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 ...

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VIDEO: Life Lessons From Horses With Jockey Sahin Civaci originally appeared on Paulick Report. Horses have plenty to teach us if we're willing to listen, and jockey Sahin Civaci has gleaned plenty ...

The past 12 months have been wild—physically, mentally, emotionally. I’ve faced challenges, taken the road less traveled, and learned to accept that growth cannot happen without discomfort. Through it ...

“I FELT LIKE I was flying,” is what my niece Ashely Griffiths, then 8, my brother’s middle child, told me the first time she jumped a horse over a small fence during riding lessons I paid for her to ...

At Horses With A Mission in Groveland, life lessons are taught from the saddle. “It is my heart in motion watching them ride,” says Victoria D’Angelo, lead instructor and owner of the non-profit, as ...

The FBI says childhood sexual abuse is one of the most under reported crimes in the U.S. Officials say the reporting rate of child sexual abuse is under eight-percent at best. The trauma from this ...

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Samantha Ward gives riding instruction to a young student. Ward's connection with horses started in third grade. (Leea Westfall) For Samantha (Sam) Ward, a junior in BYU's experience design and ...