"The mission of the Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Association is to provide a multi-use facility for equine activities with accompanying educational experiences in order to foster safe and humane horsemanship. Our goal is to develop, maintain and operate our equestrian facility in a manner that preserves and enriches out community's equestrian lifestyle including youth and therapeutic riding The center is envisioned as a resource that will attract quality equestrian events and innovative instruction to improve the special relationship between horse and human."