Directions

Directions to the MSU Extension Equine Assisted Therapy Programs main location at the Elizabeth A. Howard Therapeutic Riding and Activity Center

1769 Old White Rd S
West Point, Mississippi

Traveling north on Hwy. 45 in West Point

  • At the red light immediately past the Hampton Inn & Mossy Oak Store take a left onto Churchill Road
  • Go 0.5 of a mile on Churchill Road; immediately past the railroad tracks take a left
  • Go 0.5 of a mile on bumpy road, crossing two sets of railroad tracks. 
  • Turn left at Jimmy Bryan Youth Complex sign
  • Go approximately 0.2 miles and arena is on the left

Traveling south on Hwy. 45 in West Point

  • At the red light immediately before the Hampton Inn & Mossy Oak Store take a right onto Churchill Road
  • Go 0.5 of a mile on Churchill Road; immediately past the railroad tracks take a left
  • Go 0.5 of a mile on bumpy road, crossing two sets of railroad tracks. 
  • Turn left at Jimmy Bryan Youth Complex sign
  • Go approximately 0.2 miles and arena is on the left
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News

Filed Under: Family, Equine Assisted Therapy Programs October 8, 2019

The Mississippi State University Extension Equine-Assisted Therapy program will hold a fundraising event Oct. 12.

Man seated on a step stool in an arena looks at a horse while a large dog watches cautiously.
Filed Under: Equine Assisted Therapy Programs April 19, 2018

WEST POINT, Miss. -- The groundwork portion of therapeutic horseback riding offers emotional and mental benefits to veterans who take part in a program at Mississippi State University.

Lance McElhenney of Webster County served in the U.S. Marine Corps around the world. Injured by a mortar fragment in Iraq in 2004, this Purple Heart veteran now fights a different battle -- with multiple sclerosis. One of his weapons is an old horse he named Archie, for Archibald Henderson, the grand old man of the Marine Corps.

Nora Molina, 5, is proud to show her horseback riding trophy to her teacher Leslie Earnest, a research associate at the T.K Martin Center at Mississippi State University. Molina was one of 46 riders taking part in the second annual Therapeutic Riding Expo at the Mississippi Horse Park on April 19, 2016. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Linda Breazeale)
Filed Under: Equine Assisted Therapy Programs April 22, 2016

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Therapeutic horseback riding is about much more than physical therapy.

Success Stories

A girl on a brown horse led by a woman and man.
Volume 2 Number 1

Trauma survivor benefits from Extension hippotherapy program

General outpatient therapy is a major step in helping trauma victims on the road to recovery, but hippotherapy has emerged as an effective method of helping them regain mobility over time.

Lance McElhenney working with his horse in an arena.
Volume 5 Number 3

He joined the US Marine Corps to serve and protect the country, and, as a Marine in Iraq, Lance McElhenney felt 10 feet tall and bulletproof.

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