Our Roots!
Albany Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. was founded on Martin Road in Voorheesville at the foot of the Helderberg Escarpment! The program ran from this property for almost 40 years under Chris Lehman. In July of 2018, Taylor Huntley became Executive Director and Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor and ran ATRC from the property for a while longer.
Our Martin Road property held loads of memories for our staff, volunteers, and participants. There were a few small, aged structures with stalls, sheds, storage, and an office space. In it's past with Chris, many types of animals found refuge and a peaceful life there. Many of our current staff, volunteers, and participants remember the Martin Road property fondly for the colony of cats that lived there, the gorgeous views, and the horse friends we met and lost along the way. It was an aged and small location that ATRC was quickly able to outgrow, and due other circumstances ATRC began the process of relocating.
Our Martin Road property held loads of memories for our staff, volunteers, and participants. There were a few small, aged structures with stalls, sheds, storage, and an office space. In it's past with Chris, many types of animals found refuge and a peaceful life there. Many of our current staff, volunteers, and participants remember the Martin Road property fondly for the colony of cats that lived there, the gorgeous views, and the horse friends we met and lost along the way. It was an aged and small location that ATRC was quickly able to outgrow, and due other circumstances ATRC began the process of relocating.
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New Beginnings...
In June of 2021, Albany Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. purchased our Forever Home at 6640 Fuller Station Road, Altamont, NY 12009 with the biggest thanks to the generosity of the Gleason Family, and the assistance of some very amazing individuals. At this location, ATRC has had the opportunity to grow and offer our programs and services year round!
With the purchase of this property came the launch of our Forever Home Capital Campaign to help ATRC pay off our 5 year mortgage of $500,000. In of June 2021, the ATRC community had raised a total of $253,155 towards our $500,000 fundraising goal! For Christmas of 2022, our generous mortgage holders decided to forgive our mortgage loan in FULL and donate the amount raised for the Capital Campaign to be used for barn maintenance, property upkeep, and use for the addition of new horses into our herd!
Our Forever Home offers the following amenities:
- 75x150 Indoor Arena with heated front Reception Area, Main Office, and Restroom
- 6 Stall Barn, Wash Stall, Grooming Stall, Utility Room, Tack Room, and Restroom
- Upstairs Employee Office, Volunteer Hub, and Staff Restroom
- 75x200 Outdoor Arena
- Additional 50x100 Outdoor Arena/Schooling Area
- Large grass paddocks with run-in sheds for 24hr turnout
With the purchase of this property came the launch of our Forever Home Capital Campaign to help ATRC pay off our 5 year mortgage of $500,000. In of June 2021, the ATRC community had raised a total of $253,155 towards our $500,000 fundraising goal! For Christmas of 2022, our generous mortgage holders decided to forgive our mortgage loan in FULL and donate the amount raised for the Capital Campaign to be used for barn maintenance, property upkeep, and use for the addition of new horses into our herd!
Our Forever Home offers the following amenities:
- 75x150 Indoor Arena with heated front Reception Area, Main Office, and Restroom
- 6 Stall Barn, Wash Stall, Grooming Stall, Utility Room, Tack Room, and Restroom
- Upstairs Employee Office, Volunteer Hub, and Staff Restroom
- 75x200 Outdoor Arena
- Additional 50x100 Outdoor Arena/Schooling Area
- Large grass paddocks with run-in sheds for 24hr turnout
ATRC Storage Barn Fire
,On the 7th of November 2024, Albany Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. experienced a fire at in our hay and storage barn that turned the building and everything within it into a total loss. Staff and volunteers were swift to notice and take action by calling 911, moving horses and humans to safety, and informing ATRC staff, friends, and family. We are all still incredibly grateful that no animals or humans were harmed, and we are incredibly grateful to the 7 different local fire departments and numerous of other first responders who responded to our fire that night. Thanks to them, the flames were contained to the storage barn and no animals or humans were harmed.
We've been extremely thankful for any and all donations that have come to us since. Much of what we lost has been replaced by donations from family and participants, to generous companies like Tractor Supply Co., Home Depot, Altamont Country Values, and more. However, the building held 4 spacious stalls, the power to our pastures, and our hay storage.
Since then, we have been steadily making progress towards building a new shed for hay storage, a 4 stall extension on our main barn, and a smaller covered arena in place of the old storage barn.
We've been extremely thankful for any and all donations that have come to us since. Much of what we lost has been replaced by donations from family and participants, to generous companies like Tractor Supply Co., Home Depot, Altamont Country Values, and more. However, the building held 4 spacious stalls, the power to our pastures, and our hay storage.
Since then, we have been steadily making progress towards building a new shed for hay storage, a 4 stall extension on our main barn, and a smaller covered arena in place of the old storage barn.
While it's been a few months since the fire, we are continuing to seek and accept donations for our fire recovery efforts. We have hopes to start fundraising for building costs soon and will be sure to give updates as they come!
