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 ...

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 ...

Icelandic horses can move in an odd way. All horses have three natural gaits: the standard walk; the two-beat trot, where diagonally opposite pairs of legs hit the ground together; and the four-beat ...

From the Faroe Pony to the Spanish Mustang, fewer animals have played such a central role in human history as the horse. New research in Animal Genetics reveals that a horse's gait, an attribute ...

Some trotted. Others cantered. Many clopped. Riders and their horses strove for their most impressive gaits Sunday at the SEMO District Fair Horse Show. Wearing a stern expression like a seasoned pro, ...