Our GoalOur goal is to build an outstanding public facility -- open to anyone with an interest in horses -- that offers high quality horse-related activities including:

• Riding and horsemanship lessons
• Horse shows and educational clinics
• Rehabilitative programs to encourage personal growth
• Courses and training supporting Canada's equine industry
• Research into human health and the horse human interface

We have unlimited opportunities before us to realize the outstanding potential of the Whitemud Equine Learning Centre to be a world-class facility for recreation, learning, research sport and personal growth, a place for healing, rehabilitation, exhibition and showcasing the horse and equine sport.

Our VisionThe Whitemud Equine Learning Centre is a cherished asset for our city; environmentally sustainable and community-enhancing, an unparalleled equine learning centre that is a landmark and a source of pride for all who use it.

Our Mission To create a centre of excellence in equine learning, therapy, recreation, research and sport in support of a growing equine industry and growing demand for equine programs.

The Whitemud Equine Learning Centre currently operates with a 50-year old unheated arena, three aged barns and recently upgraded outdoor riding rings. WELCA provides public riding lessons and clinics; supports local events and competitions; and provides a home for the Little Bits Therapeutic Riding Association, for persons with disabilities (LBTRA). Little Bits and Whitemud Equine programs are at capacity. There are long waiting lists and the demand continues to rise. However, growth is at a standstill due to the poor condition of the facilities and the current layout of the site.

The priority for WELCA is to redevelop the recreational riding centre site and construct a new facility to replace the outmoded, dilapidated riding arena, stables and administration offices. This reflects the priorities originally set out in the Whitemud Equine Centre Master Plan commissioned by the City in 1995, which concluded, "The arena greatly impedes existing and new program development and its replacement should be the first capital project on the site."