“There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s good for the inside of man.” – Winston Churchill
Welcome to HorseSensing!
We are a 9 month minimum residential program where veterans and men in recovery receive treatment for substance abuse while learning a new trade. This is all at no cost to them. We provide for all needs free of charge so the focus can be on healing and progressing to a new permanent path of stability and health. Residents are placed in a good job with the skills and support to succeed for the long term.
Event Information
Saddle up! You’re invited to HorseSensing Hoedown- Denim and Diamonds! Our annual fundraising dinner at the Shelbyville Conference and Welcome Center on March 21, 2026 This will be a boot-scooting great time! Come and enjoy great BBQ, signature cocktails, a country music DJ and dancing. This year we have more poker tables! Of course we will also have a silent and live auction! Great opportunity for a date night! This event promises to be nothing short of lots of fun! An event filled with your favorite country music and line dancing! There is bull riding and contests for the longest rider-both gals and guys! So dust off your cowboy hat and shine your boots, because this is a Country themed event. Cowboys and cowgirls welcomed!
This is our signature fundraising event that enables HorseSensing to support veterans and people-in-recovery.
To Sponsor this event call 650-776-4313 or email info@horsesensing.com Tickets are $65 per person or $495 for a table of 8. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.
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HorseSensing would like to thank the Shelby County Community for coming out to support us in a big way at our HorseSensing Hoedown-Denim and Diamonds event this past Saturday. We were sold out (for the 2nd year in a row!) and the energy was so uplifting! A huge thank you to our incredible volunteers and our guys for a beautiful set up, smooth and super fun evening and quick clean up at the end even though we were all bushed and running on adrenaline. Thank you to the wonderful team at the Shelbyville Conference and Welcome Center for making everything easy!
Linda Aldridge and the All the Way Shoppe provided an outstanding bbq dinner and scrumptious desserts, Angela Montgomery-Carter and The Lady DJ’s did a fabulous job providing the music and the dance floor was full All Night! Fun for all games provided the poker and black jack and there was serious competition happening all evening for the great prizes! Bluegrass rides brought the bull/buffulo and the girls and guys contests for longest rides were so fun to watch!
And how about our incredible Master of Ceremonies and auctioneer, Gregg Boehmer! SO good!
A huge thank you to our sponsors including Rusty Rabbit,Ky Farm Bureau-Pat and Terry Hargedon, AnneLuise Montgomery, Andriots, German American Bank, Traditional Bank, Shelbyville Pharmacy, Independence Bank, Shelby Life Magazine, ASRIK Farm, Showcase Stables, Mindy Parrish, Katie Crotzer and Boehmer Saddlebreds.
Thank you to all who contributed the fantastic auction items to help us raise money for HorseSensing!
Last but certainly not least-Thank you to our incredible HorseSensing Board-Debbie Mclain, Traci Titus, Jenny Souers, Jamie Boehmer, and Tina Warren. You ladies made this event our most successful and meaningful event ever! We will probably be speckled with glitter at least thru the pie contest!
Next year’s HorseSensing Hoedown will be March 20th. If you would like to sponsor or you want to buy a table, be sure to reach out early! January would be perfect!
Thank you to our generous and caring Shelbyville Community. Never has there been a more compassionate and giving community than ours.
HorseSensing would like to thank our generous sponsors! You help us support our program and put on a great event at the same time. We so appreciate you!
Hope, Purpose and a Sense of Belonging.
This is what HorseSensing provides to those in our residential treatment and therapeutic job training and placement program.
