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Peoria fall festival celebrates healing power of horses

Silver Lining Riding event Nov. 13 to feature family activities, raise funds for veterans and first responders

A little boy with Down syndrome had never spoken a word. But one day, after riding a horse, he climbed down, looked at the people around him and said his name for the first time.

He was 7 or 8 years old. And he wanted another ride.

For Kelsey Spencer, now director of development and community engagement at Peoria’s Silver Lining Riding, just southeast of Corte Bella, that moment about 15 years ago helped define her life’s work.

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