Therapy Horse

On April 6, 2018, I stood in a college auditorium and scanned rows filled by my faculty colleagues, students, family, and friends—the people I most admire and want to respect me. Then I said something I never thought I’d utter aloud...

Hugs for Horses uses the power of horses to change the lives of children with disabilities.

I have been riding at the REATH Center for two years now. It has become a big part of my life. When I was born, I was diagnosed with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a congenital joint contracture in two or more areas of the body.

Oct 17, 2003, a wreck with a drunk driver changed my life in a heartbeat. I went from being healthy and active to using a wheelchair...

William Robert is an exceptional pony and a most valued member of Circle C Equestrian Center...

"Tootsie is a wonderful 36-year-old pony who is still going strong.."

"From therapy lessons with children with cerebral palsy to teaching a beginner rider with a slight mental disability how to trot by themselves to competing in mid-level eventing, Hami does it all..."

"It was a July day, the sun was bearing down, and I had just slid out of the saddle after a trail ride. My helmet was loose—most of my hair was gone. My blood pressure was low, a side effect of chemo..."

"Liberty is a Paint draft mix. She joined the Horses for Hope herd in 2014..."

"Smoke is a bay Quarter Horse and he is our go-to horse for beginner children at Lets Saddle Up..."

"I'm an Army veteran who has a traumatic brain injury, major depression, and anxiety. Before I got involved with horse therapy life just felt like a dark road I was just wandering on..."

"Thirty-two-year-old Sugar has been patient with over 150 young children thus far..."

"Kiwi is a one-in-a-million therapy horse. She's a 20-year-old Haflinger that's been with us for over 15 years..."

Nemo was an 11-year-old Welsh pony listed online for sale. The ad said he was a hunter/jumper pony, great temperament, and ridden by a child...

Last summer I found myself in a really bad place. I was barely functional and could barely leave the house...

"Willie is an all-around kind of horse: therapy horse during the week, carriage pulling, rodeo trick-riding horse on weekends..."

"My horse Rumor Has It has been in my life since she was 4 months old..."

Tentatively and quietly he said, "I can't go to school." The words came out as if they had been clawing in his throat all day and finally managed to narrowly escape...

I was the Equestrian Director of a private school named Bachman Academy, for children with special needs. They ranged in grades from middle school to high school...

Students gain confidence and strength through adaptive vaulting at Karin’s Horse Connection.