ORINDA — More than 100 people donned their finest Western wear for last Sunday’s “Gallop for Good” fundraiser at the Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center.

The nonprofit aims to enrich the lives of adults and children with disabilities through equine-assisted activities and therapies, including therapeutic horseback riding, physical and occupational therapy, and horsemanship.

Judy Lazarus, of Orinda, who died in 2021, founded Xenophon at Carol Dwinell’s Black Point Farm in Martinez in August 1993 with one horse and two students. In 1996, the nonprofit moved to its 3-acre location in Orinda which is leased from PG&E. The nonprofit now has eight horses and serves over 50 children per week, giving individual lessons suited to their abilities.

“After witnessing Xenophon’s life-changing program

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