Hoofbeats To Hope Collections

Because a few friends sat around a table at the barn one dayand discussed one of the boarder’s sister, who was in treatment for PrimaryPeritoneal Cancer, a form of ovarian cancer, the idea came about to dosomething to help the equestrian community to become more informed. Since the lion’s share of the equestriancommunity is female, it made sense to start with there. Hoofbeats to Hope was started asa vehicle to raise awareness about ovarian cancer and to encourage continuedresearch into treatment and early diagnostic tests.

Of course, nothing gets done without money, so the HomesteadFarm Dressage Musical Freestyle Challenge was born as a way to raisefunds. Between the horse show anda silent auction, $4000.00 was raised for donation to the Ovarian CancerNational Alliance in 2011. We werevery proud of the donation and decided that we needed to keep going.

We are a group of equestrians, men and women, who have madeit their mission to promote awareness of this devastating disease. To educate others about the risks,early signs and symptoms and to advocate for further testing and treatmentoptions.