Plenty of little kids imagine a future working with horses, and an assortment of jobs involve interacting with these highly ...

A small farm in rural Clay County is providing a unique experience for horse lovers near and far. It also gives kids who might not have an opportunity to get the chance to interact with horses. "Kind ...

Equine scientists at Nottingham Trent University wanted to see how the level of arousal in horses—the extent to which they might be excited or stressed for instance—affected their performance in a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8)-A unique place in Lowell is pairing Licensed Social Workers with horses to provide unique mental health services to the community. The Barn for Equine Learning just held ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8)-We’ve heard that animals have the power to heal. That is exactly what the horses have the ability to do at The Barn for Equine Learning. Horses are paired with licensed ...

Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses' perseverance and ...

Addisen Lewis does laps around a barn during riding lessons Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at Coal Creek Farms south of Lawrence. As the coronavirus pandemic robbed us of many traditional activities, it did ...

Horses who get their beauty sleep learn better than their sleep-deprived counterparts, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Helsinki discovered that horses who had more than 30 ...

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Declan Tantzen leaned forward in almost proper form, his butt lifted off the saddle. His Appaloosa horse Max shifted from a slow walk to a trot. "Good. Nice and slow, heels down," instructor Brianna ...