Not only are horses friends, companions, and partners, they are also miracle workers. Just ask Abigail Hucker, a young dean’s list college student who wasn’t expected to live past the age of seven. Thank you to Roger and Vickie Hucker and Freedom Hills Therapeutic Riding Program for allowing me to share her story of amazing [...]

If you missed ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition episode featuring the Luther family and their Freedom Hills therapeutic riding facility that aired last night, you can watch it online for free at ABC’s website. I had a last minute night out with some friends, so the episode is waiting for me on the DVR. Hopefully [...]

I’ve always known that standing still on a horse is a lot more work than moving, but I became even more acutely aware of this fact as I was volunteering at Pegasus Farm Monday night. Monday kicked-off the start of the new year at Pegasus — and a new semester after horses, riders, volunteers, and [...]

*Click for a link to the episode online (free) and for more information and resources regarding therapeutic riding benefits, organizations, instructors and facilities.* On January 20, 2008, ABC will air a two-hour special of Extreme Makeover Home Edition in which a home and a therapeutic riding facility is rebuilt for the Luther family in Port [...]

With a different instructor, students riding different horses, our schedule completely thrown off, and a new working style to which to adjust, last night could have been really crazy at Pegasus Farm’s therapeutic riding program. Despite all of the last minute changes, one of our more difficult students was thriving. Randy, the instructor I work [...]

After volunteering for several months at Pegasus Farm, a therapeutic riding center in northeast Ohio, I actually got to help teach a class on Monday night. This isn’t typical for volunteers, but I guess my years of experience teaching riding lessons and horse care has been showing, so Randy felt comfortable leaving me with a [...]

Last night was another volunteering night at the Pegasus Farm therapeutic riding center, and even though I wasn’t feeling my best I still managed to learn something from the students. I was a little tired, not feeling very patient, and it was rainy and cold. I’ve had a few really good weeks in a row [...]