WINDSOR, ONT. A transformative change is taking place at a Chatham-Kent horse farm where a unique experience to “awake your spirit” is now available. The program at TJ Stables is the first of its kind and offers people a place to learn and experience authentic Indigenous culture and history. “We always considered our farm a healing place,” says TJ Stables co-owner John Basden. Earlier this month, the recreational and therapeutic horse farm started offering three hour Indigenous experiences with a chance to surround yourself with gentle wild spirit horses welcomed to the farm two years ago. “The horses are just our common denominator between all of us. The Métis, the First Nations people and all of Canadians,” Basden says.
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Author of the article: Ellwood Shreve
Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 2 minute read • Terry Jenkins, owner of TJ Stables, is pulled by her team of halflingers, Ben, left, and Molly, on a Burl & Ives sleigh she bought a few years ago. TJ Stables is offering horse-drawn sleigh rides and other fun winter activities on Saturday and Sunday at the facility on Gregory Drive on the edge of Chatham. Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News/Postmedia Network Photo by Ellwood Shreve /Ellwood Shreve/The Daily News
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A cold snap and significant snowfall couldn’t have come at a better time for TJ Stables to put its team of haflinger horses to work providing sleigh rides.