Category: The Force of the Horse

Vintage: Horse-Launched Sailplane

Source: LA Times Archives “Feel good Sunday has rolled around and I have been saving this gem for several weeks.  We talk about our country being founded on the back of the horse but there are a multitude of other ways the horses have improved our lifestyle and […]

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Equine Fireworks

By R.T. Fitch ~ Excerpt from “Straight from the Horses Heart: A Spiritual Ride through Love, Loss and Hope“ Last night, July 3rd 2005, I entered Terry’s office to shut down the computer prior to heading for bed.  Everyone else was tucked away and I was just doing […]

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Equine Independence Day Speech

By Jerry Finch ~ founder/president of Habitat for Horses “For it is not your joy I hear, nor the fireworks booming in the skies…” If my horse, Pete, were to give an Independence Day Speech before Congress, this is what he would say: I do not know why […]

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Feel Good Sunday: Mustangs to the Rescue

Tracking Horses Act Like Bloodhounds Source: Bendbulletin.com By Richard Cockle / The Oregonian  Published: June 22. 2013 4:00AM PST Richard Cockle / The Oregonian George Ehmer tightens a halter on Joker, his Appaloosa gelding, on June 14 on his property near Milton-Freewater. Joker is an air-scent trained horse […]

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Miniature Horses, Big Benefits for Therapy Patients

“Feel Good Sunday” by Tanya Spencer of RTV6.com “Mobility-wise, horses are a great motivator…” CARMEL, Ind. – A mobile program called Memory Lane is taking horses out of the stables and into communities across central Indiana. Agape Therapeutic Riding offers a unique form of therapy for people of […]

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