Five therapy horses have had their sponsorship renewed at Tauranga Riding for Disabled to fund the upkeep of the horses for another year.

Horse sponsorship covers costs including feed, farrier work, veterinary care, equine dentistry, grooming and training of a horse for one year.

Legacy Trust representatives Mike Savage and Darin Friis have renewed the sponsorship of therapy horse ‘Legacy Topaz' for another year.

Legacy Funerals' director Mike Savage and Funeral director Darin Friis presented a $2000 cheque to Tauranga RDA for the upkeep of therapy horse Legacy Topaz for another year.

This is the second consecutive year Legacy Funerals has given sponsorship to the centre.

This week, Legacy Trust representatives watched Legacy Topaz - one of 13 horses at the centre, in action.

Tauranga RDA Chief Executive, Kat Macmillan, is 'delighted” to be in partnership with Legacy Funerals.

'We are extremely grateful to Legacy Funerals for their ongoing support.”

Last month Tauranga RDA also received a renewal of sponsorship from Mount Maunganui Rotary Club for pony ‘Mount Rotary Scooby'.

Earlier in the year ‘PowerCo Betty's' sponsorship was renewed by PowerCo and ‘Harbour City Honey's' sponsorship was renewed by Harbour City Lions.

Kat says the partnerships shared with Tauranga businesses are 'extremely important” to Tauranga RDA.

'They allow us to provide the best of everything for our very special horses. We were especially delighted last month when one of our sponsors, a racehorse called Beverley Beck, won his race at Ellerslie.

'Not many people have heard of a racehorse sponsoring a therapy horse.”

Therapy pony ‘Zena' had its sponsorship renewed by Beverley Beck earlier this year.

Tauranga RDA has a range of sponsorship packages and is calling on businesses and individuals to contact them if they are interested in finding out more.