Detroit Horse Power, a nonprofit serving under-resourced kids in the city, has helped some students find their calling. The ...

Natasha Quigley was a child when doctors removed a non-cancerous tumour from her brain. Horses helped her in her recovery and ...

Sometimes social skills can be taught better by a horse than a human. Special needs students in the Oxford Area are learning from horses this summer in East Nottingham Township as part of a new class ...

A groundbreaking equine assisted learning (EAL) programme at a Co Down primary school has led to remarkable improvements in ...

At North Florida School of Special Education in Jacksonville, Horse Powered Reading program allays students' learning anxiety and boosts skills.

Editor's note: This article is part of TheHorse.com's ongoing coverage of topics presented at the 2012 International Society of Equitation Science conference, held July 18-20 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Perhaps it was the firefighters’ unfamiliar head gear, or the bright yellow stripes on their heavy black coats, that made the horse want to keep its distance. Or maybe it was the way the “rescuers” ...

LOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A memorial service for 13 therapy horses commemorated what they gave to the Lowell community and beyond Saturday afternoon. It’s been one week since The Barn for Equine ...

“The Man Who Listens to Horses,” by Monty Roberts. Random House. 258 pages. $23. This ought to be a fascinating book about a remarkable person. Monty Roberts says he has learned to talk with horses, ...

Every since I can remember animals have trusted me. Even before I took my Tibetan Buddhist vows of no killing. Such beasts of our land appear to have finely tuned instincts, and can sense a person's ...

Shawneka Rogers, 13, sat poised, confident and tall in the saddle as she cantered around the ring on Moe, a chocolate brown Morgan. They broke into a trot on the straightaway, and then girl and horse ...