Scott Banga moves around Paris with ease, his sure hands connecting and fastening leather straps on the Percheron draft horse’s broad body as he talks. “It’s beauty. It’s grace. It’s Miss United ...

Quick Take Western Training emphasizes minimal rein contact and neck reining, relying on seat and balance for long-day ranch ...

Willow, left, and Summer are two of the horses at Glen Oaks Equestrian Center in Glen Carbon. GLEN CARBON — Cailin Messer can’t imagine life without horses. The 2010 Edwardsville High School graduate ...

Horses in harness trot easily, and it is a frequently used gait by those driving horses with a cart, carriage or wagon. But it should not be the foundation of harness work, Jim Rock told a group of ...

TO QUOTE THE Glen Campbell song, “You Got to Try a Little Kindness” when training an unbroken or wild horse to willingly accept human touch and then respond to asked tasks. “The first step in all ...

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - The City of Miami Police Mounted Patrol Unit gave a behind-the-scenes look at an elite group of horses training to be on the force, as the recruits who will be ...