Centaur Equestrian Club

17/07/2024

Dear friends,

We deeply apologize for posting videos and photos exclusively on our page in Ukrainian until now. Your unwavering support means the world to us, and we are immensely grateful to everyone who has followed our horse club’s journey through the link on the Ukrainian page. Despite the challenges in Ukraine, we continue to share the beauty and grace of our beloved horses.

Today, we find ourselves in urgent need of your help. The war has made it incredibly difficult to care for our horses, and the additional strain of this unusually hot summer has severely limited our ability to work with them and earn any income.

We are reaching out to ask for support for our cherished senior horses, Gosha and Krasulya, who have given so much joy over the years. They started the club's history 14 years ago: gracing photoshoots, leading walks, teaching riding lessons, and shining in numerous films and music videos.

In the video, you see Gosha. Just over a year ago, he began to lose weight rapidly. Our veterinarian informed us that Gosha is much older than we originally believed, and he has almost no teeth left. Since then, Gosha has been on a special diet of soft foods, but unfortunately, he remains very thin and frail.

Krasulya, at the remarkable age of 32, has been retired for over four years. She remains surprisingly active for her age but is not featured in this video because she doesn’t particularly enjoy being bathed with a hose.

We urgently appeal to all compassionate souls who can help us sustain these retired heroes. Your support, no matter how small, will make will make their life better. 🙏

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your continued support! ♥️

For donations:

PayPal: [email protected]

Paysend, Western Union (transfer donations online to the debit/credit card)
4149 6293 6367 7410
Viktor Rybchenko
PrivatBank

25/01/2024

Hello friends, unfortunately, technically we were unable to merger this page with the page of our club in Ukrainian, which was linked in the previous post. Therefore, to find out about our life last year check the page in Ukrainian, please. Also on that page you can see photos and videos about our lessons, horseback riding, photo sessions and just our horses.
Our equestrian club is still the same and our retired horses are also with us.
This publication contains some photos from our page in Ukrainian last year.
Stay tuned please, we are asking for support to survive the winter months.
We are very grateful to everyone who helps and supports us 🤗🐴❤️

19/04/2023

Dear Supporters, due to technical reasons we are not able yet to merge this page with our page in Ukrainian.

As we declared we will no longer be updating this page so we would be very grateful if you follow the link to subscribe to our page in Ukrainian and continue to follow our news. Stay tuned please!!! We greatly appreciate your help and support!

Війна змінила життя кожного із нас. І життя кінних клубів та коней теж. Більше року ми намагаємося зберегти коней. Кінному клубу дуже потрібна ваша підтримка! Підтримати коней можна будь-яким із способів:

🐴 Приїжджайте на релаксуючу крокову кінну прогулянку! Навіть якщо ви ніколи раніше не сиділи верхи, вам обов’язково сподобається катання на конях у чудовому лісі. Інструктор буде вести коня, а ви зможете насолодитись красою природи з висоти сідла.

🐴 Запрошуємо на тренування з їзди верхи, де ви отримаєте досвід з верхової їзди, навчитеся їздити різними алюрами, керувати конем та взаємодіяти з ним. В залежності від погодних умов тренування відбудеться в закритому або відкритому манежі.

🐴 Можливо придбати подарунковий сертифікат та подарувати його друзям та коханій людині, колегам та родичам, парі для спільного романтичного виїзду на природу, особливо тим, хто не може зараз собі це дозволити, але давно мріяли про зустріч з конями.

🐴 Спробуйте нашу унікальну програму "Три в одному", де за одну годину можливо спробувати три види активностей по 20 хвилин (на вибір - верхова їзда, метання ножів, стрільба з лука, кидання ласо на бичка)

Актуальні ціни та подробиці на нашому сайті horseback.kiev.ua
телефонуйте 096-994-45-47, 095-258-55-18 або пишіть у приватні повідомлення.

🐴 Якщо нічого з цього вам не потрібно, але ви любите коней, підтримати їх можна донатом. Будь-яка сума буде суттєвою допомогою для наших коней.

🐴 Просто поширення інформації - це теж величезна допомога!

Картка Приват 5168 7422 2909 9266 (також номер в окремому коментарі)
Рибченко В.В.
PayPal: [email protected]

Ми дуже вдячні за вашу підтримку! 🤗

09/04/2023

Dear friends, we have been running this page since 2015 for English-speaking guests of Ukraine, and last year for those who wanted to support us since the beginning of the war. But now we have decided to merge this page with our main page in Ukrainian. You will see more posts and photos, stay tuned please!!!

04/04/2023

We are grateful Help Ukraine Horses - Ukrainian Equestrian Charity Foundation for supporting us!
We report on receiving 18 bags of humanitarian feed for our horses 🐴
Horses like it, they eat it with pleasure 👍

10/03/2023

Hello friends, we are still trying hard to keep horses and to make things work out despite the circumstances. The good thing is the horses spend a lot of time outside here. We are able to provide outside riding in the forest and horse riding lessons. Unfortunately the regular students not being able to come often since the war has impacted public transport and petrol cost heavily. All expenses have drastically increased as well. So we have no way to cover current costs.

We extremally need now to collect amount of $640. $356 is debt for hay and $284 is to buy sawdust for the horses. We use sawdust sparingly and much less than it should be to get the thinnest layer.

We understand that everyone is tired and everyone is having a hard time. But when I come to the stable to the horses, I understand that no matter what, we cannot afford to give up. Any amount donated will be very impactful and greatly appreciated. Please, help our horses!

For donations:
Paysend, Western Union (transfer donations online to the debit/credit card)
5168 7422 2909 9266
Viktor Rybchenko
PayPal: [email protected]
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE HELPING US!

10/01/2023

An indoor arena is a good choice if the weather is bad. Now lessons are available on despite any weather conditions.

19/12/2022

We were forced to move :( Here are the grounds on which our horses are now roaming, on the territory of the Prince's stable of Ancient Kyiv in Kopachiv. It is a great place for horses and for horseback walks, and there are to arenas - an indoor and an open one.
And the most important thing - there is no energy infrastructure object in the immediate vicinity that is in the risk group in case of massive missile strikes, which was the case at our previous location. We don't want to write about the bad, but moving stables was a necessary forced measure.
Now we are settling into the new place and will be very happy to see everyone! We are resuming the sale of gift certificates for horseback walks, and continue training lessons, as we do not depend on the weather anymore!
We will also be grateful for your help, any donations even the smallest ones! Even in peacetime, there is a proverb "One move - two fires", which we can use to describe our difficult times :(
Please, text or use WhatsApp, we will answer all your questions!

01/11/2022

Russian missiles attack key infrastructure facilities all over Ukraine. Parts of Kyiv and region are without electricity and water after critical infrastructure facilities were hit. But they can't scare us!

We are not allowed to ride in the coutryside, but we continue to provide lessons in an arena.

Despite everything, we try to keep our island of peace, dreams and hope. Horses are the best anti-stress under any conditions!
Meanwhile, a generation of new horsemen is growing up 🤗

04/10/2022

We realize that life is hard for everyone right now, but we are forced to ask for help.

On our page you can see photos and videos of all ten horses in the club's stable ranging from 5 to 30 years old.

The war is still unfortunately going on into the indeterminate future. At the beginning of the war, we were able to hold out thanks to the support of many people from Ukraine and from abroad.

We provide our service since it became possible but there are very few visitors for obvious reasons, the earnings are not enough to keep the horses. Many of the stable’s students have either left the country due to the war or have stopped taking lessons to save money, so the stable’s income is very limited.

The local charity organizations helped our stable to survive till May, but unfortunately now they are currently focusing their limited resources on recently liberated zones and much more critical situations such as horses dealing with starvation.

Unfortunately, we cannot cover the costs of feed, sawdust, blacksmith services, utilities and other costs.
And we still need to buy feed to survive the winter, which will be difficult for everyone.

Due to these reasons, any amount donated will be very impactful and greatly appreciated. Please, help our horses!

For donations:
Paysend, Western Union (transfer donations online to the debit/credit card)
5168 7422 2909 9266
Viktor Rybchenko
Please text us in WhatsApp +38-063-773-22-64
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE HELPING US!

03/10/2022

Life is very hard now and there are too few good things in it. But there was also a highlight.

Our horse Geograf (known to everyone as Gosha) took part in the
presentation of the new collection of the Ukrainian brand GASANOVA by the designer , which took place on September 12 at New York Fashion Week.
"Through this gloom we are heading to our next holiday. VICTORY holiday!", - the designer wrote on her Instagram page.

21/07/2022

The first post on the topic "Krepysh - an esthete" was in 2016, when he was the only one who had flowers and poppies growing in his paddock, which Krepysh admired exclusively, did not eat or trample on them. It was like this every year until we moved to Khotiv, where the paddocks were completely trampled in the spring. Everyone thought that Krepysh would have to forget about his hobby. But he surprised us! Miraculously, in 2019, he also managed to grow a tiny bush of blooming poppies in an empty paddock, firmly securing the title of an esthete 🤩

The post includes photos from different years, including the iconic photo of 2019 with the first poppy flower in Khotiv. In the following years, there were more poppies, but they grew only in the paddock of this horse! How Krepysh manages to do this is still a mystery!

We are doing our best to provide Krepysh and all the horses with everything they need. Unfortunately, the income is not enough now. So we are again have to ask for your help. By making a donation you can help the horses to survive this war difficulty time