner Faith Food Closet and its work as a certified vendor for home schools and a Certified Riding Center for Girl Scouts.
Parent and rider testimonials describe experiences with English and Western riding lessons, learning to ride, train, and care for horses, and forming bonds with specific horses. Testimonials from Violet P, Tom, Janna, Steve, Karen & John, and Ray describe instruction that includes riding skills, horse care such as brushing, washing, tending to wounds, and ranch work like cleaning stalls, as well as experiences with horses’ gaits and navigating arenas with cones and obstacles.
Last updated March 12, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Ranch hours Tuesday–Saturday 9am–5pm; office hours Monday–Friday 9am–5pm
Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch has been providing riding since 1992 and was founded in its current form in 2013. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides equine animal and agricultural related wellness services and offers programs designed for people with special and individual needs. Its mission states that it rescues animals so they can rescue people and that it believes in the power of the human-animal bond in a peaceful and nurturing environment. The program is led by owner and founder Honey Cowan, ranch manager Stefan Cowan, ranch hand and instructor Malachi Cowan, instructor Sharon Allison, and programs manager Lindsay Gunderson.
Healing Pastures @ C Horse Ranch is a certified vendor for home schools and a Certified Riding Center for Girl Scouts. It is also described as a private facility that maintains the safety and privacy of clients and offers equine therapy to improve physical and mental wellbeing. The ranch’s community involvement includes its garden dedicated to the Placer County Inner Faith Food Closet and its work as a certified vendor for home schools and a Certified Riding Center for Girl Scouts.
Parent and rider testimonials describe experiences with English and Western riding lessons, learning to ride, train, and care for horses, and forming bonds with specific horses. Testimonials from Violet P, Tom, Janna, Steve, Karen & John, and Ray describe instruction that includes riding skills, horse care such as brushing, washing, tending to wounds, and ranch work like cleaning stalls, as well as experiences with horses’ gaits and navigating arenas with cones and obstacles.
Last updated March 12, 2026.
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