WARD, Arkansas — During the spring, rising Cabot junior, Brannon McMinn, can be found on the track. These days, he's taking a different type of lap. "Some of them, this is the most fun thing they do ...

Baylor University researchers have devised a mechanical horse that can provide hippotherapy for children and adults with physical and mental impairments without them having to mount a real horse.

Students at Rice University create a special robot to help patients get equine-based therapy without needing a real horse. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

The man under the cowboy hat bends forward with a quiet grunt and takes the horse's fetlock. "Come on, big 'un," he says. The stout animal obliges and lifts its hoof. Jay Scott Downing cleans out the ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)-- An hour on horseback once a week is more than just fun for Will Hillis. It's therapeutic. The 8-year-old from Dunwoody, Georgia, has cerebral palsy. He can't walk, and he has ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- At a peaceful ranch on the outskirts of the suburbs, where barn cats and peacocks roam freely, Army Sgt. Michael Buccieri, grooms Davis, a 6-year-old, ex-race horse. The repetitive, ...

VERONA -- More than 100 cars lined Rock Road by noon Saturday as local residents turned out for the Fun at the Farm celebration held at The Root Farm, a horse farm that offers equine assisted ...

Mechanical engineering students at Rice University have designed a robotic horse that can mimic the movements of the real thing. The device, dubbed Stewie, is geared towards individuals requiring ...

PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) - On the outskirts of Parker sits a ranch dedicated to changing lives. Praying Hands Ranch is a powerful place that has touched the family of CBS4 Sports Anchor Tom Helmer in a ...

When you walk in, the notion of "can't" disappears, said a young mother to us the other day.She was talking about the attitude and tone of Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship, and relating ...

Mark Samuels, a captain in the Navy, and Jennifer, his wife, never imagined their first time in court would be fighting for healthcare benefits for their daughter Kaitlyn. The 15-year-old was born ...

LINCOLN -- Erica Villines found hope in a horse for a more normal life for her 4-year-old daughter Paizley. Paizley lives with spina bifida, a spinal defect that can cause disabilities with movement.