Detroit Horse Power was founded with the mission of expanding opportunity for under-resourced urban youth through riding and caring for horses.

Since 2015, Detroit Horse Power has brought more than 500 of Detroit students from under-represented communities to partner barns outside the city.

Detroit Horse Power’s vision is to give under-resourced youth a safe and enriching space that furthers their future development. Horses teach children critical traits, including perseverance, empathy, responsible risk-taking, confidence, and self-control. 

In October 2019, DHP reached an agreement with the Detroit Public Schools Community District on a transformational urban equestrian center on a 14-acre demolished school site. The official groundbreaking for this transformations facility took place in October of 2024.

DHP recognizes their full impact will come from making these youth development opportunities accessible within Detroit’s city limits in an environment that reflects our students’ voice and identity, and that enhances the neighborhoods our students grow up in by turning vacant land into a community asset. 

Learn more at www.detroithorsepower.org and follow Detroit Horse Power on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.