Riding Free

How Therapeutic Riding is Changing Lives

You have never looked down on anyone, ever. Although you might be nineteen years old, you have never gone on a walk, ran a race, or played tag. You have known life only from the seat of a wheelchair. But today you are about to achieve one of your dreams: riding a horse. For the first time ever, you are on your own! You look down at your parents and have a huge smile on your face. You control your horse's speed and direction, and although you have assistants, you are finally the one thing you have always wanted to be: free.

By witnessing the miracles of a therapeutic riding facility, one will learn how horses affect people with all types of disabilities or challenges. It will greatly affect and influence their life. Most cases do not fail, and someone's...