Riding for the Disabled Barlavento

09/04/2026

Last night five of our riders had their accomplishments recognised at Gala de desporto (Sports Gala) organised by the Município de Lagos.
Ricardo Menezes - Casa da Santo Amaro
Dinis Pacheco - NECI
Cristina Silva - NECI
Alice Mourinho
Mateus Reis
We are so very proud of you all.

11/03/2026

Beautiful day for working with beautiful people and beautiful horses ❤️

25/02/2026

Grateful to be back having sessions again after weeks of being rained off!
Here’s some pictures from Monday’s sessions..

05/06/2025

What a lovely day we had today at our second Special Olympics Portugal Equestrian-Working Trail competition.
All of the riders did well and showed good improvement,lots of smiles all round.
This is only made possible with great thanks to all of our volunteers who give up time to come and help,we are blessed to have such a great group🙏
And of course a big Thankyou goes to our trusted horses for the day,Rio,Amy,Penny and Pandora❤️

05/06/2025

Today we have our second Special Olympics Equestrian Competition of 2025….looks like being a beautiful day 👌

22/05/2025

We would like to share some photos from our competition today,part of the Special Olympics Portugal National Equestrian Circuit.
We our so very grateful to all who have helped us to rebuild after the Tornado,we still have a lot to do but thanks to so many people’s generosity,we are getting back on track and it was fantastic to be able to offer this competition to such a lovely group of athletes,smiles all round!

25/03/2025

Starting to feel like we are making steps in the right direction…💪🙏

25/03/2025

https://www.nowcanal.pt/ultimas/detalhe/depressao-martinho-destroi-centro-hipico-em-lagos-voluntarios-unem-se-para-a-reconstrucao

O impacto do vento, que se fez sentir de quarta para quinta-feira, provocou danos significativos no espaço, levou à suspensão temporária das atividades da associação.

22/03/2025

Na noite de 19 de março, a tempestade Martinho causou danos extremos às instalações do Riding 4 Disabled em Bensafrim.

22/03/2025

On the night of the 19th March, storm Martinho caused extreme damage to the Riding 4 Disabled facilities in Bensafrim.

22/03/2025

Good morning all

Unfortunately at the moment we have an authentication issue with our website payment processing provider, so for the mean time we have set up a Gofundme.

Here are the current options for donation:

1️⃣ By direct bank transfer

Our Iban is as follows:
PT50 0045 7194 4023 1017 4812 9

2️⃣ Gofundme
Here is the link:
https://gofund.me/c0659ba0

3️⃣ Pop up to QPA with cash!

If you require a receipt please contact us to notify us of the donation and supply your full name, fiscal number and the amount of the donation.

For ongoing donations please don’t forget that you can support us very quickly & easily via your IRS without it costing a cent, full details are available on our website:
https://www.riding4disabled.com/en/ways-to-donate-rdb/

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