Talisman Therapeutic Riding is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Grasonville, Maryland, and is the only year-round, full-time adaptive horseback riding center on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Each year, Talisman provides life-changing experiences to a diversity of participants across its broad range of program areas.

The beautiful 30-acre farm provides a peaceful setting to serve people of all ages with cognitive, physical, emotional, and social challenges, disabilities, and diagnoses. Participants come from many of the counties in Maryland, Baltimore City, Delaware, Northern Virginia, and the surrounding Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Talisman is a certified Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH) Member Center. It employs PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructors (CTRI) to provide unique equine experiences through careful instruction and delivery of therapeutic activities. The instructors can also partner with licensed therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social service workers to create individualized client plans and lessons.

In addition, Talisman is one of 42 licensed stables across the state certified as a Horse Discovery Center by the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Recreational riding instructors are employed to provide quality, entry-level training to individuals beginning their equine exploration. Lessons are customized to the participant and are conducted at the same time once per week.

Talisman’s approach to programs provides ample opportunity for our participants to work toward their health and wellness goals and to progress in the variety of equine programs through the entire year. We are committed to serving the community notably employing this client-centered approach at our farm.