Each Thanksgiving, thousands of fancy hat-wearing spectators flock to the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course to watch - and bet on - horses careening around the track. Just a few blocks away, ...

Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images Horseback riding was likely a common activity as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago, according to a provocative new study that looked at human skeletal remains for small ...

We may never know when a human jumped on a horse and rode off into the sunset for the first time, but archaeologists are hard at work trying to understand how horses left the wild and joined humans on ...

The earliest evidence of horse riding has been found in 5000-year-old human skeletons from south-east Europe. The bones of nine men from graves in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania show hallmarks of horse ...

These equestrian retreats are not all galloping into the sunset—instead, they’re about connecting through breathwork, somatic awareness, and meditative herd immersion.

Many horses outweigh their riders by well over a thousand pounds; one quick move can spell trouble. Source: Janet Jones Horse sports are high risk, something more riders, trainers, and parents need to ...

Initially, I was excited when my youngest child asked to take horseback riding lessons because I love being around barns and horses. My hesitation came when I thought about how the horses were very ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a recent snapshot of Landis Homes resident Susan Fast and a Welsh Cob pony named Little Lacey speaks volumes. In the photo, Fast, 75, is smiling ...