AZLE -- Tara Lewis can't ride just any horse. Born with cerebral palsy, the 13-year-old can't even sit through a bumpy car ride without becoming unbearably uncomfortable. She usually has to press her ...

Some horses have special gaits, which are more comfortable for the rider than walk, trot or gallop. Now, a study by an international research team has revealed that these gaited horses most likely ...

Although the breed was developed in Peru, Peruvian Pasos were bred from horses that were brought to South America from Spain. As a gaited horse, Peruvian Pasos naturally perform specific patterns of ...

Your back hurts. You're getting older. You don't even feel like jumping 2-foot fences on your hunter anymore. But you're not about to give up riding. Looking for a solution? How about a horse with ...

Horses in Iceland. The Vikings probably brought gaited horses back from England Tobias Seel/snapshot-photography/ullstein bild via Getty Images About a thousand years ...

All odds were against Saffie. The six-week-old filly played on the Navilus Farm in Davidsonville on Monday, chowing on a bucket of feed with her mother Beretta, nibbling at her caretakers and playing ...

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - El is a giant among donkeys. No, really. Whisper’s Star of Rapha El, or El as he is known around the barn, is a gaited, mammoth Jack stud, with an emphasis on the mammoth. El, and ...

Long before plush leather seats and soundproof limousine cabins came along, the back of an ambling horse was considered the most comfortable ride in town. Scientists have now traced the origins of ...

Now age 14, Mielke competes in around 10 to 15 shows per year over the course of the summer from the months of May to August and places very frequently at every show. She currently has three show ...

This 19th-century image shows a horse pacing. Note that the legs on each side move at the same time. (Credit: USC Digital Library/Wikimedia Commons) Horses normally move about in one of three ways: ...

OCALA — El is a giant among donkeys. No, really. Whisper's Star of Rapha El, or El as he is known around the barn, is a gaited, mammoth Jack stud, with an emphasis on the mammoth. El, and other ...