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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

WEXFORD (KDKA) - If there has been something consistent in helping relieve stress during these difficult times, it's four-legged friends. However, in Wexford, it's not your typical dogs and cats ...