Savannah therapeutic riding academy fights to survive as costs rise, funding dries up

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – One day after being released from the hospital, Peggi Noon wasn’t resting. She was back at the barn.

Noon, a cancer survivor and founder of Pegasus Riding Academy in Savannah, has devoted more than a decade to therapeutic horseback riding, helping hundreds of local children with autism, Down syndrome, and other physical and emotional challenges find confidence and a voice.

But rising costs and funding cuts are now threatening the program she has built her life around…

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